Punjab Kings stored their IPL 2024 playoff desires alive with an enormous seven-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday. It was an necessary victory for the Sam Curran-led facet who now have eight factors from 10 matches and are seventh within the IPL 2024 factors desk. PBKS might want to win all of their remaining 4 matches and rely upon different outcomes to finish up within the Top 4. On the opposite hand, the defeat implies that CSK stay fourth with 10 factors from 10 matches. Rajasthan Royals are on the high of the desk adopted by Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants.
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 2024 match 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 sphere 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.
“Very happy. Every time you come to Chennai and take two wins, always a special feeling. Same as last year, we lost a lot of our home games and won away, finding a similar pattern. We are in a position where we need to win all our games, we come up against the same opposition in a few days. I think when you come to Chennai, you now how hot it is and dew is going to settle in.”
“Chahar came back and was the best bowler in the 260 game, and he’s bowling with great confidence. He stepped up when I asked him to bowl against MSD in the 19th over. The pace bowlers were going for a bit in the end, and I wanted to try something different. Asked Rilee what he reckoned and took that gamble with spin. We come against the same opposition so we have one up on them.”
“It is a new game, new conditions but this win will give us a lot of confidence. I think our bowlers were superb, the spinners and Jonny striking them well, even the way we paced that chase, it was brilliant. Need to build on that confidence,” PBKS skipper Sam Curran stated after the match.
(With PTI inputs)
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