Punjab Kings mounted a practical chase to consign Chennai Super Kings to a demoralising seven-wicket defeat at their very own den of their IPL match at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday. Punjab rode on fast 40s by Jonny Bairstow (46, 30b, 7×4, 1×6) and Rilee Rossouw (43, 23b, 5×4, 2×6) to maneuver previous Chennai’s modest 162 for seven, which was constructed round skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad’s strong 62 (48b, 5×4, 2×6). The win took PBKS to seventh place on the factors desk with eight factors, whereas CSK stayed on fourth with 10 factors.
The Super Kings’ defence of 163 confronted a number of barricades as their spinners – Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja – had been rendered ineffective due to dew and pacer Deepak Chahar walked off the sector with a niggle after bowling simply two balls.
But that ought to not take the sheen out of PBKS’ effort with the bat on the night time.
After the early departure of opener Prabhsimran Singh, who performed two convincing strokes, Bairstow and Rossouw stored the guests within the hunt with a helpful 64-run alliance as in addition they went previous 50 within the Power Play phase.
Bairstow handled spinners Jadeja and Moeen with disdain taking three boundaries and a six off them. In stark distinction to their Punjab counterparts, the CSK spinners gave away 44 runs in 5 overs with none return.
But Bairstow’s try and be too cheeky ended his keep. The England batter went for a cute ramp shot off Shivam Dube, however may solely handle to feather it to MS Dhoni behind the stumps.
However, Rossouw and Shashank Singh (25 not out, 26b) made 44 runs in fast time as PBKS remained forward within the sport.
Rossouw, who pummelled Dube and Thakur for a six every, had a superb probability to make a fifty. But his try and smash Thakur’s low full-toss out of floor resulted in his stumps getting rearranged.
But these had been minor irritants in an in any other case polished effort as Shashank and skipper Sam Curran (26 not out, 20b) knocked off the remaining runs with out a lot fuss throughout their unbroken 50-run alliance.
Earlier, Gaikwad braved a sluggish Chepauk pitch to make a strong fifty, however CSK struggled massively towards Punjab spinners – Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar.
Gaikwad and Ajinkya Rahane (29, 24b) added 61 runs for the opening wicket however they consumed 49 balls.
There had been flashes of intent too. Gaikwad performed a superb higher lower off pacer Arshdeep Singh for a boundary and Rahane creamed three fours in a row off Curran, together with a beautiful cowl drive.
The slide of CSK started as soon as PBKS introduced their spinners on instantly after the Power Play that yielded a passable 55 runs.
Rahane tried to slog sweep Brar however his skier ended within the palms of Rossouw within the deep.
But the left-arm spinner inflicted a much bigger blow within the subsequent supply, trapping Dube, who was named in India’s T20 World Cup squad, leg earlier than for a first-ball duck.
Dube, promoted to No. three to counter spin, failed to attach an almighty heave off a fuller ball on the middle-stump by Brar, and he needed to stroll again regardless of in search of assist from DRS.
In the subsequent over, leg-spinner Chahar removed Ravindra Jadeja, who was deceived by a supply that changed into him a whisker to beat his prod.
It was a complete shutdown for CSK between sixth and 10th over, shedding three wickets for simply 16 runs.
For a staff that typically bosses the center passage between the seventh and 15th over making runs at a charge of 10.6, the CSK was a shadow of their marauding self, managing simply 47 runs towards PBKS.
A giant chunk of credit score ought to go to 2 Punjab spinners — Brar and Chahar — who exploited a gradual monitor to the hilt to return with mixed figures of 33 in eight overs for 4 wickets.
They additionally didn’t concede a single boundary of their spell.
Gaikwad did his finest to carry CSK again into the match, utilizing his big selection of pictures towards pacers Harshal Patel and Curran, and reached his fifty in 44 balls.
The right-hander introduced up his third fifty in a row on this IPL with a six off Curran over long-on as they took 20 runs in that over. CSK made 60 runs within the final 5 overs.
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