Earlier, Virat Kohli’s whirlwind half-century powered Royal Challengers Bangalore to 175/4 after initial hiccups. Kohli slammed an unbeaten 70 off 43 balls, setting up for an exciting finish of the first playoff. He hit three sixes and five boundaries during his swashbuckling knock.
After being invited to bat, Mayank Agarwal got RCB off to a steady start. While Agarwal looked impressive in his approach, Bangalore’s biggest bet Chris Gayle looked quite calm.
And before his bat could do much noise, Ravichandaran Ashwin struck to remove him, giving RCB the first blow at the score of 30.
Dwayne Bravo then got Agarwal caught by Doug Bollinger at long on at the score of 65 to give Chennai control.
Agarwal’s dismissal was followed by the wicket of AB de Villiers (11) after the addition of twenty runs on the scorecard.
However, Kohli and Australian Luke Pomersbach (29) consolidated the inning with a gritty 48-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
Both the teams fielded the same squad that played in the last league clash on Sunday
Teams:
Bangalore Royal Challengers: CH Gayle, MA Agarwal, V Kohli, AB de Villiers, M Kaif, SS Tiwary, LA Pomersbach, DL Vettori, S Aravind, A Mithun, Z Khan
Chennai Super Kings: M Vijay, MEK Hussey, SK Raina, MS Dhoni, JA Morkel, S Badrinath, DJ Bravo, WP Saha, R Ashwin, DE Bollinger, SB Jakati
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