RCB vs CSK: Faf Duplesey made the match after Dhoni caught the catch, hit the second fastest fifty with pain

New Delhi. In IPL 2023, Chennai Super Kings gave a target of 227 runs to Royal Challengers Bangalore. Chasing this, RCB got off to a bad start. Virat Kohli got out on the fourth ball. Impact player Akash Singh showed him the way to the pavilion. In the very next over, Mahendra Singh Dhoni made a big mistake. He dropped a simple catch of RCB captain Faf Duplesey. When Dhoni dropped the catch of Duplesey, his account was not even open at that time.

Faf Duplesey took full advantage of this gift of life and along with Glenn Maxwell thrashed the Chennai Super Kings bowlers fiercely. The pair of Faf and Maxwell hit 75 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in the powerplay. This is the second highest score in the Powerplay against Chennai Super Kings in this IPL. Earlier, against CSK, Lucknow Supergiants scored 80 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in the powerplay. Faf Duplesey hit 17 runs in one over of Tushar Deshpande in the powerplay.

Faf Duplesey completed his 50 runs on the last ball of the 9th over. For this, he played only 23 balls. This is his second fastest fifty in IPL. He hit 5 fours and 3 sixes. Throughout this innings, Faf was seen troubled by the pain. Despite this, Faf Duplesey stood firm and shared a 126-run partnership in 61 balls for the third wicket with Glenn Maxwell. Maxwell also played a stormy innings. He got out after scoring 76 runs in 36 balls. Maxwell hit 3 fours and 8 sixes. After Maxwell’s dismissal, Duplessi also returned to the pavilion in the very next over. He scored 62 runs in 33 balls. Moin Ali got him caught out by Dhoni.

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