Firstly, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Faf du Plessis dedicate the player of the match award to all-rounder Yash Dayal. He held his nerve in the final to secure a 27-run win over CSK for the last play-off spot in IPL 2024. Secondly, Du Plessis receives award for the Man of the Match for his impressive knock off. Additionally, he adds 78 runs (47 off 29 balls) along with Virat Kohli to guide RCB to a mammoth 218/5 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Despite needing over 200 runs to reach the daunting target, CSK came remarkably close. MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja launches a brutal onslaught towards the end. The defending champions needed17 runs from the final over. However, despite Dhoni’s blistering first ball, Dayal kept his cool and restricts CSK to 191/7. Finally, before the game, it was prediction that the virtual final could be washed away.
Royal challengers historic comeback:
Although there was a 40-minute rain break, it didn’t matter in the end. Furthermore, the RCB skipper states that it was very difficult to field after the rain break. In fact, he discussed with Kohli and they felt that the ideal total for this wicket- 140-150 . When Royal Challengers Bangalore faced defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the 2024.Faf du Plessis faced an unfortunate dismissal.
In the last ball of Mitchell Santner’s 13th over at CSK, Plessis controversially led the non-striker. Subsequently, the bowler to ran back. Although umpire Michael Gough took his time and reviewed the footage. This could determine whether du Plessis’ bat was in the air. It was eventually awarded. Furthermore, Plessis was far from happy with the wicket. On the way back, RCB beat CSK by 27 runs to make a historic comeback.
Yash Dayal played crucial Role
Faf du Plessis’ brilliant performance made him the man of the match. Rain interrupted the game but did not deter the excited RCB fans. Additionally, RCB captain Faf du Plessis was adjudged man of the match. As he scored 54 and hit a stunning one-handed catch to send Mitchell Santner scrambling at the crucial moment. Despite his achievement, Du Plessis felt that the award should have gone to Dayal. He shaped the wet ball in the crucial moments of the match.
Furthermore, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Faf du Plessis dedicated the player of the match award to all-rounder Yash Dayal. He held his nerve in the final to secure a 27-run win over CSK for the last play-off spot . In addition, Du Plessis was awarded the Man of the Match . He added 78 runs (47 off 29 balls) along with Virat Kohli. Thus guiding RCB to a mammoth 218/5 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday (May 18) evening.
Do or Die match for RCB and CSK
Needing over 200 runs to reach the daunting target. CSK came remarkably close as MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja launched a brutal onslaught towards the end. Despite Dhoni’s blistering first ball, Dayal kept his cool and restricted CSK to 191/7. However, despite a 40 minute rain break, it didn’t matter in the end.
The RCB skipper stated that it was very difficult to field after the rain break. In fact, he discussed with Kohli and they felt that 140-150 would be the ideal total for this wicket. When Royal Challengers Bangalore faced defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the 2024 IPL on Saturday. Their captain Faf du Plessis faced an unfortunate dismissal.
