The seventeenth version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) kick-started on Friday with the blockbuster conflict between the defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Chepauk. Playing below the brand new captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, CSK started their IPL 2024 marketing campaign with a thumping six-wicket win. Opting to bat first, RCB posted a complete of 173/6 after Anuj Rawat and Dinesh Karthik stitched an excellent 95-run partnership. However, that whole wasn’t sufficient as CSK chased down the goal in simply 18.4 overs.

Apart from this sensible chase, one other factor which caught everybody’s consideration was the heartwarming meet-up between former CSK skipper MS Dhoni and RCB’s star batter Virat Kohli.

Before the beginning of the innings, each Dhoni and Kohli shared an lovely hug, which left the followers awestruck. The video of their assembly quickly went viral on social media and fetched a number of love from the followers.

Bonding#Mahirat #ViratKohli #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/EcpE1ZzW4i

— Mr.கட்டவுட்ᴱᶠᶠᵒʳᵗˢ ᴺᵉᵛᵉʳ ᶠᵃᶦˡ 🇮🇳(@anandAJITHAK) March 23, 2024

Talking concerning the sport, Mustafizur Rahman set it up along with his bagful of cerebral variations earlier than Ravindra Jadeja and Shivam Dube obtained the job achieved with their superlative ending expertise to script a cushty six-wicket win for Chennai Super Kings over Royal Challengers Bengaluru within the IPL opener on Friday. CSK, who haven’t misplaced to RCB at residence since 2008, thus saved their enviable document intact.

Mustafizur, along with his greatest ever IPL figures of 4/29 in 4 overs, was largely accountable for proscribing RCB to 173 for six on batting observe, the place a 95-run sixth wicket stand off 50 balls between Anuj Rawat (48 off 25 balls) and Dinesh Karthik (38 not out off 26 balls) was the guests’ solely saving grace.

Jadeja (25 not out off 17 balls) introduced his oodles of expertise simply when issues may have gotten difficult within the run chase, hurrying a rusty Dube (34 off 28 balls) into finishing some fast doubles to finish the chase in 18.4 overs. Dube additionally grew in confidence in Jadeja’s firm in the direction of the top as he completed the chase in a jiffy.

Credit also needs to be given to Rachin Ravindra (37 off 15 balls), who teed off in sensible style with three sixes and as many boundaries to set the tone.

(With PTI Inputs)