Cricket Mahakumbh i.e. IPL has started in India. In the opening match, defending champions Chennai Super Kings defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets. Batting first, RCB scored 173 runs. CSK achieved the target by scoring 176 runs in 18.4 overs.
Shivam Dubey vs RCB in IPL
- 46(32), Mumbai Wankhede, 2021
- 95*(46), Mumbai DYP, 2022
- 52(27), Bengaluru, 2023
- 34*(28), Chennai, 2024
Total :227 off 133 balls, average :113.50.50, strike rate : 170.67, 4s/6s: 16/16
RCB's performance in the opening match of IPL season
- 2008: Defeat against KKR by 140 runs
- 2017: Defeat against SRH by 35 runs
- 2019: Lost to CSK by 7 wickets
- 2021: MI wins by 2 wickets
- 2024: Lost to CSK by 6 wickets
RCB's record against Chennai in Chepauk
- CSK won: 8
- RCB won: 1 (2008)
Most wins against one team in IPL
- 23 – MI vs KKR
- 21 – CSK vs RCB
- 21 – KKR vs PBKS
- 20 – MI vs CSK
- 19 – CSK vs DC
Total scores in IPL matches without half-centuries
- 349 – CSK vs RCB, Chennai, 2024
- 343 – GL vs RPS, Rajkot, 2017
- 343 – KKR vs CSK, Abu Dhabi, 2021
- 342 – PBKS vs RR, Mohali, 2014
- 337 – SRH vs KKR, Hyderabad, 2023
Mumbai recorded this special record
RCB failed once again at Chepauk Stadium. In the history of IPL, RCB has won Chepauk only once in the year 2008. CSK has defeated them 8 times. CSK became the second team to register the most wins against a single team in the IPL. Mumbai has won the maximum 23 matches against Kolkata.