Delhi: The day of March 28 was very special for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, RCB did what veteran captains like Virat Kohli and Anil Kumble could not even do it. RCB defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 50 runs at Chepock Stadium after 17 years and registered its second win against CSK on this ground. After 6155 days, RCB has won against CSK here. Earlier, this feat was done only under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid.
6 big captains failed
Prior to Rajat Patidar, 7 big players led the team under the captaincy of RCB. But out of these, only Rahul Dravid was who defeated Chennai Super Kings at his house. His later captains such as Kevin Pietersen, Anil Kumble, Daniel Vettori, Shane Watson, Faf Duplesi and Virat Kohli could not beat Chennai in Chepock. In the last 17 years, RCB had defeated CSK only once in Chepock, while Chennai won 8 matches.
Historical victory under Patidar’s captaincy
Under the silver captaincy, RCB has now defeated CSK for the second time in Chepock. Under the leadership of Patidar, Bengaluru defeated Chennai by a huge margin of 50 runs. RCB scored 196 runs in 20 overs while batting first. In response, Chennai could score just 146 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Under the captaincy of Patidar, batting, bowling and fielding saw aggressive performances in all three departments.
When did the last victory come?
RCB last defeated Chennai Super Kings in his house on 21 May 2008. This match took place in the first season of IPL. The 46th match was played between the two teams in Chepock. At that time, RCB captain Rahul Dravid, who won the toss and batted first and helped the team score 126 runs at the loss of 8 wickets.
Rahul Dravid scored 47 runs in 39 balls. After this, CSK scored only 112 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs and RCB won the match by 14 runs. In this match, Anil Kumble bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets for 14 runs in 4 overs, for which he received the Player of the Match award.
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