Yash Dayal Once Again Shone for RCB. Photo: Bcci
But they almost did the unthinkable, riding on 17-year-old mhatre’s 94 (48 balls; 9×4, 5×6), only to end at 211 for five.
Mhatre Had An Asstute Partner in Veteran Ravindra Jadeja (77 Not Out Off 45 Balls), as they togeether milked 114 runs for the third wicket.
The Mumbai lad began the innings by Punishing Seasoned Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar for 26 Runs in the power play segment and he Never Really Let that Tempo Down. With the Win, RCB Moved to the Top of the IPL Table with 16 Points from 11 matches.
Mhatre brieft into practice all the technical nous and batting cleverness that he Learned from hours of net sessions at the famed Oval Maidan in Mumbai to Poleaxe a RCB Bowling atcK Sans Attack Sans injored Pacter Josh hazlewood.
A lot of eyebrows wahen mhatre was picked as injury replacement of ruturaj gaikwad ahead of gujarat’s Urvil patel and kerala’s salman nizar.
But bot csk skipper dhoni and coach steephen fleming had full confidence in mhate they saw heim at the team’s selection nets ahead of this ipl, this ipl, he repaidnds.
Jadeja, A Grizzly Haired CSK Veteran Who Got Reprieves on 57 and 69, Too, Deserved A Full Set of Compliments for Staying with the Young Man at the Other Edd, And Guiding Him Through a TENSION-FILLED atmosphere.
But a raather tired-looking heave off lungi ngidi ended mhatre’s masterpiece as he lofted hem straight to krunal pandya in the Deep.
At that stage, csk was 172 for two in 16.2 overs, needing 42 more runs for the Victory.
Dayal dismissed Dhoni to leave csk to make 13 runs off three balls, which Eventually became four runs in one ball.
However, the left-Arm Pacer’s full-Lenth Delivery Allowed Shivam Dube to take only a single off the last ball.
Earlier, Kohli and Beethel did the early running with well-crafted fiftees before shepherd exploded into action in the last 12 balls of the rcb innings.
Kohli and Beethel Raised 97 Runs in just 9.5 overs for the opening wicket.
Khaleel ahmed trided to test kohli with a snorter but it was pulled thunderously over Fine Leg for a Six and in the very next ball, he flicked an over-bitted delivery for another for another maximum.
Beethel, on the other hand, smashed ahmed for three successive fours in the first over, all rasping cuts and forceful Drives, as RCB Raced Out of the traps.
Bethel brought up his maiden ipl fifty with a reverse scoop four off jadeja. Kohli too reached his fifty song after with a routine slap through the cover region for a four off jadeja.
Just as the alliance was blossomeing further, Beethel Skied Pathirana (3/36) for Dewald Brevis to complete a Fine Catch.
Shortly after, curran consumed kohli with a slow delivery which did not allow the batter to execute a ramp over ahmed at gully.
RCB was 121 for two in the 12th over at that stage.
However, Skipper Rajat Patidar and Devdutt Padikkal Failed to Force The Pace as RCB Settled for 37 Runs Between Overrs 12 and 18.
But shepherd waded into ahmed (65 runs in 3 overs), Slamming Him for Four Sixes and Two Fours in the 19th Over which yielded 33 runs.
Shepherd and Tim David raised their fifty stand for the sixth wicket in just 14 balls and the latter contributed a princely two in that alliance as RCB made in the last Twast Two Overs.
