Royal Challengers Bengaluru continued their dominating run within the ongoing version of the IPL with an exhilarating two-run victory over Chennai Tremendous Kings on Saturday. Requested to bat first, RCB posted a whopping complete of 213/5 in 20 overs. Later, CSK practically went throughout the road however pacer Yash Dayal defended 15 runs within the final over and snatched a memorable win for RCB. Aside from this thrilling encounter, the match additionally had an attention-grabbing second when CSK skipper MS Dhoni took the bat gauge from the on-field umpire’s hand.
The incident passed off within the seventeenth over of CSK’s chase when Dhoni walked-in to bat after Lungi Ngidi’s dismissal. As Dhoni got here in, the umpire took out the gauge however the CSK skipper’s bat failed the take a look at. Seeing this, the legendary wicketkeeper-batter took the gauge the measured the bat by himself.
Though the gauge didn’t go by Dhoni’s bat cleanly, he nonetheless received a nod from the on-field umpire to proceed.
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As per the rule, Tools in T20I Taking part in Circumstances doc, a authorized cricket bat ought to go the gauge, whose dimensions are: 2.68 inches in complete depth, 4.33 inches of width, and 1.61 inches of edges. The curve of a authorized bat, as per the gauge, must be inside 0.20 inches.
Speaking in regards to the match, RCB climbed to the highest of the factors desk with this win as they now have a complete of 16 factors after 11 matches and are nearly on the verge of playoffs qualification.
Alternatively, it was one more heartbreak for the five-time champions, who’ve already been knocked out from the playoffs race.
“Once I went into bat, with the sort of deliveries and the runs wanted, I felt I ought to’ve transformed a pair extra photographs to ease the stress. I take the blame. They received off to begin, in between we pulled it again, however Romario Shepherd was good. Regardless of the bowlers bowled, he was in a position to get most runs,” mentioned Dhoni in the course of the post-match presentation.
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