Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 27 runs in their Indian Premier League match here today.

Brief Scores: Chennai Super Kings 181/8 in 20 overs (Suresh Raina 62, Faf du Plessis 33 not out; Yuzvendra Chahal 3/40).

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 154 for 8 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 51; Ashish Nehra 4/10).

Put into bat after a 25-minute rain-delayed start, Chennai rode on Raina’s brilliant attacking half-century and his 54-run quickfire partnership from just four overs for the third wicket with his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (13).

Chennai lost a bit of momentum in between with quick dismissals of Raina, Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja (8) but they still scored 181 for eight with Faf du Plessis remained not out on 33 from 18 deliveries.

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