Both the teams have superstars but CSK is more consistent than RCB. It was a cracking contest and CSK won the match.
1st Innings.
Csk came out to bat first. They have explosive openers but they lost Smith in the first over. But McCullum and Raina did not stop. Raina played well. They did not get many good partnerships but many of them got some good runs in very short time. They played well but then to couldn't get the runs as they did not have many good partnerships.
The pick of their batsmen was Raina who scored 52(46) balls with 5 boundaries and 1 six to his name.
Rcb bowled superbly. They bowled good line and lengths and did not allow the openers to take a charge on them. They were just superb. They put good pressure on them.
The pick of their bowlers was Mitchell Starc with bowling figures of 4-1-24-3.
2nd Innings.
Rcb in the absence of Gayle needed some one to step up. They did loose early wickets. They had started well and were looking to finish the game in a hurry. They played some really superb shots but in the second half Csk bowlers were bowling superbly. The Rcb batsmen were under pressure and kept loosing wickets.
The pick of their batsmen was Kohli who scored 48(44) balls with 2 boundaries and 1 six to his name.
Csk bowlers did not start that well. They were taken for many runs in the initial overs but at the middle the came back strongly. They were just unplayable and they put immense pressure on them and got their wickets.
The pick of their bowlers was Ashish Nehra with bowling figures of 4-0-19-3.
Man of the Match:- Suresh Raina.
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