Ten deliveries is all that Mustafizur Rahman wanted to take the fizz out of Royal Challengers Bengaluru. In these 10 deliveries he accounted for Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli and Cameron Inexperienced as RCB’s top-order danced to Rahman’s tunes an hour after AR Rahman had Chepauk dancing on its ft.
Bengaluru recovered by way of a 95-run stand between Anuj Rawat (48) and Dinesh Karthik (38 n.o) to publish 173/6, a complete that was effectively under par.
When the Tremendous Kings purchased Rahman on the participant auctions for his base value of Rs 2 crore, it regarded each bit a steal. Chennai had been strolling away with a participant, who would ace their dwelling circumstances. They’d already purchased Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi. However Rahman’s acquisition was the icing on the cake. And on the evening of the IPL opener, the Bangladesh quick bowler confirmed the harm he can inflict on the opposition at a floor that continues to be arduous to crack for visiting groups.
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A left-arm seamer, who largely bowls cutters, takes tempo off the ball and bowls these lengths that have a tendency to depart batsmen caught on the crease — all make Rahman a trump card in T20s. In six seasons on the IPL earlier than the present one, he has had 4 completely different properties – Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals. However only one recreation into the season, there’s each cause to consider he’s at dwelling in Chennai. If there’s any floor that aids his model of bowling, then it’s arduous to look past Chepauk.
Dhaka-like circumstances
On the opening evening, on a contemporary pitch, Rahman would have felt he was nearer dwelling to the circumstances in Dhaka. He didn’t do something extra-ordinary right here. When he got here on to bowl within the fifth over, there have been even chants of “RCB, RCB” filling the air momentarily. Faf du Plessis, a participant who continues to be adored in these components, was the only real cause for it, with seven boundaries coming within the first 4 overs.
Rahman conceded a boundary off the second ball. Off the following, with Ruturaj Gaikwad offering him safety with a fielder at deep cowl, he introduced out that leg-cutter. Du Plessis, who was hanging superbly, was early into the stroke because the miscued shot was pouched by Rachin Ravindra by diving ahead. Rahman would greet Rajat Patidar by growing his tempo. As Patidar waited for the slower one, Rahman delivered one with a wobble seam, which angled away and took the sting on the way in which to wicket-keeper MS Dhoni
From there on, Chennai used him judiciously. That he isn’t a one-spell bowler permits captains such luxuries. As Bengaluru rebuilt by way of Virat Kohli and Cameron Inexperienced, Gaikwad as an alternative of utilizing all his three overs on the dying, introduced him on once more within the twelfth over with RCB positioned at 76/3.
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And identical to his first over, Rahman combined it up. Off the second, Kohli fell to a carbon-copy dismissal of Du Plessis with Ajinkya Rahane and Rachin combining for a catch at deep cowl.
And off the fourth ball of the over, Inexperienced dedicated the sin that no batsman is meant to commit towards Rahman. Horizontal-bat pictures on the off-side all the time comes with a danger towards Rahman who adjusts his tempo on the final doable second of launch. And having watched Inexperienced make room, he received this one to pitch exterior leg and the leg-cutter ended up crashing into the leg-stump. RCB’s boat was rocked at 78/5 earlier than Karthik and Rawat introduced them again into the sport with a 95-run stand off 50 balls.
Off his subsequent two overs, delivered on the dying (seventeenth and nineteenth), Rahman struck to his strengths, freely giving 7 and 16 runs respectively as Rawat and Karthik, two settled batsmen picked his variations and located boundaries that gave Bengaluru a much-needed flourish ultimately.
Had Matheesha Pathirana been match, there’s each probability Rahman would have warmed the bench right here. However with the Sri Lankan pacer recovering from damage and prone to be obtainable just for the second-half of the event, in Rahman, Chennai have discovered the best substitute. After all, when the pitches right here get slower within the month of Might, which might be much more useful for Rahman, they won’t have his providers due to nationwide commitments. However one match into the season, with a robust spin mixture of their ranks, it will be fascinating to see how tempted the Tremendous Kings are to play on gradual surfaces at dwelling straightaway.