Gomesh S

May 21, 2024 | newindianexpress.com | Gomesh S

CHENNAI: At this point, Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s turnaround story is well documented. The intense discussions they had at the halfway mark while lingering at the bottom of the table, and how the spin group went to the coaching staff and spoke about the need for more opportunities, the rise of Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar’s form, it all went hand in hand. Amidst all this, there is one other individual who, since coming into the playing XI, is yet to lose a match for Bengaluru — Swapnil Singh.

May 19, 2024 | newindianexpress.com | Gomesh S

While it has been a trend over the past couple of years, on Saturday, there was a lot at stake. Win and go through. Suffer a relatively heavy defeat and go out. Surely, he would not want that; nor would his partner at the other end — Jadeja. Although Dhoni has not officially said that this would be his last season, it seemed like this could be it. Dhoni hit a four off Cameron Green in the 16th over as CSK collected nine runs. However, that was far from enough.

May 19, 2024 | newindianexpress.com | Gomesh S

BENGALURU: Despite the lack of tactical advantage at the venue, M Chinnaswamy Stadium has always bled red for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Even on the morning of the clash against Chennai Super Kings, one could see fans chanting RCB, RCB, RCB from a BMTC bus while crossing the ground on Queens Road. And yet, as the evening wore on, despite the rain forecast, the colour began to change. Yellow slowly started creeping in.

May 18, 2024 | newindianexpress.com | Gomesh S

BENGALURU: A month ago, Bengaluru had seemingly gone beyond the point of no return. After eight matches, they had won one and lost seven. Now, in the most incredible of circumstances, they have engineered a run to the knock-out stages for the ages. In a do-or-die clash against Chennai, five-time champions Chennai, they won by 27 runs for their sixth win on the trot. In the process, they leapfrogged MS Dhoni & Co (was this his last match?) on NRR.

May 17, 2024 | newindianexpress.com | Gomesh S

BENGALURU: As the Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers arrived at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday evening, they were greeted by typical gloomy weather synonymous with the Garden City. There was not much cloud cover, but at the same time, an eerie stickiness could be felt in the air. Almost as if a precursor to what is in store on Saturday when both teams go up against each other in an unofficial knockout fixture.