Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Bengaluru chased 175 at Chepauk and made it look like a different surface to the one Chennai had just batted on. The difference was Virat Kohli, 72 from 48, an innings with only two sixes in it and no urgency in any of the rest. Kohli refused the slog the turner kept inviting, took the spinners for ones, and let the loose ball come to him. Rajat Patidar gave him 35 of company. Chennai had posted 174 for 6, fifteen short on a pitch that demanded a partner for Ruturaj Gaikwad and never found one. Matheesha Pathirana removed Kohli late and conceded only six, but Liam Livingstone needed 14 from the last two overs and took four balls over it. Bengaluru are home with four to spare, and Chennai are left to count the cost of a season slipping out of reach.