For the fifth straight time within the Indian Premier League (IPL), Punjab Kings secured a victory in opposition to Chennai Super Kings, this time defeating the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led facet by 7 wickets. Though Punjab have not had the most effective of IPL 2024 marketing campaign, securing simply four wins in 10 matches, they could not resist the chance of trolling the Super Kings, having dominated them on one more event. PBKS, in a collection of posts on social media, wrote ‘Thala for a cause’, drawing references to the quantity 7.
At first, PBKS trolled CSK after getting Dhoni run-out within the match. As Dhoni turned the Kings’ seventh wicket of the innings, they wrote: “Dhoni was our 7th wicket today! Thala for a reason!”
Dhoni was our seventh wicket at the moment!
Thala for a cause!
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) May 1, 2024
Later, referring to their very own place within the factors desk, 7, Punjab Kings as soon as once more wrote “Thala for a reason”.
Our place within the factors desk!Â
Thala for a cause!  pic.twitter.com/nKWjZFm10u
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) May 1, 2024
CSK may solely muster a below-par 162/7. Gaikwad made a good-looking 62 however different batters struggled in opposition to correct spin bowling by Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar.
CSK needed to make two adjustments for the match as their Sri Lankan pacer Pathirana was nursing a niggle and Deshpande was unwell.
Replacements Richard Gleeson and Shardul Thakur did not impress as heavy dew set in throughout PBKS’s chase.
“It is a real problem (not having Pathirana and Deshpande). There are phases where you want to get a wicket, and you have only two bowlers, plus the spinners are out of the question because of the dew. Can’t do much,” Gaikwad rued in the course of the post-match presentation.
The skipper added that the dew compounded CSK’s drawback as they tried to limit PBKS batters.
“It’s very difficult. Even in the last game, we were quite surprised that we would win by that much margin.
“This (dew) is one thing we won’t management. We can barely bat higher within the first innings. In the final two video games, we tried our greatest to get 200-210. It was robust to get 180 on this pitch,” he said.
Gaikwad said another 50-60 runs would have made the difference.
“50-60 runs brief to be sincere. When we have been batting first, the pitch wasn’t nice, plus the dew as effectively (within the second innings).”
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