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Chasing 201 for a win, Punjab Kings wanted 9 runs from the general over bowled by way of Matheesha Pathirana who conceded simply two from the primary 3 deliveries. But Raza remained calm beneath immense drive, scoring two runs every from the following two deliveries.
Raza (13 no longer out) despatched the general ball against the boundary however Maheesh Theekshana stopped it simply earlier than the ropes in an excellent fielding effort however by way of that point the PBKS batters had finished 3 runs to the shocked silence of the house crowd at Chepauk.
Punjab completed at 201 for six as Prabhsimran Singh (42) Liam Livingstone (40), Sam Curran (29) and Jitesh Sharma (21) enjoying a very powerful roles as CSK openers Devon Conway‘s sensible knock of 92 no longer out went in useless.
Punjab batters did smartly to drag off a win after victory regarded tricky within the center overs earlier than Livingstone and Curran became issues round. The 24 runs conceded by way of Tushar Deshpande within the sixteenth over proved a very powerful within the base line.
With 22 runs wanted from 12 balls, Jitesh Sharma (21 off 10 balls) hit the primary ball for a 4 and were given two off the following. He fell off the fourth ball, stuck by way of replace Shaik Rasheed within the deep. The 3rd umpire dominated the batter out after the fielder stuck the ball and tripped again just about the boundary rope.
Deshpande completed with 3 for 49 from his 4 overs whilst Ravindra Jadeja took 2 for 32 in his quota of 4 overs.
Punjab batters started the run chase with a fast stand between captain Shikhar Dhawan (28) and Prabhsimran Singh earlier than the previous fell to Deshpande. The openers introduced up the 50 within the powerplay. Dhawan’s try to reduce over the in-field noticed him to find Matheesha Pathirana off the top-edge.
Prabhsimran and Atharva Taide (13) added 44 runs in fast time earlier than the latter was Jadeja’s first sufferer. Prabhsimran jumped out of the crease and noticed the ball flip rather, beating him for Dhoni to finish a very easy stumping.
Taide used to be the following to head, stuck and bowled by way of Jadeja for 13 as Punjab slipped to 94 for three within the eleventh over.
Things looked as if it would slip clear of PBKS because the batters may just no longer to find the massive over and required run-rate stored hiking. But Raza and M Shahrukh Khan (2 no longer out) scored 15 runs from 8 balls to look PBKS go the objective.
Earlier, CSK rode on Conway’s excellent unbeaten 92 to submit 200 for 4. Dhoni despatched the house crowd into raptures with two sixes from the final two deliveries.
The talismanic Dhoni walked in on the fall of Ravindra Jadeja (12) to an enormous roar from the gang. He may just no longer attach the primary ball he confronted from Sam Curran (4-0-46-1) and collected a unmarried off the following supply, thumping one down the bottom.
One supply later, Dhoni hit a six from a large supply after which smacked a complete toss for a most to complete on 13 no longer out as CSK completed the innings in taste.
Opting to bat first, Conway, who struck 16 fours and a six right through his 52-ball unbeaten knock, and his opening spouse Ruturaj Gaikwad (37) added 86 for the primary wicket to place the house crew at the highway to a excellent overall.
For Punjab, Curran, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh and Sikandar Raza took one wicket every.
Conway and Gaikwad persisted their spectacular shape with the bat as they were given the crew off to but some other sturdy get started, elevating 50 runs within the 6th over.
Conway hit two obstacles off Kagiso Rabada’s first over to set the tone and persisted to bat fluently. He hit two consecutive fours within the 6th over bowled by way of Curran as CSK steadily stepped up the tempo. The powerplay yielded 57 runs because the Punjab Kings bowlers struggled to make an impact.
Gaikwad fell in opposition to the run of play, leaping out to a Sikander Raza supply to be stumped by way of Jitesh Sharma for 37.
The big-hitting Shivam Dube used to be driven up the order and he hit two huge sixes, together with one off Rabada. He helped upload 44 runs in 26 balls with Conway to allow the Super Kings up the ante.
Dube regarded excellent for extra when he fell whilst going for a large hit best to be stuck by way of Shahrukh Khan within the deep for a 17-ball 28.
(With inputs from PTI)