NEW DELHI: Indian batting star Virat Kohli delighted the vibrant crowd at the Chepauk Stadium with a dance performance during the mid-innings interval of the IPL 2024 match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday.
After RCB posted 173/6 in their allotted 20 overs, courtesy unbeaten impressive knocks from Anuj Rawat (48 off 25) and Dinesh Karthik (38 off 26 balls), Virat was spotted grooving to the beats of the Tamil song "Appadi Podu".
Making his competitive cricket return after a two-month paternity break, during which he missed India's 4-1 Test victory over England, Virat began his innings cautiously.
1/10:Chennai Super Kings down Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2024 opener
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2/10:Mustafizur's brilliance
Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman returned figures of 4-29 to set up a six-wicket win for defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the IPL opener against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday.PTI
3/10:Shivam Dube & Ravindra Jadeja's stand
Hosts CSK restricted Bengaluru to 173/6 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Shivam Dube, who hit 34, and Ravindra Jadeja, who made 25, put on an unbeaten stand of 66 to steer the team home.PTI
4/10:IPL opening ceremony
The 17th edition of the lucrative league began with a glitzy ceremony, with performances by Bollywood stars including India's Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman.AFP
5/10:Dhoni's captaincy handover
<p>Old warhorse MS Dhoni had shocked his fans on the eve of the opener when he handed over the captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad, who said he got to know of the decision last week.</p>PTI
6/10:Man of the Match: Mustafizur
Mustafizur had Du Plessis caught out for 35 and RCB slipped from 41-0 to 42-3 in the space of seven balls when Glenn Maxwell was out for a first-ball duck off Deepak Chahar. Mustafizur was named man of the match.AP
7/10:Virat Kohli's return
Virat Kohli returned to competitive cricket after two months following a paternity break. He made 21 off 20 balls including a six off spinner Maheesh Theekshana before his departure in another inspired spell by Mustafizur.AP
8/10:Chennai's batting display
CSK's batsmen including IPL debutant Ravindra, who hit a 15-ball 37, got starts but lost regular wickets. Dube, who came in as impact substitute in place of Mustafizur, and Jadeja ensured the team sailed through.ANI
9/10:Green's bowling impact
Green struck with two key wickets including Rahane (27) and Daryl Mitchell (22) with his fast-medium bowling but Jadeja kept the chase going.PTI
10/10:Rawat & Karthik's partnership
For RCB, Anuj Rawat, a wicketkeeper-batsman who hit 48, and Dinesh Karthik, 38 not out, steadied the ship and then took the attack to the opposition in their partnership of 95 in 50 balls.PTIHe managed to score 21 runs off 20 balls, including a six off spinner Maheesh Theekshana, before being dismissed by Mustafizur Rahman.
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Mustafizur returned figures of 4-29 to set up a six-wicket win for defending champions Chennai Super Kings.
Hosts CSK kept RCB down to 173/6, a total their batsmen overhauled in 18.4 overs at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.
Shivam Dube, who hit 34, and fellow left-hander Ravindra Jadeja, who made 25, put on an unbeaten stand of 66 to steer the team home.
The 17th edition of the lucrative league began with a glitzy ceremony, with performances by Bollywood stars including India's Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman.
