Shivam Dube is gone. Another wicket fall for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) against their arch rivals, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), today at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Jitesh Sharma, the wicketkeeper of RCB, took a stunning catch behind the stumps to dismiss the batter of Chennai.
In the form of Shivam Dube, CSK lost their 6th wicket, when the team was on 108 runs in 9.5 overs while chasing RCB’s first innings total of 250 runs. In the effort to maintain a high run rate, the away team lost one batter after another in regular intervals.
RCB keeper Jitesh Sharma takes a stunner to dismiss CSK’s Shivam Dube
The emerging pacer of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Abhinandan Singh, hit the deck hard and pitched the ball just around off. The ball skidded a little bit. Shivam Dube stayed on his back foot and swung the bat. But he reacted a bit late. Jitesh Sharma took a couple of steps and glided his body towards his right side to glove the ball in his right palm.
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Chennai Super Kings needs to very hard task to accomplish as the home team and the defending champions of the ongoing IPL 2026 season, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, batting first, registered 250 runs in their 20-over limit, losing only 3 wickets.
A run feast for RCB in Bengaluru
In this match, apart from Virat Kohli, who was dismissed after scoring only 28 runs, the other top-order and middle-order batters did their task more than precisely. It was total carnage when RCB captain Rajat Patidar and their Aussie all-rounder were toying with the opposing team’s bowlers.
While David remained unbeaten for 75 off 25, Patidar remained not out for 48 off 19. In their knock, David smashed three 4s and eight 6s; Patidar hammered six 6s and one 4. Before the destructive pair of these two batters, it was Devdutt Padikkal who wreaked havoc in Bengaluru, scoring 50 runs from 29 balls with the help of five 4s and a couple of 6s.
Phil Salt, their opener, was also in the run feast by contributing a 46-run knock against 30 balls. The other prolific batters of the team, like Jitesh Sharma, Romario Shepherd, and Krunal Pandya, did not get their turn to showcase their batting skills.
Shivam Dube was the most expensive bowler for CSK tonight
Shivam Dube turned into the most expensive bowler for the Chennai Super Kings, conceding 30 runs in 2 overs with a wicket in hand. Jamie Overton’s economy rate was slightly below Dube’s, as he leaked 42 runs in 3 overs. Noor Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, and Matt Henry all of them offered 12 runs on average in their respective bowling spells.
CSK had no choice but to go all out to chase the run. All of their plans looked ruined when they were 30 for 3, losing Sanju Samson, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Ayush Mhatre cheaply inside the first three overs of the second innings.
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