The decision to bring in Dale Steyn for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in place of Nathan Coulter Nile has given rich dividends to the franchise as the speedster has been quite sensational in the two matches he has played so far. The South African speedster dismissed Suresh Raina with a peach of a delivery in the 39th match of Vivo IPL 12.
It was one of the best deliveries of the tournament without a doubt as the ball went through his legs which went onto rattle his stumps. It was back to back wickets for Dale Steyn. It was a perfect Yorker delivered by Dale Steyn and the Chinnaswamy Stadium erupted in delight. Courtesy his couple of wickets, Royal Challengers Bangalore stormed right back into the match as they were reduced to 9/2.
In the previous delivery it was Shane Watson was dismissed by another good delivery from Dale Steyn. The ball swung perfectly and took the outside edge of Watson’s bat which was safely taken by Marcus Stoinis at the slip cordon.
Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings have currently lost 4 wickets for just 37 runs and RCB are definitely on the driver’s seat. However, with MS Dhoni at the crease, CSK will still be hopeful of registering a victory. MS Dhoni has bee the highest run scorer for Chennai in the competition so far and should back themselves to win the match.
Meanwhile, earlier in the day Royal Challengers Banglore posted a competitive 158 on the board in their allotted 20 overs. Parthiv Patel was the top scorer for Bangalore who scored 53 and got RCB off to a good start. Moeen Ali continued his rich vein of form and smashed 26 of 16 deliveries to get RCB going. Eventually, they ended on 158 in their allotted 20 overs. Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar and Imran Tahir bagged a couple of wickets each for CSK.
Here is the video of the wicket
— Arya Chakraborty (@AryaMady) April 21, 2019