Ayush Mhatre, the 17-year-old Chennai Super Kings batter, scored 94 runs off 48 balls against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. However, his knock went in vain as seniors Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni failed to lead the franchise to a win. With a 2-run win, RCB have reached 16 points from 11 matches and are through to the playoffs. Dhoni scored 12 runs off 8 balls. Jadeja, who scored 77 runs, missed a few full tosses. Chasing 214 runs, Chennai managed 211/5.

Lungi Ngidi, who replaced Josh Hazlewood, took three wickets for RCB. Earlier, Virat Kohli (62 runs off 33 deliveries), Jacob Bethell (55 runs off 33 balls), and Romario Shepherd (53* off 14) took the total to 213/5.

Matheesha Pathirana dismissed three batters for chennai.

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