IPL 2019: RCB beat Chennai by 1 ran, Dhoni scored unbeaten 84 runs, 5 Big records created

In the 39th match of the IPL 2019 match played in Bangalore, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings in the thrilling encounter by 1 run & registered their first victory against CSK after 7 consecutive defeats.

Royal Challengers Bangalore batted first and scored 161/7 runs in 20 overs, in response to Chennai scored 160/8 in 20 overs despite Dhoni unbeaten 84*. Parthiv Patel was adjudged Man of the Match for his half-century and excellent last-ball run out.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings:

Earlier, Dhoni returned to the team and won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, RCB started poorly, and captain Virat Kohli (9) was out in the third over. After this, Parthiv Patel added 47 runs for the second wicket with AB de Villiers (25 runs in 19).

Parthiv Patel completed his half-century in 36 balls, but the next ball he was bowled out for 53 runs. Later, Moeen Ali played a quick inning of 26 runs in 16 balls and brought the team's score to 160. For CSK, Jadeja, Bravo and Chahar picked two wickets each and Imran Tahir took one wicket.

Chennai Super Kings Innings:

In reply, Chennai SuperKings started poorly and the score was 32/4 after 6 overs. After this, Ambati Rayudu and Dhoni added 55-run partnership and Rayudu made 29 runs.

Chennai needed 26 runs to win in the last over, Dhoni scored 84 runs in 48 balls with the help of 5 fours and 7 sixes, but despite all the efforts, he could not win the game for his team.

When 2 runs were needed on the last ball, then Shardul Thakur was run out on Parthiv Patel's glorious throw and RCB won the match by one run.

Dale Steyn and Umesh Yadav took two wickets each by RCB and Navdeep Saini and YusYuzvendra Chahal took one wicket each. This is RCB's first win against Chennai Super Kings after 2014.

5 Big records created during the match:

1. Highest scores for MS Dhoni in IPL:

Dhoni scored his highest individual score in his IPL career in this match, and he has remained unbeaten in all of his top 5 IPL Innings.

84* v RCB, Bangalore, 2019*
79* v KXIP, Mohali, 2018
75* v RR, Chennai, 2019
70* v RCB, Bangalore, 2018
70* v RCB, Bangalore, 2011

2. Dhoni completes 200 Sixes in IPL:

MS Dhoni becomes the first Indian player to complete 200 sixes in IPL. Overall, he is the third player after Gayle and AB de Villiers to achieve this milestone.

3. Dhoni completes 4000 runs as captain:

MS Dhoni becomes the first batsman to score 4,000 runs as a captain in IPL. While Virat Kohli is following him behind with needing 67 more runs to score 4000 IPL runs as captain.

4. Most sixes for CSK in IPL:

168 - MS DHONI* (And counting)
167 - Suresh Raina
67 - Murali Vijay

5. Raina scoring duck in IPL:

This was the first duck for Suresh Raina since 2015 in IPL. His previous duck also came against RCB at Ranchi in IPL on May 22, 2015.