IPL 2020: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Chennai Super Kings by 37 runs
Dubai: Royal Challengers Bangalore rode on skipper Virat Kohli's unbeaten 90 off 52 balls to beat Chennai Super Kings by 37 runs in an IPL game on Saturday.
Batting first, RCB scored 169 for 4 and then restricted CSK to 132 for 8. Chris Morris with 3 for 19 as the most successful bowler for RCB while Washington Sundar also got a couple of wickets. Amabati Rayudu top-scored with 42 off 40 balls.
Brief Scores: RCB 169/4 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 90 not out off 52 balls, Devdutt Padikkal 33 off 33 balls). CSK 132/8 in 20 overs (Ambati Rayudu 42, Chris Morris 3/19, Washington Sundar 2/16). RCB won by 37 runs.
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Cong performed better in Kerala, anti-incumbency trends influenced WB, TN: CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said the Congress had largely met or exceeded expectations in several States, even as results in some regions reflected shifting voter sentiments.
Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, he said the party accepted the mandate in Assam while performing better than anticipated in Kerala.
He also pointed to possible anti-incumbency trends influencing outcomes in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
“In Assam, we got the expected result, and we accept the people’s mandate. In Kerala, we have won more seats than expected. We anticipated around 76 to 80, but we have gone up to around 95,” Siddaramaiah said.
In West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, there may have been an anti-incumbency trend, and that could have influenced the results, he added.
Siddaramaiah also extended his congratulations to a new political entrant in Tamil Nadu, noting the emergence of a different electoral dynamic in the State.
“I congratulate the new entrant who has achieved success there,” he added.
Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said electoral outcomes in some States had diverged from the party’s internal assessments, reflecting evolving voter expectations.
“We expected a certain trend, but the results have been different. Political reading was wrong in some places,” he said.
“People were looking for change in some States, and that has been reflected in the results,” Shivakumar, who is also the Congress Karnataka unit president, said.
Referring to Kerala, he said the Congress-led alliance had benefited from public sentiment.
“There was already an expectation based on local body elections, and people had shown confidence in us. That has translated into a strong result,” the Deputy Chief Minister said.
On Tamil Nadu, he acknowledged that the scale of political shift had come as a surprise.
“We expected to secure around 30 to 40 per cent of the vote share, but such a major shift was not anticipated. It shows that voter expectations were different,” he said.
Shivakumar added that electoral outcomes underscored the need for better political assessment in future.
“We have to understand these changes carefully. Political reading cannot go wrong like this,” he said.
