On Saturday, the much awaited season of the IPL kick-started with the high-intensity game between CSK and RCB. After winning the toss, CSK skipper, MS Dhoni decided to bowl first and his bowlers responded well as they got the crucial wickets of Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, and Shimron Hetmyer early in the innings, with the last two going back to the pavilion in the same over itself.  

During the toss, Dhoni revealed that they are going with only three foreign players in the squad as Shane Watson, Imran Tahir, and DJ Bravo. On the other hand, RCB decided to go with De Villiers, Hetmyer, Colin, and Moeen Ali as their foreign players. They had a rough start as Harbhajan Singh dismissed Kohli in the 4th over itself.

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In the 8th over of the game, Harbhajan dismissed ABD on the second ball of the over. On the first ball of the over, De Villiers got a life but he gifted a catch on the very next ball. De Villiers attempts a slog sweep again, but his timing was in a mess and the ball went to the mid-wicket. Where, Ravindra Jadeja was the fielder, who got into a good position to take a fine catch. 

Here is the video of the dismissal:

https://twitter.com/Vidshots1/status/1109476785450700800

On the final ball of the same over, Hetmyer departs for a duck leaving RCB are in a total mess in Lion’s den. Hetmyer tapped the ball to the off-side and charges for a single, Parthiv Patel said no, which left Hetmyer was stranded in the middle. Suresh Raina came from cover comes quickly and hurled the ball to MS who knocks off the bails. Hetmyer was nowhere close to coming back and it seemed like a suicidal run-out.

Here is the video of the same:

https://twitter.com/Vidshots1/status/1109477035309580288