The most exciting part of IPL 2024 has come to an end with great thrill. In the 68th match of the tournament, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings locked horns at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Since both teams were fiercely competitive in terms of the qualification scenario, they gave their best. Their impressive batting performances led to some potential moves in the Orange Cap table.
RCB’s outstanding batting performance:
In the 68th match of the tournament, Royal Challengers Bengaluru faced Chennai Super Kings at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. The crowd in Bengaluru witnessed a thrilling encounter with both teams giving their best to qualify for the playoffs. Batting first, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis got off to a great start. Despite the rain interruption, the duo carried RCB’s innings forward remarkably. Kohli missed out on his well-deserved half-century after being dismissed for 47 runs in 29 balls.
On the other hand, RCB captain Faf du Plessis scored an exceptional half-century and scored 54 runs in 39 balls. As an impact player, Rajat Patidar played an impressive innings of 41 runs off 23 balls. Dinesh Karthik and Glenn Maxwell played quick innings of 14 and 16 runs. Cameron Green played an unbeaten innings of 38 runs off 17 balls. Riding on these outstanding batting performances, Royal Challengers Bengaluru posted a performance of 218/5 in 20 overs.
CSK’s biggest heartbreak:
The game was a vital situation for both teams. Batting in the second innings, Chennai Super Kings lost Ruturaj’s wicket right from the start. That was an early setback. After that, Daryl Mitchell also lost his wicket for 4 runs. But Rachin Ravindra delivered an effective knock in a crucial situation. He scored 61 runs in 37 balls. That drove the innings forward.
Ahiyanka Rahane scored 33 runs in 22 balls. While Shivam Dube lost his wicket early, Ravindra Jadeja shone again. He played an extraordinary knock of 42 runs in just 22 deliveries. MS Dhoni scored 25 runs in 13 balls. But these efforts failed as they lost a few wickets at a crucial moment. They defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 27 runs.
The Orange Cap scenario:
| Dough | team | Running | To match | The highest score | Average |
| Virat Kohli | RCB | 708 | 14 | 113 | 64.36 |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK | 583 | 14 | 108 | 53.00 |
| Travis Head | SRH | 533 | 11 | 102 | 53.3 |
| Riyan Parag | RR | 531 | 13 | 84 | 59.00 |
| Sai Sudharsan | GT | 527 | 12 | 103 | 47.91 |
| KL Rahul | VSG | 520 | 14 | 82 | 37.14 |
| Sanju Samson | RR | 504 | 13 | 86 | 56.00 |
| Nicholas Pooran | VSG | 499 | 14 | 75 | 62.38 |
| Sunil Narine | KKR | 461 | 12 | 109 | 41.91 |
| Rishabh pants | Direct current | 446 | 13 | 88 | 40.55 |
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