CSK 71/3 in 17.4 Overs (Target 71) | CSK vs RCB Highlights IPL 2019: Chennai Super Kings Won by 7 Wickets

That's it! Chennai Super Kings win by seven wickets. Ravindra Jadeja hits the winning run. An impressive win to begin with for CSK. Bowlers started it for them particularly Harbhajan Singh and Imran Singh. Full scorecard | IPL 2019 Points Table | Purple Cap Holder | Orange Cap Holder.

CSK needs three more runs to open their account on the IPL 2019 points table. This has been a good performance by the defending champions. Fans, however, were expecting a close contest.  

OUT! Mohammed Siraj strikes for RCB. A consolation wicket for RCB. Ambati Rayudu comes down the track and chops one back onto the stumps.  Rayudu b Siraj 28(42)

Mere formalities remain now in this game as Chennai Super Kings inch closer towards their first win. In six overs, CSK needs 13 more runs to win. Kedar Jadhav has joined Ambati Rayudu in the middle.

Suresh Raina Becomes First Batsman to Complete 5000 Runs in IPL

OUT! Just after completing 5000 runs in IPL, Suresh Raina perishes. Moeen Ali scalps the wicket as Raina is caught near long-on. Raina c Shivam Dube b Moeen Ali 19(21)

Record Alert: CSK's Suresh Raina becomes first batsman to complete 5000 runs in IPL, needed 15 runs to achieve the feat at the start of the match. 

Excellent batting by Suresh Raina, sensed the opportunity to attack Moeen Ali and did it with some style. Meanwhile, ten runs from Moeen Ali's third over. CSK 38 runs away from victory.

End of Powerplay overs. So far, RCB bowlers have done a fine job. A three-figure target would have made this game interesting. Nonetheless, it is not over yet. 

End of Powerplay overs. So far, RCB bowlers have done a fine job. A three-figure target would have made this game interesting. Nonetheless, it is not over yet. 

One over of Powerplay remaining. Meanwhile, CSK need 57 more runs to win from 90 balls. The required run rate is not the problem for CSK, nor the target. It is the pitch but with such a low score to chase, they have all the time in world to settle down.

Moeen Ali into the attack and he starts on a positive note. Just one run in his first over and he almost had Ambati Rayudu's wicket. Umesh Yadav in the deep dropped a difficult chance.

Three overs of Powerplay overs remaining. RCB looking to make this chase difficult for CSK. They need wickets and plenty of them to put the home side under some pressure. Meanwhile, Suresh Raina is the new batsman in.

OUT! Yuzvendra Chahal strikes. He has bowled Shane Watson. The right-hander was looking to slog sweep, misses the line of the ball and is bowled. Watson b Chahal 0(10)

Navdeep Saini, the medium pacer, comes into the attack. Good start for the youngster. Kept things tight and made it little uncomfortable for Shane Watson. However, Ambati Rayudu spoiled the over for him with a six on last ball. Eight runs from this over.

Yuzvendra Chahal starts proceedings for RCB as the pitch is assisting spinners. Shane Watson and Ambati Rayudu are the CSK openers. Meanwhile, Chahal starts with a maiden over.

OUT! RCB have been bowled out! Dwayne Bravo strikes with his first delivery. And he picks Parthiv Patel. The left-hander hits it straight to backward square leg.  Parthiv Patel c Kedar Jadhav b Dwayne Bravo 29(35).

OUT! Ravindra Jadeja bamboozles Umesh Yadav. He cleans him up with a superb delivery. RCB have now lost nine wickets. U Yadav b Jadeja 1(10) 

Five overs of RCB's innings remaining now. Parthiv Patel is still out there and he will be looking to face more deliveries now. He is batting on 27 off 30 balls. Meanwhile, it is Umesh Yadav at the other end.

OUT! RCB batsmen have no idea what they are doing. Yuzvendra Chahal tries to slog Imran Tahir, but finds Harbhajan Singh near the boundary at deep mid-wicket. Third wicket for Imran Tahir. Y Chahal c Harbhajan b Tahir 4(12)