CSK vs RCB: RCB has ended a 17 -year drought on Chepock ground. In the 8th match of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings by 50 runs. Batting first, RCB scored 196 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. In response, CSK's team could score 146 runs in 20 overs, losing 8 wickets. CSK batsmen easily succumbed to the excellent performance of RCB bowlers. Rachin Ravindra scored the most 41 runs for the team. Josh Hazlewood took three wickets spending just 21 runs. RCB has tasted the second consecutive win this season.

Hazlewood wreaked havoc

Chennai Super Kings, chasing the target of 197 runs, did not have a good start. Rahul Tripathi was shown the path of the pavilion on the score of just 5 runs. On the last ball of the same over, Hazelwood also made captain Ruturaj Gaikwad open without opening an account. Deepak Hooda flopped once again with the bat and he was dismissed by just 4 runs. Sam Karan too could not show anything special with the bat and was dismissed by 8 runs. Rachin Ravindra scored 41 runs off 31 balls, but at the wrong time, he returned to the pavilion by clean bold off Yash Dayal.

In this over, Yash also ended Shivam Dubey's innings. Shivam, who landed as an impact player, continued for 19 runs. Dhoni played some strong shots in the final over, but he could not cross the team's Naiya. Chennai could only manage 146 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Hazlewood took three wickets, spending just 21 runs in a 4-over spell, while Yash Dayal and Liam Livingston took two wickets each.

Rajat rocked

RCB started to bat first after losing the toss. Phil Salt and Virat Kohli added 45 runs in 4.6 overs for the first wicket. Salt played 32 runs in just 16 matches while playing in a hurry. At the same time, King Kohli scored 31 runs off 30 balls. Devdutt Padikkal started well, but he could not convert his inning into a big innings. Padikal scored 27 runs off 14 balls.

However, captain Rajat Patidar was the highest scorer from RCB and took the news of Chennai bowlers fiercely. Rajat played a stormy innings of 51 runs off 32 balls. At the same time, in the final overs, Tim David performed his strength strongly and hit 22 runs off 8 balls to bring RCB to a total of 196 at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. This is RCB's second consecutive win of this season.

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