New Delhi: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have suffered another defeat in the 38th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2022). Punjab Kings (PBKS) defeated Chennai by 11 runs in this match. Batting first, Punjabag had set a target of 188 runs in front of Chennai on the basis of Shikhar Dhawan's half-century. In front of this target, Jadeja's team could only score 176 runs in 20 overs. Rayudu scored the highest 78 runs for Chennai. This is the fourth win for Punjab this season and they have reached the 6th position in the points table with 8 points. At the same time, this is the 6th defeat of CSK this season.
CSK captain Ravindra Jadeja won the toss and decided to bowl first. Punjab had a very slow start. Captain Mayank Agarwal scored 18 runs off 21 balls and was dismissed by Tikshana. After this, Rajapaksa (42) came out to bat and made a century partnership for the second wicket with Dhawan. In the end, Livingstone put the finishing touches by scoring a blistering 19 off 7 balls. At the same time, Dhawan scored an unbeaten 88 on this difficult pitch with the help of 9 fours and two sixes. Chasing the target, the start of CSK was also not good. Robin Uthappa 1, Mitchell Santner 9 and Shivam Dube got out after scoring 8 runs. Chennai lost their 3 wickets for just 40 runs.
After this Ambati Rayudu, who came to bat, along with Rituraj Gaikwad (30), took over the team. Gaikwad was sent to the pavilion by Rabada after sharing a 49-run partnership with Rayudu. Rayudu then put on a 64-run partnership with captain Jadeja, most of the runs in this partnership belonged to Rayudu. Rayudu was dismissed for 78 runs off 39 balls with the help of 7 fours and 6 sixes. When Rayudu was out, Chennai's score was 153 runs. In the last two overs, CSK needed 35 runs to win. Dhoni, who came on the field after Rayudu's dismissal, could not finish the match this time and he was dismissed by Rishi Dhawan in the last over for a personal score of 12 and Chennai could score 176 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs.
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