Ravichandran Ashwin led  Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 6 wickets at IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali on Sunday.  in pursuit of 171 by 6 wickets riding on a classy 71 off 36 balls from KL Rahul.

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In the post-match presentation,  MS Dhoni defended his bowlers on a track wherein the visitors failed to curb the run-rate and conceded runs at will. He also lauded KL Rahul for his brilliant skipper. CSK skipper said, , "You need to give the credit to them. It was not an easy wicket. With 3 spinners, it was difficult to manoeuvre in the first six overs. But KL batted really well, was ably supported by Chris Gayle and then Pooran towards the end was good with his lusty hits. It was a really good batting effort from their side. We did whatever we could, it didn't work a lot."

'They are the best fans in the IPL' Virat Kohli lauds Bengaluru fans for support

KXIP had a chance to push CSK down from the top two positions. Had they chased down the total in 14.2 overs, or less, they would have inflicted a change in rankings for CSK. MSD replied in this regard, "That's something you have to keep in mind, if you can't win a game, you make sure you get the opposition to get the runs in the most number of overs. You have to quickly adapt, learn and reassess."