CSK vs PBKS Match Highlights And Report-IPL: In one of the most clinical displays from a visiting team at Chepauk, Punjab Kings thumped Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets to keep their playoff ambition burning. CSK, who won their first three home matches this season, have now lost two of the last three.
It’s not common that the opposing spinners out-spin CSK at Chepauk. But Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar were simply sensational with the ball before Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw put PBKS way ahead in the chase of 163.
CSK vs PBKS Match Highlights And Report-IPL
Sam Curran, the PBKS captain, won the toss and elected to bowl first. CSK have been one of the worst batting teams in powerplay this season, and tonight was further proof as Gaikwad and Rahane managed 37 runs in the first 5 overs. Rahane did crack three fours in the sixth over as CSK finished the powerplay at 55/0.
However, this start meant that Daryl Mitchell, who hit a fifty in the previous game, was demoted. After the powerplay, Harpreet and Rahul Chahar applied a strong choke. Harpreet dented CSK with wickets of Rahane (29 off 24) and Shivam Dube, who bagged a golden duck, in a single over. In the next over, Chahar had Jadeja lbw.
Harpreet finished four consecutive overs for 2/17, and Chahar’s one over was held by Curran for the 19th over, in which he bowled Moeen Ali. Chahar finished with 2/16. Both PBKS spinners didn’t concede a single boundary in their eight overs.
CSK captain Gaikwad batted till the 18th over but wasn’t fluent; he scored 62 runs off 48 balls. Young Sameer Rizvi scored 21 (23) and veteran MS Dhoni scored 14 (11). CSK ended with 162, a well-below-par score considering the significant dew at Chepauk.
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CSK were already without two important pacers, Pathirana and Deshpande, due to injuries, and they lost Deepak Chahar walked off after only the second ball of Punjab’s innings. Prabhsimran Singh hit a four and a six before CSK debutant Richard Gleeson.
After that, though, a sparkling partnership of 64 (37) between Bairstow and Rossouw put PBKS in control of the chase. Bairstow thumped 7 fours and a six in his knock of 46 (30), and Rossouw walloped 5 fours and 2 sixes in his 43 (23). Although both overseas batters were dismissed by the 12th over, their stand had brought the required rate down to around six runs per over.
The finish was done by a measured partnership of 50* (37) between Sam Curran and Shashank Singh. PBKS won with 13 balls in hand.
Score summary: Chennai Super Kings 167/7 in 20 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 62, Rahul Chahar 2/16); Punjab Kings 163/3 in 17.5 overs (Jonny Bairstow 46, Richard Gleeson 1/30). PBKS defeated CSK by 7 wickets.
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