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Patna : Electing to bat after winning the toss, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) scored a competitive 169/4 in 20 overs against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 25th match of IPL 2020 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE, on October 10, 2020, night, as Captain Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 90 in 52 balls hitting 4 fours and 4 sixes while Shivam Dube remained unbeaten on 22 in 14 balls with 2 fours and a six.
Kohli and Shivam Dube added 76 runs in their unbroken partnership for the 5th wicket. Earlier, RCB lost their first wicket that of opener Aaron Finch with only 13 runs on board. Finch fell to fast bowler Deepak Chahar for 2. Opener Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli then added 53 runs for the 2nd wicket. Padikkal fell to fast bowler Shardul Thakur for 33 in 34 balls with 2 fours and 1 six making it 66/2. AB de Villiers also fell to Thakur in the same over for a duck and it was 67/3 in 10.5 overs. Washington Sundar fell to fast bowler Sam Curran for 10 and it was 93/4 in 14.3 overs.