Mustafizur stars as Chennai Super Kings start title defence with comfortable win over Royal Challengers Bangalore

Chennai Super Kings, under a brand-new captain, enjoyed a winning start to their defence of the IPL title in front of a raucous Chepauk crowd on Friday night Mustafizur Rahman who was among four debutants for CSK, took out four of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s top five in the space of ten balls to set up an eighth successive defeat for RCB in Chennai.

Scores: Chennai Super Kings176 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Rachin Ravindra 37, Ajikya Rahane 27, Daryl Mitchell 22, Shivam  Dube 34*, Ravindra Jadeja 25; Yash dayal 1-28, Karn Sharma 1-24,  Cameron Green 2-27) beat  Royal Challengers Bengaluru173 for 6 in 20 overs  (Virat Kholi 21, Anju Rawat 48, Dinesh Karthik 38*, Faf du Plessis 35, Deepak Chahar 1-37,  Mustafizur Rahman 4-29) by six wickets

(Cricinfo)