Match: 18th T20, IPL3
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Date: March 23, 2010
Toss: Chennai Super Kings elected to field
Result: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 36 runs
Man of the match: R Uthappa

Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings
Royal Challengers Bangalore lost the toss and were invited to bat first. They got to a fast start but the main stay, orange cap batsmen Kallis was the first to get out with the team score of 28/1 in 4.4 overs. This was a huge below to Royal Challengers Bangalore as Kallis has been the backbone of Royal Challengers Bangalore batting. Soon Dravid and Manish also went back to pavilion but Robin Uthappa along with Kohli got them to a good total of 171/5 in 20 overs. Robin Uthappa was at his devastating best today and was very severe in the last overs. From 119/5 in 17th over he took the team score to 171/5 in 20 overs.

Chennai Super Kings Innings
Chennai Super Kings were playing without Dhoni and were in dire straits as they had lost consecutive matches. Today chasing a total of 172, they needed a good start but Parthiv Patel got out in the very first over. Wickets started to fell at regular interval and no good partnership could steady the Chennai Super Kings innings. Half of the team was back in pavilion in 13 over with the team score of 74. They needed 98 more runs in last 7 overs and with each dot ball, the required rate was mounting on them. In the last 5 overs they needed 77 runs at 15.40 runs per over. Chennai Super Kings batsmen again succumbed to this intense run rate pressure and could score just 135/7 in 20 overs, thus loosing the match by 36 runs

Match18 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard