IPL 2022, CSK Vs PBKS HIGHLIGHTS: Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by 54 runs

Rahul Chahar scalps Dhoni and Jordan in same over.

Dhoni sends the Livingstone's hattrick ball into the stands for a SIX. Dhoni edges the 3rd ball towards third man for FOUR. 

Livingstone concedes 14 runs in the over.

CSK 121/8 (17) CRR: 7.12 REQ: 20

Dwaine Pretorius comes to the crease after the wicket of Bravo and smashes a SIX before hitting the 5th ball of the over straight to deep backward square leg. Chennai eight wickets down.

Chris Jordan, right handed bat, comes to the crease and survives the on-field LBW call. 

CSK 107/8 (16) CRR: 6.99 REQ: 17.74

Livingstone provides Punjab Kings their much needed breakthrough as he scalped the wicket of Shivam Dube, who was hitting big and reached his fifty-run mark. Dwayne Bravo comes at the crease and Livingstone takes a one-handed blinder to send the West Indian for a golden duck. Chennai are in a big trouble.

Chennai 98-7 after 15 Overs

Mayank introduces his spearhead Rabada to extend the pressure on CSK but the South African makes mess of it. 

Rabada bowls two consecutive NO BALLS but Dube fails to convert the FREE HITS. However, the southpaw smashes two back-to-back SIXES and reaches his fifty run mark. Rabada leaks 18 runs in the over.

CSK 90/5 (14) CRR: 6.64 REQ: 14.91  

Mayank Agarwal introdues Livingstone into the attack...

The Englishman bowls an exceptional over as he concedes only three singles. The required run rate soars past 15 runs per over.

CSK 71/5 (12.5) CRR: 5.53 REQ: 15.35

Arshdeep Singh [1.0-0-5-1] is back into the attack and concedes only four singles off the first five deliveries. Dube smashes the over pitch delivery outside through covers for FOUR to end the over. 

CSK 69/5 (12) CRR: 5.75 REQ: 14

Rahul Chahar continues...

Dhoni collects a single off the first ball and Dube works the second ball towards deep square leg for a single. Dube smashes the 4th ball through extra cover for FOUR. Chahar concedes eight runs in the over.

Chennai 61-5 after 11 Overs

Odean Smith continues after the strategic break...

Shivam Dube smashes the short of length delivery on the pads towards deep backward square leg for a SIX. Dube ends the over with a powerful hit towards deep mid-wicket for FOUR.

Chennai 53-5 after 10 Overs, need 128 more runs to win in 60 balls

Vaibhav Arora bowls his fourth over in a row and concedes nine runs. He ends his full quota of overs with the bowling figures of 4-0-21-2.

Chennai 36-4 after 7 Overs

Arshdeep Singh comes into the attack and gets the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja, who chops on the good length delivery onto the stumps. Chennai are in a deep trouble.

Shivam Dube comes to the crease and drives through the covers for FOUR. Though Arshdeep keeps things tight and concedes only five runs, including the boundary.

Chennai 27-4 after 6 Overs

Debutant Vaibhav Arora provides Punjab their second breakthrough as Uthappa tries to play across the line and manages only a leading edge and Mayank completes the catch. Uthappa c Mayank b Vaibhav Arora 13(10) [4s-2]

Rayudu and Moeen Ali are at the crease.

Chennai 14-2 after 3 Overs

Rabada provides Punjab the first breakthrough as he finds an outside edge of Ruturaj's bat. Ruturaj continues to disappoint at the top of the batting order. 

Chennai: 10-1 after 2 Overs 

Uthappa and Gaikwad are at the crease. Uthappa takes the strike. Vaibhav Arora opens the attack

Dwayne Bravo bowls the last over and concedes only 4 runs.

Punjab 180-8 after 20 Overs

Pretorius bowls another successful over as he gets the wicket of Rahul Chahar and concedes 10 runs.

Punjab 176-8 after 19 Overs

Jordan continues and gets the wicket of Odean Smith, who fail to make any impression after a superb show in the first match he played.

Odean Smith perished while trying to find a maximum but fails to clear Bravo at long-on. Rahul Chahar and Rabada at the crease. Jordan concedes only five runs in 18th over.

Punjab 166-7 after 18 Overs

Pretorius bowls his third over...

Rabada smashes a low full toss on the pads towards cow corner boundary for FOUR. Pretorius concedes nine runs as the South Africa bowls three WIDES.

Punjab 161-6 after 17 Overs

Dwaine Pretorius [1.0-0-6-0] is back into the attack and gets the wicket of Jitesh Sharma, who was hitting the ball brilliantly.  Jitesh Sharma c Uthappa b Pretorius 26(17) [6s-3]

Strategic Timeout taken

Ravindra Jadeja bowls his last over of the match and concedes only four runs off the first three deliveries. But youngster Jitesh gives himself some room and wallopes over long-on for a BIG SIX. 

Jadeja concedes 11 runs in his last over. Punjab 142-2 after 14 Overs

Mukesh Choudhary [3.0-0-44-1] is back into the attack and after conceding one run in first three balls, Mukesh bowls a short delivery and Jitesh smashes it towards backward square leg for SIX.

Punjab Kings 131-4 after 13 Overs

Moeen Ali comes into the attack and the debutant Jitesh Verma comes down the wicket and wallopes towards deep square leg for a GIGANTIC SIX. 

Moeen Ali concedes nine runs, including one six.

Punjab 123-4 after 12 Overs 

Jadeja continues and Livingstone smashes the first ball towards deep extra cover for FOUR. 

Two balls later, Jadeja finally gets the wicket of Livingstone, who gets a thick outside edge to Rayudu at Short third man. Rayudu dropped Livingstone earlier in the innings at the same fielding position. 

Punjab 115-4 in 11 Overs

Dhawan smashes the a boundary to bring 100 runs for Punjab Kings. Bravo fails to stem the run flow as Livingstone smashes a SIX and brings up his FIFTY in 27 deliveries. 

But Bravo provides the much needed break through as Dhawan gets perished in search of a big hit. He manages only a top edge while trying to hit the last ball of the over towards extra cover. Jadeja completes the catch.

Jadeja continues after the strategic break and bowls three DOTs. Livingstone takes a single off the 4th ball while Dhawan paddle sweeps the next ball through short fine leg for FOUR. 

Punjab 96-2 after 9 Overs

Dwaine Pretorius, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and nearly gets the wicket of Livingstone but Dhoni is not able to take the catch completely. 

STRATIGIC BREAK TAKEN

Punjab 89-2 after 8 Overs

Ravindra Jadeja brings himself into the attack and Livingstone greets him with a powerful hit down the ground for a SIX and collects a single off the next.

Dhawan dances down the track and hits the third ball towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs and collects a single off the next.

Rayudu drops a SITTER at short third man as Livingstone finds only an outside edge. 

Punjab 82-2 after 7 Overs

To curb the run flow, Jadeja brings the experienced Bravo into the attack but this Dhawan has different plan for the West Indian. Dhawan smashes a SIX and two FOURs as Punjab recover from early blows.

Punjab: 72-2 after 6 Overs

Livingstone showing his brutal power-hitting skill and smashes the first ball for a GIGANTIC SIX. Mukesh comes back brilliantly and finds the outside edge but the ball falls short of Dhoni.

Livingstone comes down the track and slaps the full delivery over mid-off for FOUR. After TWO WIDES, Livingstone hammers the full delivery over extra cover for FOUR. The Englishman slices the full delivery outside off over short third man for FOUR. Livingstone wallopes the good length delivery good length delivery towards mid-wicket for a SIX.

Punjab Kings: 57-2 after 5 Overs 

Jordan continues and concedes only four runs.

Mukesh continues after the successful over and bowls three DOTS before Livingstone smashes the 4th ball for a SIX. Livingstone finds the second boundary off the last ball. He slaps the back of length delivery towards extra cover for FOUR.

Punjab Kings 27-2 after 3 Overs  

After hitting the first ball for a big six, Rajapaksa gets runout in search of an impossible single. Not the start Punjab would be looking. 

Liam Livingstone arrives at the crease and whacks the ball on the pads towards deep backward square leg for three runs. 

Punjab 17-2 after 2 Overs

Mukesh' successful first over ends and the pacer concedes eight runs in the over.

Mukesh Choudhary provides Chennai first breakthrough in the first over. Mayank smashes the ball outside off straight to point.

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja(c), MS Dhoni(w), Shivam Dube, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Jordan, Dwaine Pretorius, Mukesh Choudhary

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa(w), Liam Livingstone, Shahrukh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Odean Smith, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora

Vaibhav comes in place of Harpreet Brar, Jitesh comes in place of Raj Bawa.

Chennai Super Kings have made one change in their Playing XI, bringing in Chris Jordan for Tushar Despande.

Ravindra Jadeja wins the toss and asks Punjab to bat first

PBKS have handed two caps - Jitesh Sharma and Vaibhav Arora are making their debuts. So that is at least two changes then.

The CSK bowlers need to tighten things up to keep the opposition batters in check. Tushar Desphande and rookie Mukesh Choudhary struggled against LSG and will have their task cut out against a strong Punjab line-up, especially at CCI, where bowling hasn't been easy.

Dwayne Bravo, now IPL's leading wicket-taker, has been the standout performer, but he needs support from others.

Chennai Super Kings have so far looked like anything but IPL's defending champions and to effect a turnaround, new skipper Ravindra Jadeja will seek improvements on multiple fronts against Punjab Kings here on Sunday.

CSK's title defense has begun on a disappointing note. After going down to Kolkata Knight Riders in the tournament opener, they lost to new entrants Lucknow Super Giants.

While the batting unit failed to fire in the opening game, heavy dew made life difficult for the bowlers as they failed to defend a target in excess of 200 runs.

The toss is already playing a significant role in the outcome of the games. With the second innings dew in mind, teams are opting to chase and CSK will hope to be better prepared to bowl with the wet ball.

“Dew will be the vital part in this edition. If you win the toss, you will look to bowl first. There was a lot of dew, the ball was not sticking to the hands, will have to practice with the wet ball,” Jadeja said after the loss to LSG.

Chennai Super Kings batting coach Michael Hussey is blown away by Moeen Ali's batting talent and he only realised the Englishman's prowess when he joined the CSK squad last year.

While speaking about Moeen Ali’s batting on Star Sports, Hussey said, "Moeen Ali, honestly, is an unbelievable player. I only watched him closely for the first time when he joined the CSK squad in the last season.

"So, I didn't realise how good a player he actually is. He's a beautiful batsman, a graceful player. Just the way he times the cricket ball is fantastic." When asked why doesn't CSK team display any semblance of panic despite defeats in back-to-back games, Hussey said, "It's been one of the traits of CSK over the years. Obviously, MS Dhoni who's captained the team for a long time and Stephen Fleming, the coach, are very calm and collected characters all the time.

"The first couple of games didn’t go as per the plans but we are certainly not panicking as these are early stages," Hussey said

Chennai, however, dominates the head-to-head stat against Punjab as out of 25 times that the teams have faced each other, CSK has won 15 times and Punjab has merely won 10 matches.

In a bid to win their first match, a struggling Chennai will battle against Punjab Kings(PBKS) in the Match 11 of the 2022 season of Indian Premier League at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.

While Chennai for the first time in the history of the cash-rich league has lost 2 matches back to back at the beginning of the season, Punjab after winning their season opener suffered a loss in their 2nd match vs Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR). Both the teams are at the bottom of the table, with Punjab at the 7th and Chennai at the 8th spot will look to turn their fortunes around. READ MORE

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