Chennai Super Kings prevail over Royal Challengers Balgalore in Chinnaswamy six-fest

Despite a superlative batting effort from Glenn Maxwell (76 off 36) and Faf du Plessis (62 off 33), Chennai Super Kings prevailed in a high-scoring six-fest at the Chinnaswamy stadium to hand Royal Challengers Bangalore their third defeat of the season. CSK were first carried to their third-highest IPL total through Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane and Shivam Dube’s exhilarating shot-making before the bowlers dragged the game to their corner in the dramatic death overs.

Brief scores:

Chennai Super Kings 226/6 in 20 overs (Devon Conway 83, Shivam Dube 52, Ajinkya Rahane 37; Mohammed Siraj 1-30, Wanidu Hasaranga 1-21) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 218/8 in 20 overs (Glenn Maxwell 76, Faf du Plessis 62; Tushar Deshpande 3-45, Matheesha Pathirana 2-42, Maheesh Theekshana 1-41) by 8 runs.