Sharjah, United Arab Emirates: Chennai Super Kings climbed to the top of the Indian Premier League points table with a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday.
Chennai won the sandstorm-delayed toss and decided to field at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, restricting Bangalore to 156-6 despite a promising start for Virat Kohli’s team.
In reply, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai reached 157-4 in 18.1 overs.
Kohli scored 53 runs in 41 balls and shared an opening partnership of 111 runs with Devdutt Padikkal (70 off 50). That partnership ended in the 14th over and none of the Bangalore batsmen could last more than 11 balls.
West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo did a lot of damage with 3-24 in his four overs.
Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 38 off 26 for Chennai ahead of opening partners Faf du Plessis (31) and Ambati Rayudu (32). Harshal Patel took 2-25 wickets.
Chennai are tied with Delhi Capitals on 14 points after nine matches with a better net run rate than Chennai. Bangalore is in third place with 10 points.
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