Team Chabuk-Sports Desk: Chennai Super Kings defeated Punjab Kings by six wickets with 26 balls to spare in the Indian Premier League match here on Friday thanks to a superb opening spell of Deepak Chahar (4/13).
This is Chennai’s first win in two matches. While Punjab suffered the first defeat. Earlier, Punjab’s team was able to score only 106 runs for eight wickets while batting first. Chennai scored 107 for four in 15.4 over’s with the help of Moin Ali (46) and Faf du Plessis (36*).
Faf-Moin Partnership
Although Chennai opener Rituraj (05) was soon dismissed, but Faf and Moin added 66 runs on the second wicket to take the win. Murugan Ashwin caught Moin four runs before half-century. In the 15th over, Mohammad Shami dismissed Suresh Raina (08) and Ambati Rayudu for two consecutive balls but by then it was late. On the fourth ball of the next over, sam curran hit the four and won.
Demolition in PowerPlay itself
The Chennai Super Kings bowlers took four wickets for 26 runs from the Punjab Kings in the powerplay, justifying skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s decision to bowl first. Chahar played a key role in this, who bowled Mayank Agarwal (00) in the first over and sent him to the pavilion. Even after that, he kept the pressure and allowed only two fours in his four over spell.
Jadeja’s superb fielding
In-form Punjab captain Lokesh Rahul (05) was run out by a brilliant throw from Ravindra Jadeja, who was trying to steal a run, on short cover. Jadeja then dived in the fifth over, caught a superb catch and finished the 10-run innings of Chris Gayle, which was Chahar’s second wicket. Nicholas Pooran was dismissed for a second time, he caught Chahar’s short ball to Shardul Thakur at long leg. Deepak Hooda (10) was dismissed in the seventh over with an easy catch to Faf du Plessis and it was Chahar’s fourth wicket. Now the team’s score was reduced to 26 for five wickets.
Only Shahrukh stand at the crease
Shah Rukh Khan was the only batsman from Punjab to stand at the crease, who scored an innings of 47 off 36 balls which included four fours and two sixes. But he was dismissed by sam curran in the last over. Shah Rukh Khan and Richardson (15 runs) added 31 runs for the sixth wicket. Murugan Ashwin (06) then added 30 runs with Shah Rukh Khan to help Punjab reach this score.
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