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Chasing 201 for a win, Punjab Kings wanted 9 runs from the ultimate over bowled by Matheesha Pathirana who conceded simply two from the primary three deliveries. But Raza remained calm beneath immense stress, scoring two runs every from the following two deliveries.
Raza (13 not out) despatched the ultimate ball in the direction of the boundary however Maheesh Theekshana stopped it simply earlier than the ropes in an excellent fielding effort however by that point the PBKS batters had accomplished three 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 essential roles as CSK opener Devon Conway‘s good knock of 92 not out went in useless.
Punjab batters did nicely to drag off a win after victory appeared troublesome within the center overs earlier than Livingstone and Curran turned issues round. The 24 runs conceded by Tushar Deshpande within the sixteenth over proved essential within the ultimate evaluation.
With 22 runs wanted from 12 balls, Jitesh Sharma (21 off 10 balls) hit the primary ball for a 4 and bought two off the following. He fell off the fourth ball, caught by substitute Shaik Rasheed within the deep. The third umpire dominated the batter out after the fielder caught the ball and tripped again near the boundary rope.
Deshpande completed with 3 for 49 from his 4 overs whereas Ravindra Jadeja took 2 for 32 in his quota of 4 overs.
Punjab batters started the run chase with a speedy 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 chop over the in-field noticed him discover Matheesha Pathirana off the top-edge.
Prabhsimran and Atharva Taide (13) added 44 runs in fast time earlier than the latter turned Jadeja’s first sufferer. Prabhsimran jumped out of the crease and noticed the ball flip barely, beating him for Dhoni to finish a simple stumping.
Taide was the following to go, caught and bowled by Jadeja for 13 as Punjab slipped to 94 for 3 within the eleventh over.
Things appeared to slide away from PBKS because the batters couldn’t discover the large over and required run-rate saved climbing. But Raza and M Shahrukh Khan (2 not out) scored 15 runs from eight balls to see PBKS cross the goal.
Earlier, CSK rode on Conway’s very good unbeaten 92 to put up 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 group. He couldn’t join the primary ball he confronted from Sam Curran (4-0-46-1) and picked up a single from the following supply, thumping one down the bottom.
One supply later, Dhoni hit a six from a large supply after which smacked a full toss for a most to complete on 13 not out as CSK completed the innings in type.
Opting to bat first, Conway, who struck 16 fours and a six throughout his 52-ball unbeaten knock, and his opening companion Ruturaj Gaikwad (37) added 86 for the primary wicket to place the house crew on the street to a superb whole.
For Punjab, Curran, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh and Sikandar Raza took one wicket apiece.
Conway and Gaikwad continued their spectacular type with the bat as they bought the crew off to one more robust begin, elevating 50 runs within the sixth over.
Conway hit two boundaries off Kagiso Rabada’s first over to set the tone and continued to bat fluently. He hit two consecutive fours within the sixth over bowled by Curran as CSK steadily stepped up the tempo. The powerplay yielded 57 runs because the Punjab Kings bowlers struggled to make an impression.
Gaikwad fell in opposition to the run of play, leaping out to a Sikander Raza supply to be stumped by Jitesh Sharma for 37.
The big-hitting Shivam Dube was pushed up the order and he hit two large sixes, together with one off Rabada. He helped add 44 runs in 26 balls with Conway to allow the Super Kings up the ante.
Dube appeared good for extra when he fell whereas going for an enormous hit solely to be caught by Shahrukh Khan within the deep for a 17-ball 28.
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com