The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has got back on the winnings ways as they have defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Dubai by a huge margin of 37 runs in Dubai. In the first innings, Virat Kohli starred with the bat as he scored 90 off just 52 balls, and in the second innings, Chris Morris picked three wickets in his first game.

Winning the toss, Virat Kohli decided to bat first and the start wasn’t good enough for the RCB as their star opener, Aaron Finch once was dismissed failed to impress with the bat and was once again dismissed in the powerplay as Deepak Chahar swung in a beauty of a delivery to get rid of the Australian limited-overs skipper. Virat Kohli stitched a decent partnership with Devdutt Padikkal, but soon, Padikkal and AB de Villiers departed in the same over.

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Virat changed gears in the last 6 overs and soon after completing his half-century, as they scored 83 runs in the last six overs and reached a total of 169 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in their 20 overs. As soon as Virat completed his half-ton, his wife, Anushka Sharma celebrated in the stands and Virat accepted her appraisal from the ground.

The CSK openers Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson failed to give their team the much-needed fiery start and ended up throwing their wickets to Washington Sundar. CSK was reeling at 26/2 after six overs and once again needed the middle-order to turn things around. Ambati Rayudu and Narayan Jagadeesan tried every possible way to get their team on the right track. The latter upped the ante but the required run-rate was too high and he eventually got run out in a strange way.

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With 81 needed off 34 deliveries, MS Dhoni walked in and he was dismissed by Yuzvendra Chahal after smashing a huge. Rayudu, who was set but failed to hit big shots literally crawled his way to 42 off 40 deliveries. CSK ended the innings on 135/8 in their 20 overs losing in yet another chase and they remain at the seventh position in the points table.

Rahul Tripathi

After failing to prove his worth in the first three matches of the IPL 2020, Virat Kohli was desperate to score and he roared when it mattered the most. Kohli amassed as many as 90* runs in just 52 deliveries with the help of 4 fours and as many sixes.

Chris Morris

Chris Morris has turned out to be a wicket-taker for RCB in his first game itself as he delivered when the team needed him. Bowling his third over in the slog over and managed to scalp Sam Curran on a golden duck. He completed his spell after scalping three wickets as he conceded just 19 runs.

Flops

MS Dhoni

It’s been the second consecutive game when MS Dhoni has failed to take his team over the line. CSK hasn’t managed to win a single match if the top-order hasn’t performed well.

Faf du Plessis

After scoring match-winning fifties against MI and KXIP, Faf du Plessis was expected to take the game away from KKR. In order to Chennai have a chance to reach the playoffs, Fafneeds to be more consistent.