On Saturday, when Yash Dayal delivered the ultimate supply and Ravindra Jadeja missed connecting the slower one, it triggered wild celebrations within the RCB camp.Their 27-run win over Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) was sixth in a row and most significantly the one which put them into the playoffs and eradicated the five-time champions.
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The margin of victory might make it sound like a snug win for RCB, however the equation was completely different. CSK would have reached the playoffs even within the face of a defeat, if that they had reached the 201-run mark.
That is the place Dayal’s heroics within the closing over proved essential. Hit for an enormous six by MS Dhoni (25 off 13 balls) off the primary ball of the over, Dayal dismissed the CSK icon on his subsequent supply after which conceded only one run off the subsequent 4 deliveries.
It sparked wild celebrations, as RCB grew to become the primary aspect ever to succeed in the IPL playoffs after dropping seven of their first eight matches within the season. Earlier than this, RCB’s most consecutive wins in a season got here in 2011, once they gained seven matches in a row and completed because the runners-up. Incidentaly, it was CSK who they misplaced to within the 2011 closing.
The reactions on-line, after RCB’s win, flew thick and quick. Listed here are a few of these:
On Saturday on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, RCB put up a commendable 218 for five on the board, because of contributions throughout the batting chart led by skipper Faf du Plessis’s 39-ball 54 on a tough observe. The hosts then restricted CSK to 191 for 7 for a 27-run win.
It took RCB’s factors tally to 14, the identical as CSK, however the Bengaluru outfit leapfrogged Chennai within the web run-rate column and can end fourth.
