IPL 2013 Match 70 Highlights: RCB Vs CSK

Bangalore, May 18: Virat Kohli dazzled in a rain-curtailed 8-over-a-side game to take Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 24-run victory over Chennai Super Kings here at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday night. The match, which was delayed for 3 hours, went on past midnight. Scorecard; Over-by-over runs Kohli's 29-ball 56 not out powered RCB to 106/2 in 8 overs. In the run chase, CSK were kept to 82/6 with Zaheer Khan taking 4/17. IPL 2013 Match 70 Highlights: RCB Vs CSK Here are the highlights # RCB stayed in the hunt for a playoffs spot. They finished the league campaign with 18 points # Sunrisers Hyderabad too are on 18 points. They face Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday # CSK took the top spot in the points table with 22 points. Mumbai Indians are second, also with 22 and Rajasthan Royals third with 20 # Match ended at 12.34 AM # It is between RCB and SRH now for the 4th playoff position. A win for SRH will put RCB out # Zaheer Khan was outstanding with 4/17 in 2 overs. He bowled 7 dot balls # Today's 4/17 is Zaheer's best bowling figures in IPL and also in T20 cricket # Overall, RCB bowled 15 dot balls # CSK needed 39 off the final over bowled by Zaheer Khan # Last 18 balls, CSK needed 70. In final 12 balls, it was 51 # CSK required 78 off 24 balls. At this stage, MS Dhoni walked out to bat, at number 5 # CSK needed 88 to win in final 30 balls # CSK's first six came on the 5th ball of 4th over. It was hit by Dwayne Bravo off R Vinay Kumar # Suresh Raina was out for a first-ball duck, dismissed by Zaheer Khan # Zaheer took two in two balls, first Michael Hussey and then Raina # The hat-trick ball was played out by Murali Vijay # Zaheer took 2 wickets for 3 runs in his first over (second of the innings) # CSK won the toss and invited RCB to bat # Match was reduced to 8 overs per side # Play started at 11PM IST, 3 hours delay due to rain # Coin toss took place at 10.40PM # In revised playing conditions, 3 bowlers were allowed to bowl maximum of 2 overs # Fielding restrictions were for 2 overs # Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle opened the batting for RCB # Gayle smashed 3 consecutive sixes of Jason Holder in the 5th over # Kohli was 56 not out off 29 with 6 fours and 4 sixes # Moises Henriques made 12 off 3 balls with 3 boundaries # Mohit Sharma and Dwayne Bravo took a wicket each for CSK # CSK bowled 18 dot balls off 48 # RCB bowled 15 dot balls # RCB hit 10 fours and 8 sixes # CSK managed 6 fours and 5 sixes # Holder, in his only over, was hit for 20 runs # Kohli crossed 600 runs in this edition of IPL # Kohli has so far scored 634, the most by a captain in IPL, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's 618 in 2010