RCB, helped by a Kallis half century (52), and useful contribution by almost all its' batters, posted a total of 161 for 4 in their alloted 20 overs. This looked like a decent total, given the bowling options that RCB has. But Murali Vijay had other ideas. He came out to bat in a different frame of mind, and by the time he finished, he had put CSK in a position, from where if they were to lose the match, they would have had only themselves to blame. Suresh Raina stood firm to ensure no such drama happens, and the CSK cruised to victory thereafter, notwithstanding the minor hiccups in Dhoni and Morkel's dismissals. Vijay, played the innings of his life with a 39-ball 78, which was studded with 6 sixes and 4 fours. The fact that he had managed to do that with proper cricketing shots, re-establishes the effectiveness of pure batsmanship even in this format.
In the end, what was important for CSK was that, they had secured a desperately needed victory.
In the second match of the day, Delhi Dare Devils' total of 188, powered by a 38 ball 69 from Dinesh Karthick, proved too much for the Rajastan Royals. Eventually, they were bundled out for 167, handing DD a huge victory margin of 67 runs.
This helped Delhi to move to the second place in the points table, and they seem to have recovered from the temporary slump, that happened to them after a prominent start to the season. The winning streak of the RR are broken now and they find themselves in the fourth place in the table.
The competition is hotting up, really.
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