In the 11th match of IPL 2022, Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by 54 runs. This is Punjab’s second win of the tournament and with this they have moved up to the fourth position in the points table. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings, who made a disappointing start in the tournament, have scored a hat-trick of defeat. CSK, who did not open the account in the points table, is at 9th position. Batting first in this match, Punjab had set a target of 181 runs in front of CSK, in front of which the entire team of Chennai was bundled out for 126 runs. For Punjab, Living Stone played a stormy innings of 60 runs and also took two wickets. Due to this all-round performance, he was also awarded the Man of the Match award.
In this match, Ravindra Jadeja won the toss and invited Punjab to bat first. Punjab did not have a good start. Mayank Agarwal returned to the pavilion after scoring 4 and Rajapaksa scored 9 runs. Punjab had got two blows for 14 runs in the second over itself. After this, Liam Livingstone, who came to bat, played a stormy innings of 60 runs in 32 balls, taking the team out of trouble. During this, Livingstone hit 5 fours and as many sixes. Apart from this, Dhawan played an innings of 33 runs in 24 balls. There was a partnership of 95 runs for the third wicket between Dhawan and Livingstone. After the fall of these two wickets, Punjab collapsed like a pack of cards. Chris Jordan and Pretorius got 2 wickets each.
Chasing the target of 181 runs, CSK’s team appeared to be faltering from the beginning. He got his first blow in the form of Rituraj Gaikwad (1), who was running in poor form. After this Uthappa also returned to the pavilion with a personal score of 13. It was expected that players like Rayudu-Moeen Ali would handle CSK, but even this could not last long at the crease. While Rayudu scored 13 runs, Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja could not even open the account. Shiv Dubey played the highest innings of 57 runs for CSK. As long as Dubey was batting with Dhoni, the CSK fans were expecting a win, but the team was reduced to Dubey’s dismissal. CSK were reduced to 126 runs in 18 overs. Rahul Char got three and Vaibhav Arora and Livingstone got 2 wickets each.