2024-05-02 20:13:00
Chennai: In the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket, Punjab Kings defeated the current champion Chennai Super Kings at their home ground.
Punjab won by seven wickets. MA in Chepok Batting first at Chidambaram Stadium, Super Kings scored 162 runs for seven wickets. Punjab batted back and won with 13 balls to spare. This is Punjab’s fourth win of the season. Chennai’s fifth defeat. The innings of opener Jonny Bairstow (46 off 30 balls with one six and seven fours) and Reilly Roseu (43 off 23 balls with two sixes and five fours) gave victory to Punjab.
Deepak Chahar returned injured after bowling two balls and Matisha Pathirana was out due to injury, Chennai were tired. Coach Steve Fleming said that Deepak Chahar’s injury is not trivial. Chahar’s over was completed by Shardul Thakur. Punjab lost opener Prabhsimran Singh (13) in the fourth over. Bairstow and Rousseau smashed the second wicket and put the match in Punjab’s favour. This partnership scored 64 runs. Bairstow was bowled by wicketkeeper M.S. Shivam Dubey broke this partnership by reaching Dhoni’s hand. Rousseau kept the run rate steady. Shardul Thakur dismissed Rousseau in the 12th over. Chennai put Punjab under pressure as both the regular batsmen got out. Shashank Singh (25 not out including a six and a four) and skipper Sam Curran (26 from 20 balls) combined for the fourth wicket and took the team to victory without further loss. Both of them made an unbeaten partnership of 50 runs.
Batting first, Chennai was helped as usual by the innings of skipper and opener Rituraj Gaekwad (62 off 48 balls including two sixes and five fours). Rituraj also tried to win the Orange Cap by surpassing Virat Kohli. Punjab bowlers shut down Chennai in Powerplay. Ajinkya Rahane (29 off 24 balls) and Rituraj combined for 64 runs off 50 balls for the opening wicket. Harpreet Brar broke the partnership by returning the ninth Rahane. Brar returned Shivam Dubey (0) in the next ball. The next innings of Ravindra Jadeja (two in four balls) did not last. The star was trapped by Rahul Chahar in front of the wicket. It was Sameer Rizvi who came out as an impact player (21 off 23 balls) and crossed the score of 100 with Rituraj. Rizvi was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada in the 16th over. Moeen Ali returned with 15 runs off nine balls. MS came to the crease in the 18th over. Dhoni scored 14 runs off 11 balls including a six and a four. Rahul Chahar conceded only 16 runs in four overs and Harpreet Brar conceded 17 runs in four overs and took two wickets each.
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