28th March was a very special day for Royal Challengers Bangalore because, under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, the RCB team did what many great captains like Virat Kohli and Anil Kumble could not do before. RCB broke the fort of Chennai Super Kings after 17 years and registered a strong victory in Chepauk by crushing them by 50 runs. After 6155 days, they have won victory on this ground against CSK. Before this, RCB could do this feat only under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid.

6 great captains failed

Before Rajat Patidar, 7 great players captained Royal Challengers Bangalore. But among them, only Rahul Dravid was successful in defeating Chennai Super Kings in their home. After him, no captain could defeat CSK in Chepauk. After Dravid, legendary players like Kevin Pietersen, Anil Kumble, Daniel Vettori, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, and Virat Kohli took over the captaincy of the team. But no one was successful in defeating Chennai at its home. In the last 17 years, RCB could win only 1 match against CSK at Chepauk. Whereas Chennai won 8 matches.

Now under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, he has achieved the second victory here. Under the leadership of Patidar, Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings at its home by a huge margin of 50 runs. Royal Challengers Bangalore batted first and scored 196 runs in 20 overs. Chasing this, Chennai's team could score only 146 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. During this, Patidar's captaincy was worth watching. He showed aggressive style everywhere in batting, bowling, and fielding.

The last win was on 21 May 2008

Royal Challengers Bangalore last defeated Chennai Super Kings in their home ground on 21 May 2008. In the 46th match of the first season of the tournament, both teams clashed at the Chepauk ground. RCB captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and batted first and the team scored 126 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. During this, Rahul Dravid scored 47 runs in 39 balls.

Praveen Kumar played an important innings of 21 runs in 11 balls. At the same time, Virat Kohli could score only 10 runs in this match. In response, CSK could score only 112 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs and had to face defeat by 14 runs. Anil Kumble emerged as the hero of the match. He took 3 wickets for just 14 runs in 4 overs and was the Player of the Match.

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