Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Virat Kohli made 72 off 48 balls and essentially settled the matter before he was dismissed, leaving RCB needing just 21 off 29 deliveries in a chase of 175 at Chepauk. His stand with Rajat Patidar (35 off 22) added 74 runs for the second wicket and rendered the sluggish pitch irrelevant. Chennai had posted 174 for six, built around Ruturaj Gaikwad's 58 off 41 and Shivam Dube's late acceleration of 41 off 24. The total looked competitive on a slow surface where timing required real application. Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar kept things tight through the middle, but neither quite cracked through often enough. Phil Salt's brisk 29 off 18 set the tone for RCB's reply. Once Kohli arrived, he rotated strike cleanly and picked the gaps with minimal fuss. Matheesha Pathirana's dismissal of Kohli in the 17th over created brief tension, those characteristic slingy yorkers suddenly making batters think twice. He gave away just six in that spell. But by then the equation was too gentle. RCB crossed the line with four balls remaining, their fourth win in six matches. Watch whether Chennai's middle-order batting in the death overs remains this reliant on Dube's power, especially when he fails.