Who Won Yesterday's IPL Match? Chennai Super Kings had their task cut out against an in-form Punjab Kings in the afternoon match of Sunday at the Indian Premier League 2024. (As It Happened | Full Coverage)
CSK had lost all of last fi𓆏ve matches and PBKS and the game did not start on a good note for๊ the Super Kings.
Ruturaj Gaikwad lost his 10th toss in 11 matches and Sam Curran invited his opponent🐎 to bat at the first match of the 🐻season in Dharamsala.
Arshdeep Singh struck in the second over removing an out of form Ajinkya Rahane but after that CSK went through the powerp🧸lay✅ unscathed and finished at 60/1.
Then came Rahul Chahar and derailed the CSK innings by dismissing Ruturaj Gaikwad and then Shivam Dube in a matter of two balls. After this double blow, runs dried up and wickets continued to fall even as Ravindra Jadeja held one end.
MS Dhoni came to bat at 9 in the 19th over but was undone by an excellent dipping slower ball from Harshal Patel, who became the first bowler this season to get the wicket of the former CSK ♎skipper.
CSK somehow managed to get to 167 but the total looked below-par even though the pitch was🍒 a bit two-paced.
After coming good in the last two games, PBKS top order returned to 𝕴normalcy 🐼as they lost and Rilee Rossouw both in the second over.
Shashank Singh then joined Prabhsimran Singh and the duo took PBKS to 47/2 in the powerplay. Just after the two Singhs brought up the fifty partnership, Shashank was dismissed by . The wicket triggered a dramatic collapse as the Kings went from 62/2 to 78/7 with Ravindra Jadeja starring with three wickets.
A few hi🅠ts from the▨ lower order meant nothing as PBKS were left far behind the target and eventually lost by 28 runs.
CSK 167/9 in 20 overs (Ravindra Jadeja 43 off 26; Rahul Chahar 23/3, Harshal Patel 24/3) Beat PBKS 139/9 in 20 overs (Prabhsimran 30 off 23; Ravindra Jadeja 20/3, Simarjeet Singh 16/2) By 28 runs
Ravindra Jadeja won the Player Of The Match for his a𒈔ll-ﷺround show.
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