Uthappa and Dube pummel the RCB attack 

Their 165-run third-wicket stand and Theekshana, Jadeja’s bowling carry Super Kings to first win

Chennai Super Kings, playing its 200th IPL match, finally managed to get its first win of the season as it registered a 23-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore at the D.Y. Patil Stadium here on Tuesday.

After being asked to bat first, the night belonged to Shivam Dube (95 n.o., 46b, 5x4, 8x6) and Robin Uthappa (88, 50b, 4x4, 9x6), who lit up the sky with some clean hitting to power the defending champion to a massive total of 216 for four, the highest of this edition.

The duo put on a superb batting exhibition, plundering 17 sixes between them and adding 165 for the third wicket off just 74 balls. Super Kings scored a whopping 156 in the final 10 overs. Later, Sri Lankan spinner Maheesh Theekshana spun the game towards the Men in Yellow with a brilliant four-wicket haul (4/33).

Chasing a huge total, Royal Challengers started poorly as Theekshana accounted for openers Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat, while Mukesh Choudhary had Virat Kohli caught at deep square-leg.

Ravindra Jadeja then castled the dangerous Glenn Maxwell with a quicker delivery to put his side in the driving seat.

RCB stayed in the game when Suyash Prabhudessai and Shahbaz Ahmed combined for 60 runs for the fifth wicket off just 33 balls but Theekshana struck once again, removing both the batters. For a while, Dinesh Karthik, with a quickfire 34 off just 14 balls, looked like he was about to steal CSK’s thunder, but was left to do a lot without support at the other end.