There are certain great Rivalries that comes to our mind when it comes to world cricket, basically, because of situations of doing or die game and country’s pride evolves in between, without a guess, it will be India vs Pakistan and Australia vs England. Similarly, we have some of the greatest Rivalries in IPL that would be RCB vs CSK, MI vs CSK, RCB vs KKR without a second thought.
Apart from all these rivalries, the most epic nail biter comes along Virat Kohli’s RCB vs MS Dhoni’s CSK. The intensity of this rivalry is also due to political reasons. The two teams are from the neighboring southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The derby has been named on the unrest over the Cauvery River water dispute which has been a topic of an intense political fight over many years. The rivalry is also termed as the South Indian Derby.
Each and every clash between these two cricketing giant turns outs to be an epic clash. The two most popular franchises have faced each other 22 times, where CSK pocketed 14 wins while RCB has only 7 wins to take home and a draw.
Let us discuss the topmost epic matches between RCB and CSK
10. RCB Vs. CSK 15th match 2008
The first clash between the two teams started off in the Chinnaswamy stadium Bangalore in the first IPL season, an epic match begins with a toss between the two captains MS Dhoni for CSK and Rahul Dravid for RCB. Where CSK won the toss and choose to bat first. Chennai managed to score 178/5, where MS Dhoni scored a whopping 65 0f 30 balls. In the reply Banglore was all out for 165, Wasim Jaffer and Ross Taylor managed to score 50 above, in spite of these two batsmen’s contribution RCB didn’t manage to pull it off. Chennai Super Kings had won the match for 13 runs. Later, the man of the match was given to the captain MS Dhoni himself for a wonderful knock of 65 of 30 balls.
9. CSK V.s RCB 46th match 2008
Royal Challengers won the toss and decided to bat first, on this tricky turning tracks RCB managed to score 126/8 with the help of Rahul Dravid’s 47 of 39 balls. In the reply, Chennai was not able to go par the score as they only managed to get 112 with the loss of 8 wickets. Thanks for Anil Kumble’s brilliant spell of 14/3 with the economy 3.5. He was later given the man of the match. Royal Challengers won the match by 14 runs.
8. RCB Vs. CSK 18th match 2010
Chennai won the toss and asked the host to bat first. Robin Uthappa scored a quick 68* off 38 balls which helped RCB to score 171 with the loss of 5 wickets. In the reply, Chennai only managed to get 135 with the loss of 7 wickets, with Matthew Hayden managed to get most runs for his team scoring 32 runs off 28 balls. Royal Challengers Won the match by 36 runs. Man of the match was Robin Uthappa for his brilliant batting display.
7. CSK VS. RCB 16th match 2013
P. Chidambaram Stadium, Host won the toss and elected to field first. Royal Challengers managed to score 165 with the loss of 6 wickets, AB de Villiers brilliant 64 of 32 balls and Virat Kohli’s 58 0f 47 balls helped the team to go par 150. Replying to the RCB’s total Chennai batsmen Suresh Raina, Badrinath, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja all managed to go 30 plus each, which helped them chase down the target easily. With his brilliant contribution with both bat and ball, Ravindra Jadeja was the man of the match for the following clash.
6. RCB Vs. CSK 69th match 2011
Venue M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, host won the toss and asked visiting team to bat first. Chennai on a slower wicket managed to get only 128 with the loss of 8 wickets, where MS Dhoni ( 70 of 40 balls) and Wriddhiman Saha ( 22 of 30) where the only batsmen to have double figures. Replying to the small total, RCB with 2 overs more to face were successfully able to chase down the total and won the match by 8 wickets. Chris Gayle’s 75 runs of 50 balls were awarded Man of the Match.
5. RCB Vs. CSK 53rd Match 2014
Venue M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, CSK Won the toss and asked the host to bat first. Banglore managed to score 154 with the loss of 6 wickets where Virat Kohli scored promising 73 of 49 balls. In the reply, CSK with only the loss of wickets and 2.2 overs remaining, successfully chased down the total with help of Faf du Plessis’s 54 and Dhoni’s 49 helped them to reach the total comfortably. Player of the match was MS Dhoni for his quick 49 of 28 balls.
4. CSK Vs. RCB, Qualifier 2- 2015
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi was the home ground for Chennai super kings for 2015th IPL season. In this epic clash, Chennai won the toss and elected to bowl first. Royal challengers struggled to put a competitive total and were reduced to 139 by CSK bowling attack Chris Gayle was the highest run-getter for the team, meanwhile, Ashis Nehera took 3 wickets with an economy of 7 per over. To the reply of RCB’s total Chennai pulled up the victory in the last over with 3 wickets in hand, Michael Hussey scored highest for the team which was 56 of 46. Ashish Nehra was given the Player of the match award. Chennai was qualified for the final against Mumbai Indians which was later won by the Mumbai Indians.
3. RCB VS. CSK Quater final 1-2011
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Local time 8 pm Chennai Super Kings won the toss and decided to bowl first. Royal Challengers Banglore on the other side, with Virat Kohli’s consistent performance, scored 70 runs off 44 balls and Mayank Agarwal 34 runs of 33 balls, which helped them to score a competitive total of 175 for the loss of 4 wickets. Chennai on the chase lost their two openers in a quick time Suresh Raina in spite of being in pressure pulled the match out of RCB’s pocket winning their tickets to the finals. Suresh Raina was the player of the match on this epic battle who scored a promising 73 of 50 balls.
2. RCB Vs. CSK 2nd Semifinal 2009
The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, Royall Challengers won the toss and opt to the ball first. Lossing their top order early Chennai Super Kings managed to score 146 for the loss of 5 wickets.
Parthiv Patel scored highest for his team (36 of 27 balls). To the reply for the chase, Royal Challengers quite easily pulled off the match in its pocket by 6 wickets. Rahul Dravid and Manish Pandey both managed to go 40 plus, which helped them to travel all the way to Finales against Deccan Chargers. MOM was Manish Pandey for his brilliant batting under pressure.
1. Csk Vs. RCB Final 2011
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Date & Time: May 28, 08:00 PM LOCAL. The home team won the toss and asked the visitors to bowl first. Murli Vijay and Michael Hussey ( Vijay 95 of 52 balls, Hussey 63 of 45 balls) stole the spotlight as they helped the team score a confident 205 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. RCB in the chase lost its top order as Kohli who managed to keep the team hopefull alongside Saurabh Tiwari, unfortunately, the team only managed to get 147 on the board for the loss of 8 wickets.
Chennai outplayed Royals to conquer their 2nd consecutive IPL Trophy for the 2011 IPL. Man of the match was Murli Vijay for his destructive batting performance. Man of the series was awarded to Christopher Henry Gayle.
