WATCH: MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli present their autographed jerseys to the President of Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

Prior to game between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, captains of both teams MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli presented ir autographed jerseys to President of Maldives, His Excellency Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. two skippers also went on to present Maldives President with an autographed bat.

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defending champions Chennai Super Kings will look to do double over Royal Challengers Bangalore. CSK has been most dominant side so far in this competition with seven wins in nine games while RCB will look to rediscover ir rhythm heing into business end of tournament. CSK will look to overcome ir six-wicket loss against Sunrisers Hyderab on Wednesday while Bangalore will be confident after ir thrilling 10-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday.

Chennai Super Kings won toss and decided to bowl first. 

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It was t start that Royal Challengers Bangalore wanted as y lost ir captain Virat Kohli early. Kohli who h scored a match-winning ton in last game against Kolkata Knight Riders was dismissed for nine in third over after he was caught behind by his opposite number MS Dhoni off Deepak Chahar. Parthiv Patel n ded 47 runs with AB de Villiers. Just when former South African captain was looking in good touch his ex-South African team-mate Faf du Plessis took a good catch at boundary which ended his stay in middle. Veteran wicket-keeper batsman Parthiv Patel once again played a vital kck for RCB. southpaw played a spectacular cameo of a 37-ball 53 at a strike rate of 143.24 which included two boundaries and four maximums.

At time of publishing this story, RCB were 126/5 after 16.3 overs.

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