CSK vs PBKS: Chennai Super Kings team has defeated Punjab Kings team by 28 runs. In this match, Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, CSK gave a target of 168 runs to Punjab Kings, in response to which Punjab team could score only 139 runs. Ravindra Jadeja has performed amazingly for Chennai in the match. He was given the Player of the Match award for his excellent performance.
These teams suffered losses due to CSK’s victory
With this victory, Chennai Super Kings team has reached third position in the points table. Earlier, Chennai team was at fifth position. The team has won 6 out of 11 matches. There have been defeats in five matches. The team has 12 points. Whereas due to the defeat of CSK, the teams of Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad have lost one place each. Lucknow team has reached fourth position and Hyderabad team has reached fifth position. Even after the defeat, Punjab Kings team is at number 8. The team has won only four out of 11 matches. The team has 8 points.
Punjab Kings batsmen flopped
Punjab Kings opener Jonny Bairstow could not play a big innings and was out after scoring 7 runs. After this Riley Russo could not even open his account. Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh tried to stay on the wicket for some time. Prabhasimran scored 30 runs and Shashank scored 27 runs. After the dismissal of these two, the batting of Punjab Kings disintegrated. No batsman could play a good innings for the team and in 20 overs the team could score only 139 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. Captain Sam Curran scored 7 runs, Jitesh Sharma scored zero runs and Ashutosh Sharma scored three runs.
Ravindra Jadeja took the maximum of three wickets for Chennai Super Kings. Tushar Deshpande and Simranjit Singh took two wickets each. Mitchell Santner and Shardul Thakur took one wicket each.
CSK had a bad start
Chennai Super Kings, who came to bat first, did not have a good start. When Ajinkya Rahane was out after scoring just 9 runs. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who was in excellent form, contributed 32 runs in 21 balls while Daryl Mitchell contributed 30 runs in 19 balls. Both of them made a partnership of 57 runs in 32 balls for the second wicket. Arshdeep gave the first blow to CSK by dismissing Ajinkya Rahane (nine) in the second over of the innings. Daryl Mitchell, who came to the crease, opened his hand by hitting a four and a six in the next over of this bowler, while captain Gaikwad hit a six and two fours on consecutive balls in the sixth over against Harpreet Brar. Mitchell took the last ball of the over across the boundary. By scoring 19 runs from this over, CSK scored 60 runs for one wicket in the powerplay.
Ravindra Jadeja played a brilliant innings
Shivam Dubey, who was selected for the T20 World Cup, could not show anything special and was out and was caught by wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma on the ball of Rahul Chahar. Gaikwad was also dismissed by Chahar. After the dismissal of Daryl Mitchell, Jadeja and Moeen Ali then tried to improve the innings. Jadeja scored 43 runs. Moeen Ali was out after scoring 17 runs. In an attempt to increase the decreasing run rate, Mitchell Santner (11) played Chahar’s ball into the hands of Curan standing at long on. Shardul scored 17 runs. Mahendra Singh Dhoni came to bat at number 9 for the first time in his T20 career. But he could not open his account. Batting first, Chennai Super Kings team scored 167 runs.
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