The home team, the Chennai Super Kings, was well-restricted by the Punjab Kings bowlers, who only allowed 162 runs to be scored in their 20 overs. With yet another skillfully constructed half-century knock, Ruturaj Gaikwad led his team in scoring.
The spin duo’s introduction For Punjab, Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar were key. The home team was unable to strike a boundary for more than eight overs before they opened up during the final few overs of play.
50 runs in 5.5 overs for PBKS
Jonny Bairstow, the hero of the previous game, went after the PBKS bowlers despite Prabhsimran Singh’s early loss. To put pressure on the CSK bowlers, the English batter blasted a few of boundaries.
Powerplay: Overs 0.1–6 Required (52/1)
In the first over, Deepak Chahar just bowled two balls before becoming hurt. Then, Richard Gleeson, who was participating in his maiden IPL match, acquired Prabhsimran for 13. In the first six overs, Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw ensured that PBKS did not lose any more wickets.
First strategic time-out for the Punjab Kings (73/1 from 8 overs)
Bairstow and Rossouw of the Punjab Kings proved difficult for the Chennai Super Kings to get rid of. Particularly fierce was Jonny Bairstow, who broke rules at will to keep PBKS in the chase.
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100 runs from 11.1 overs for Punjab Kings
For his first bowling action of the season, Shivam Dube took a major wicket of Jonny Bairstow for 46 runs. Despite this, Rilee Rossouw persisted in applying more and more pressure with his smooth striking.
Punjab Kings: 146/3 after 16 overs is the second strategic time-out.
The batsman for Punjab Kings made sure that the CSK bowlers didn’t get a whiff of the match. The one bright spot on a bad night for CSK was when Shardul Thakur got rid of Rilee Rossouw.
150 runs from 16.4 overs for Punjab Kings
The Punjab Kings hitters played risk-free cricket with the victory all but guaranteed, shattering the CSK bowlers’ last hopes of a comeback. With some astute cricket, Shashank Singh and Sam Curran ensured that the scoreboard never stopped spinning.
Punjab Kings: 163/3 from 17.5 overs at the end of the match
The Punjab Kings won their fourth tournament game with relative ease. After their thrilling chase against KKR a few days prior, they had won two straight games. However, following yet another home defeat, alarm bells will start to sound in Chennai.
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