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Table of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru table beat Chennai Super Kings by 50 points Friday for a second victory in this year’s IPL, inspired by a performance “that changes the game” of the Josh Hazlewood fast launcher.
Chasing 197, Chennai faded despite a late cameo by the veteran MS Dhoni which took a tour of 30 balls of 16 balls, hitting low in order.
Seamer Australian Hazlewood, who finished with 3-21 in his four Overs, and the 32-ball 51 of the Skipper Rajat Patidar, sealed the comfortable victory of Bengaluru.
Patidar, who hopes to make his way through the India T20 team, was well supported by teammates with the Openers Phil Salt and Virat Kohli both making scores in the thirties in a total of 196-7.
Chennai lost the first counters against Hazlewood and the veteran of India Bhuvnehwar Kumar, who finished with 1-20 in his three Overs.
Hazlewood withdrew Rahul Tripathi (5) and the Skipper of Chennai Ruturaj Gaikwad (0) in the second above the sleeves.
Deepak Hooda (4) was then dismissed by Kumar in the fifth to leave the team at home in shock at 26-3.
Yash Dayal took 2-18 in his three Overs, Liam Livingstone in England ending with 2-28 in four overs of rotation.
The duo of India ravaged Jadeja (25) and Shivam Dube (19) set up a certain resistance before Chennai box at 146-8.
Patidar said that her “was a very important (sleeves). We were catering 200 because it would not be easy to continue” in Chennai.
“My goal was clear that as long as I was there, I maximized each ball.”
Patidar said that Hazlewood’s fate “changed the game because we got two to three counters in the first six Overs”.
Earlier, Kohli made a 31 ball of 30 balls with the Indian superstar and the salt (32), falling into Afghanistan, the noor Ahmad leg spinner.
Noor was the most impressive of all Chennai’s quisors and finished with an impressive 3-36 in his four Overs.
Devdutt Padikkal (27) and Tim David, with 22-ball 22, also played important roles to stimulate the total visitors.
“It was not so easy to beat,” said the Chennai Gaikwad skipper who added that “the bad field cost us” the game.
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