Punjab Kings to a fourwicket win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their Indian Premier League match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday.
With this win, Punjab Kings is in the fifth spot in the table with five wins and four wins, a total of 10 points. CSK also has a similar win-loss record, but a superior net-run-rate keeps them at the fourth spot.In the chase of 201 runs, PBKS started off really well. Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh attacked the CSK bowlers right from the start. Akash Singh, notably was hit for 14 runs in the third over, including a four and six from Dhawan.
The run-rate was above 10 for the most part, with Punjab Kingsreaching the 50-run mark in just 4.1 overs. Tushar Deshpande delivered a breakthrough to CSK, dismissing skipper Dhawan for 28 off 15 balls, consisting of four boundaries and a six. He was caught by Mathish Pathirana at short third man. CSK was at 50/1 in 4.2 overs. Atharva Taide was next up on the crease. He put on a brief 31-run stand with Prabhsimran before Ravindra Jadeja picked up his first wicket by dismissing Prabhsimran for 42 off 24 balls, consisting of four boundaries and two sixes. PBKS was at 81/2 in 9.3 overs.At the end of 10 overs,
Punjab Kingswas at 94/2, with Liam Livingstone (9*) and Taide (13*) unbeaten.Jadeja also dismissed Taide for 13 off 17 balls by catching and bowling him. PBKS was at 94/3 in 10.2 overs. Livingstone upped the attack by launching Tushar Deshpande for three sixes. The bowler also conceded four on leg byes. Curran-Livingstone reached the 50-run partnership in just 31 balls. PBKS also reached the 150-run mark in just 15.4 overs.Livingstone was dismissed for 40 off 24 balls, consisting of a four and four sixes after he was caught by Ruturaj Gaikwad at deep mid-wicket. PBKS was at 151/4 in 15.5 overs. Jitesh Sharma was next up on the crease. He and Curran carried on the momentum set by Livingstone with some heavy hits.
However, Pathirana cleaned up Curran for 20-ball 29, leaving PBKS at 170/5 in 17.1 overs. They needed 31 in 17 balls.Tushar put an end to Jitesh’s efforts, after the latter was caught by substitute Shaikh Rasheed for 21 off 10 balls near the boundary. Punjab Kingswas at 186/6 in 18.4 overs. Punjab won the match by four wickets in the final ball, with Raza scoring the required three runs in the final ball. Punjab Kingsended at 201/6, with Raza (13*) and Shahrukh Khan (2*) unbeaten.Tushar was the pick of the bowlers for CSK, with 3/49 in four overs. Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets while Pathirana got one wicket.
