Fans on Twitter reacted after defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the opening game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. The inaugural tournament took place at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday (March 22).
RCB won the toss and opted to bat first. They got off to a good start as captain Faf du Plessis (35) and Virat Kohli (21) added 41 runs for the opening partnership. But the opening wicket brought about collapse for them as they lost wickets in bunches.
RCB reeled at 78/5 and that was when Anuj Rawat (48) and Dinesh Karthik (38) came together and got the team out of trouble. They added 95 runs and propelled their team to a total of 173 runs. For CSK, Mustafizur Rahman was the pick of the players with his figures of 4/29.
During the chase, CSK made a valiant start with the bat. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (15) and Rachin Ravindra (37) played good shots early on and put pressure on RCB from the start. They totaled 38 runs together.
After that, Ajinkya Rahane (27) and Daryl Mitchell (22) took charge and oozed class with the bat. The duo batted aggressively but both lost their wickets at crucial moments. RCB made a slight comeback in the match by reducing CSK to 110/4.
But it was Shivam Dube (34*) and Ravindra Jadeja (25*) who defended the team and ensured that CSK chased down the target comfortably. At first the pacemakers put them to the test, but they got through the difficult phase well. They added an unbeaten 65 runs and made a mockery of RCB’s bowling lineup. Chennai Super Kings chased down the target with 6 wickets in hand and started the tournament on a high.
Fans on Twitter react as CSK beat RCB by 6 wickets to win the first game of IPL 2024.
When Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by 6 wickets in the opening game of IPL 2024, fans on Twitter reacted. They praised the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led team’s dominance over RCB and reacted with joy. Here are some of them:
CSK DEFEATED RCB BY 6 WICKETS….!!!
– What a start to the Ruturaj Era in the Yellow Army. pic.twitter.com/eOpxY6LiI0
—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 22, 2024
We start our Starboy Era with a victory!
~ I can’t wait for a better start to IPL’2024.#RuturajGaikwad pic.twitter.com/sdAB5EDTw9
— Hustler (@HustlerCSK) March 22, 2024
The last time RCB beat CSK in Chennai,
– We pay ₹250 for 1GB of data
– PM Modi was CM Modi
– Rachin Ravindra was learning two ‘wanza’ two
– Sagar (@sagarcasm) March 22, 2024
Congratulations 🎉
Channai Super Kings achieve first ipl win of 2024 #CSKvRCB #ArvindKejriwal #CSKvsRCB #RCBvsCSK pic.twitter.com/3Lyvc8VCNI– Dr. Muhammad Mubashir Bilal (@Dr_MMubashir) March 22, 2024
BCCI should cancel CSK vs RCB from next time. Just add 2 or 4 points in CSK’s account before the start of IPL every season depending on the number of matches against RCB, simple.😭
– Electron_unpaired (@i_m_mukul_sahu) March 22, 2024
Congratulations #CSK 💛@ChennaiIPL #Prabhas #CSKvsRCB pic.twitter.com/IismZHdSeJ
— VASU PRABHAS 💥 (@VASU__PRABHAS) March 22, 2024
CSK’s last two wins in IPL:
vs GT – A six and a four in the good stretch to win.
vs RCB – A six and a four in a good stretch to win.– Fool Point (@FarziCricketer) March 22, 2024
CSK WIN 🔥🔥#CSKvsRCB pic.twitter.com/tDZozuTy0p
– (@VanshTweets_) March 22, 2024
I keep thinking about him 😭 #CSKvsRCB pic.twitter.com/cZzfNYLpCj
– Prayag (@theprayagtiwari) March 22, 2024
No matter how much noise your fans make
But we own these red RCB dogs#CSKvsRCB #IPL2024live pic.twitter.com/jSTL786Bhg– partner haseeb 🇵🇸 (@haseebpeer6) March 22, 2024
History of RCB fans every year pic.twitter.com/AjRH19OMvC
— Vikram แꪊꪑꪖ 🐦🪅 (@printf_meme) March 22, 2024
First match WON 🏆💛 #CSKvsRCBpic.twitter.com/JyGN0kYyPz
— ʲᵈᴀʟᴇxᴀɴᴅᴇʀᵗʷᵉᵉᵗˢ (@JDALEXtweets) March 22, 2024
Never supported
I will never admit this third class RCB in future.
Congratulations CSK!! #CSKvsRCB pic.twitter.com/S1c5lDlUPu
— Ctrl C Ctrl Memes (@Ctrlmemes_) March 22, 2024
Match summary #CSKvsRCB pic.twitter.com/TbYvkjgToz
—Byomkesh (@byomkesbakshy) March 22, 2024
This ‘rivalry’ between CSK and RCB pic.twitter.com/zIdSik2ziR
-Santhosh Kumar Raju (@bruhthosh) March 22, 2024