Chennai Super Kings suffered another defeat in the 38th match of IPL 2022. Punjab Kings defeated CSK in this match by 11 runs. Batting first, PBKS had set a target of 188 runs in front of Chennai on the basis of Shikhar Dhawan’s half-century. In front of this score, Jadeja’s team could only score 176 runs in 20 overs. Rayudu played the highest innings of 78 runs for CSK. This is the fourth win for Punjab Kings this season and they have reached the 6th position in the points table with 8 points. This is Chennai’s 6th defeat this season.
Chennai Super Kings captain Ravindra Jadeja won the toss and elected to bowl first. Punjab’s batting had a very slow start. Captain Mayank Agarwal became the victim of Tikshana after scoring 18 runs off 21 balls. After this, Rajapaksa (42), who came to bat, made a century partnership for the second wicket with Dhawan. In the end, Livingstone put the finishing touches by scoring 19 runs in 7 balls. Dhawan scored an unbeaten 88 on this difficult pitch with the help of 9 fours and two sixes.
Chasing the target, the start of Chennai Super Kings was also not good. Robin Uthappa 1, Mitchell Santner 9 and Shivam Dube returned to the pavilion after scoring 8 runs. CSK had lost their three wickets for 40 runs. Ambati Rayudu, who came to bat after this, along with Rituraj Gaikwad (30), took over the team and increased the run rate. Gaikwad was dismissed by Rabada after sharing a 49-run partnership with Rayudu.
Rayudu then put on a 64-run partnership with captain Jadeja, most of the runs in this partnership belonged to Rayudu. He was dismissed for 78 runs off 39 balls with the help of 7 fours and 6 sixes. When Rayudu was out, the team’s score was 153 runs. In the last two overs, the team needed 35 runs. Dhoni, who came on the field after Rayudu’s dismissal, could not finish the match this time and was dismissed by Rishi Dhawan on a personal score of 12 in the last over. Chennai could score 176 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets.