Royal Challengers Bangaluru captain Faf du Plessis was in all praise of his paceman Yash Dayal for his final over heroics over Chennai Super Kings, which helped RCB cruise their way through the play-offs on Sunday (19th May).

It was a thriller of a game at M Chinnaswamy as RCB beat CSK by 28 runs to race their way to the playoffs of IPL 2024 after losing 6 games on the trot. In pursuit of 219, CSK needed 200 runs to reach to the playoffs. Yash came to bowl the final over of the match and Dayal was smacked for a six by MS Dhoni in the final over, before removing the former CSK captain in the next ball. Then he only conceded a single as RCB had a tremendous victory to depict a comeback history.

Speaking after the win, RCB captain Faf du Plessis hailed Dayal and also dedicated his Man of the Match award to the Indian pacer.

"We were defending 175, it got a bit close, at one stage, with MS there, I thought, oh dear, he has done it so many times. The way we bowled with the wet ball was unbelievable, we tried to change it. I dedicate this Man of the Match to Yash Dayal. The way he bowled was unbelievable. For a man who's fairly new, he deserves it. [on what he told Dayal before the last over] Pace off is the best option on this pitch and trust your skills and enjoy, this is what you trained for," he said.

"The yorker did not work the 1st ball and he went back to pace off and it worked unbelievably well. [on the crowd tonight] It's crazy, even when we weren't winning the fans were here. We in the changeroom we felt it was something we had to get right. Coming here tonight, it was set up nicely, CSK v RCB, unbelievable atmosphere and we as a team will do a lap of honour to thank the crowd for the support. It's really important that we enjoy this, great 6 games in a row and the first goal in the IPL is to get into the knockouts and we have done that, enjoy this but get back to work tomorrow," he further added.