Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 37th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Indian Premier League 2015 Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Date & Time: May 04, 04:00 PM LOCAL

Mitchell Starc's arrival has given RCB some much needed balance © Cricbuzz

It's the South Indian derby clash at the MA Chidambaram stadium. CSK have traditionally had a stranglehold on their home ground. RCB are finally in the running for a spot in the play-offs after an unbeaten 4-game run. They are settling in on the right combination and key players are hitting form as well. CSK and RCB have fierce fan following and it will be a spicy encounter at Chepauk. Mitchell Starc v Brendon McCullum will be one of the treats to look forward to. Will that happen straightaway? Toss and teams coming up shortly.

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Kohli and Dinesh Karthik are getting their eye in. Both batsmen have got boundaries at crucial moments. CSK have got their spinners in now. This could well be a close game.

Partnership worth 37 now between the two. Both are getting boundaries as well. That's got RCB back on track. Both batsmen are looking quite fluent.

Kohli is living dangerously. He could have been out thrice in these two overs. First Jadeja dropped him off his own bowling. He went after Negi in the next over and just about managed to clear Bravo at the fence for a six. He tried another big hit but got it off the toe end of the bat but fortunately wide of a diving du Plessis as well. The partnership is growing rapidly now. Worrisome for CSK.

Two wickets in two balls for CSK and both the set batsmen fall. That could be the turning point of the game. Kohli was yorked by Bravo as he came down the track, the bowler stopped it on his follow through and fired it back onto the stumps even as Kohli was caught napping. He fell for 48. Off the first ball of the next over, Karthik pulled one straight to deep square leg. Are RCB choking this?

Ashish Nehra finishes his spell of 4-0-19-3 and bags the Purple Cap with that. He got two wickets in his final over - Sarfraz Khan and Harshal Patel. David Wiese remained RCB's lone hope.

The stranglehold was complete as RCB finished 24 runs short. CSK gave away only 27 runs after the 14th over and picked up 6 wickets as well. Dwayne Bravo was at the center of it all as he finished with 2/17. The death overs bowling from CSK was simply top notch. That extends CSK's unbeaten run at home to 10 games and they go back to the top in the points table.