Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 22nd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

All the pre-match talks were about Faf du Plessis vs CSK, but two former RCB players turned out to be the heroes today for the Men in Yellow. "Never write off CSK, we've got our work cut out, but we like the challenge," said Stephen Fleming prior to the match and the defending champions made a statement today with an authoritative batting performance by posting the highest total of the season. Beware everyone, CSK are underway! On that note, we bring the curtains down on this South Indian derby. Mumbai Indians - the five-time IPL champions - are the only team yet to open their account this season and they'll lock horns with Punjab Kings at Pune tomorrow. Don't forget to tune in for that. For now, it's goodbye and good night from Abhinand Raghavendran on behalf of Siva, Nikhil Jadhav, Ramakrishnan MS and Kumar Abhisekh Das.

Shivam Dube, Player of the Match: We were looking for the first win and I am really happy that I contributed for the team. It's a honour for me. I am more focused this time and focusing on basics. I spoke to many seniors - Mahi bhai also helped me to improve the game. He said, 'Just be focused, just be still, just let the skill work in the game.' I wanted to time the ball really well. I tried to maintain by balance. Yuvi pa is always a role model for a left-hander. Many people told me that I bat like him. As the situation demands, as the captain and coach tell me, I am ready to bat anywhere.

Ravindra Jadeja: First of all, this is the first victory as a captain ever. I would like to dedicate to my wife and also the team because first victory is always special. Previous four games, we couldn't cross the line. But as a team, we came good. As a batting unit, everybody did a good job. Robbie and Shivam batted brilliantly. The bowlers contributed with the ball as well. Our management don't put pressure on me, they are relaxed, they always come to me and motivate. As a captain, I am still picking brains of the senior players. Mahi bhai is there, I always go to him and discuss. Moulding into a new role, it'll take time to get things going. I am still learning and trying to get better with each game. We have plenty of experience in our dressing room. Experience comes into play, we don't panic early. We try to keep ourselves calm, we back ourselves and we look to play positive cricket. We'll look to push hard, we've got the momentum, we'll try and continue the momentum.

Harsha Bhogle: For the CSK fans, there is a little yellow glow to the night sky. Now, the Mumbai Indians fans will search for the lovely blue hue tomorrow.

Faf du Plessis: First of all our 7-8 overs were good. Then 8-14 we tried to bring the spinners on and they played really well. Dube taking on the spinners, they took the momentum they carried from 8-14. That partnership speaks for itself. When you are chasing a big score you have to have a good start. One of the first four setting up the foundation, we didn't have that tonight. Good bowling from Chennai, they used their spinners well on a pitch that had some grip. We lost momentum with wickets, but we came back well. That shows the depth in our batting. Just shows you when you play a match like tonight. You see the value he (Harshal) offers not just to this team but any team. He has got the ability to really stop the game. We missed that tonight. Even towards the end we lacked the variety. Big miss for us, hopefully we will have him back soon again. Impressed by the way the guys coming in on a debut at 5 or 6 and playing like that just shows depth in our bowling. Even though we lost we were only 20 runs short on a total we should have been blown out of order and that is impressive.

Uthappa: We were amazed after that (Rayudu's) catch, as much as he was. I just allowed him (Dube) to get in and get set. He has been hitting the ball well, I made sure to build a partnership with him. When Maxwell came in to bowl his third over, I felt it was the time to take him on even though it was the bigger boundary. An off-spinner bowling, so I decided to take him on. When the spinners were bowling, I tried to feed him (Dube) as much strike as possible, and when the pacers were back on, I told him to give me the strike back. He (Theekshana) has been bowling well, and he is growing in confidence with each and every game. It's a relief to get the points, we have been working hard. There are a lot of young faces, we have injuries, and even Deepak's not there. We have spent a lot of time together, we have gotten closer over the last few days. That was a result of staying together when we were down in the dumps.

23:26 Local Time, 17:56 GMT, 23:26 IST: Coming into this match on the back of four successive losses, CSK were forced to bat and they didn't get off to an auspicious start as they managed to score just 60 runs in the first ten overs. However, the 165-run stand between Uthappa and Dube powered them to 216. In reply, RCB lost their top-three inside the powerplay. Maxwell came out all guns blazing but fell victim to his nemesis Jadeja once again (7th time in T20s). At 50/4, RCB were staring down the barrel and that's when the duo of Suyash Prabhudessai and Shahbaz Ahmed stitched a half-ton partnership scoring at a brisk pace. Maheesh Theekshana, who accounted for the openers, came back to remove both the set batters. Dinesh Karthik scored a quickfire 34 but RCB's teeny-tiny hopes were extinguished once he was dismissed. A game to forget for RCB, especially with the ball. CSK, on the other hand, will be a relieved unit. Stick around for the presentations...

Dwayne Bravo to Siraj, FOUR, 126kph, overpitched, Siraj audaciously plays a helicopter shot to batter it straight of mid-off. First win of the season for CSK!

Dwayne Bravo to Siraj, no run, 127.9kph, banged in short, Siraj misses the pull

Dwayne Bravo to Siraj, FOUR, 96.9kph, very slow, too full, Siraj thumps it over the non-striker's head and Hazlewood had to duck under it

Dwayne Bravo to Siraj, no run, 127.4kph, yorker outside off, Siraj can't put bat on ball as he tries to squeeze it out

Dwayne Bravo to Hazlewood, 1 run, 125.6kph, low full toss outside off, Hazlewood eases it to deep point

Dwayne Bravo to Hazlewood, wide, even slower but errs with his line outside off

Dwayne Bravo to Hazlewood, 2 runs, 121.5kph, slow, full and wide of off, Hazlewood stays deep to go over extra cover. Jadeja runs back and jumps but is out of his reach...

Jordan to Siraj, FOUR, 134.7kph, fullish delivery, Siraj clears his front leg and swings his bat hard to slash it through extra cover. No chance for deep cover to cut it off

Jordan to Hazlewood, 1 run, 134kph, around the blockhole again, jammed towards mid-off

Jordan to Hazlewood, no run, yorker length outside off, Hazlewood fails to lay bat on ball

Jordan to Siraj, 1 run, 135.9kph, pitched up delivery, Siraj backs away and drives to mid-off

Jordan to Siraj, no run, 138.3kph, low full toss outside off, a shuffling Siraj tries to play a premeditated scoop shot and doesn't know where the ball is. It hit the lower half of the bat and went towards point

Jordan to Hazlewood, 1 run, 130.9kph, skiddy length ball, Hazlewood is early to close his bat-face and gets a leading edge towards backward point

Chris Jordan [1.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack