CSK vs RCB, IPL 2024 First Match Highlights: 3 Wickets Within 1 Run… Mustafizur Rahman’s ‘Four’ on the Spot, This is how Shivam Dubey-Rachin Ravindra led Chennai to Victory
Full Report CSK vs RCB 1st IPL Match 2024: Many things went in favor of Chennai in the opening match of IPL 2024. These included Mustafizar Rahman’s bowling, then Rachin Ravindra’s batting, and finally Shivam Dubey’s finish as an impact player. In this way, Chennai won the match by 6 wickets.
In the opening match of IPL 2024, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 6 wickets with 8 balls remaining. In the match, CSK’s Mustafizur Rahman wrote the script of victory by hitting a ‘four’ (4 wickets, 29 runs) on the spot. That’s why ‘four on the spot’ Because if ‘Baby Malinga’ Mathisha Pathirana had not been out due to injury, he might not have even got a chance.
In a way, he was the first to write the script of Chennai’s victory by hitting a ‘four on the spot’. Later Rachin Ravindra and Shivam Dubey showed great talent in batting. With this victory, RCB’s dream of winning against Chennai in Chepauk since 2008 remained unfulfilled.
At one time, the RCB team, which won the toss and came to bat first, had added 41 runs in the first 26 balls. Faf du Plessis was looking in full form after scoring 35 runs, but this is where Mustafizur entered the picture. He first dealt with the Faf and after 3 balls he dismissed Rajat Patidar. Overall, Mustafizur made Chennai’s comeback by taking 2 wickets in a single over.
After this, the dangerous Glenn Maxwell was caught out by Deepak Chahar at 0 by MS Dhoni behind the wicket. Faf, Patidar, and Glenn Maxwell were out consecutively. During this period only 1 run was scored and 3 wickets fell. Overall, between 41 and 42 runs, RCB lost three wickets.
