PBKS defeats CSK with ease, winning by 7 wickets
At the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday, Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets with to the economical bowling periods of Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar, who each claimed two wickets in 2-17 and 2-16. Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw also contributed to the victory with their respective 40s.
With their relentless line and length, Brar and Chahar put a stop to CSK’s batting in the middle overs. They returned with a combined 8-33 in eight overs, an economy rate of 4.25, and no boundaries conceded as the hosts were limited to 162/7. Before Shashank Singh and Sam Curran made sure PBKS finished the chase with seven wickets remaining and 13 balls remaining, Bairstow and Rossouw scored 46 and 43 in response. With their fifth straight win against CSK—who were hindered by dew and lost opener Deepak Chahar to a hamstring injury two balls into the second innings—PBKS is currently ranked seventh in the points standings. Pursuing 163, Prabhsimran Singh struck a 10-ball 13 before Richard Gleeson claimed his first IPL wicket when a leading edge on his flick was collected at mid-off. However, Rilee Rossouw was unstoppable right away, hitting Mustafizur Rahman and Gleeson four straight times.
At the conclusion of the power play, PBKS had reached 52/1 thanks to a brace of fours from Jonny Bairstow, who cut and drew Shardul Thakur from the other end. After that, in his first over, Bairstow took it hard on Ravindra Jadeja, cutting at the last second and pulling hard to take two fours.
Bairstow seemed to have picked up where he left off in his 48-ball century against the Kolkata Knight Riders the previous week, as shown by his ability to pull and slog-sweeping Moeen Ali for six and four runs, respectively.
Quick Scores:
Punjab Kings 163/3 in 17.5 overs (Jonny Bairstow 46, Rilee Rossouw 43; Shivam Dube 1-14, Richard Gleeson 1-30) defeated Chennai Super Kings 162/7 in 20 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 62, Ajinkya Rahane 29; Rahul Chahar 2-16, Harpreet Brar 2-17) by seven wickets.
