Overview
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru piled up 250/3 at Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium to beat Chennai Super Kings by 43 runs, with CSK bowled out for 207.
- Stephen Fleming said T20 form can flip fast and pledged full backing for Sanju Samson as he settles after his trade from Rajasthan Royals.
- Samson has 22 runs in three innings for CSK with scores of 6, 7 and 9.
- Fleming argued the IPL’s Impact Player rule, which lets teams bring on a tactical substitute batter, drives ultra-aggressive hitting and puts bowlers under heavy pressure.
- He defended a youth-focused rebuild that included big buys of uncapped Indians Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma, as CSK sit winless at 0-3.