CSK Vs PBKS, IPL 2024 Highlights: Punjab Kings Spinners Shine In 7-Wicket Win Over Chennai Super Kings

Punjab Kings have defeated Chennai Super Kings for the fifth consecutive time and it is their second straight win this season. The spinners, Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar, put the brakes on CSK's innings and did not allow a single boundary in 7-15 over phase to CSK batters. The result was that despite a half-century from skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad, CSK managed just 162. In reply, Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw killed the game within the first 10 overs and eventually Punjab Kings won the game by 7 wickets and 13 balls left. Follow highlights of the CSK vs PBKS, IPL 2024 match here. (Scorecard)

CSK 15-13 PBKS

Punjab Kings have won last four encounters between these teams.

Playing on a red soil surface today, it's a new pitch today. It has a lot of grass and it's very hard. Last season, the turn was more at this venue compared to this season. There will be a bit of pace and carry, it'll be a high scoring game. Dew will be a big factor and the toss will matter, but the ball might seam around in the second innings, reckon Matthew Hayden and Danny Morrison on air.

Punjab Kings Chose To Bowl!

Punjab Kings: Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran(c), Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

Impact Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Rishi Dhawan, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Singh Bhatia

Chennai Super Kings: Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Richard Gleeson, Mustafizur Rahman

Impact Subs: Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Shaik Rasheed, Prashant Solanki

Fiery start for Rabada

Kagiso Rabada shocked Ajinkya Rahane on the very first ball of the innings with a fiery bouncer which the veteran Indian somehow managed to get away with.

Fifty partnership up!

After a slow start CSK closed the powerplay with an 18-run over to get past fifty. While PBKS bowlers have bowled well, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ajinkya Rahane have been smart enough to put bad balls for boundaries.

Brar gets Rahane, Dube within 3 balls

Harpreet Brar stunned the Chennai crowd as he dismissed Shivam Dube for a 2-ball duck just after giving PBKS their first wicket in Ajinkya Rahane.

Pressure piles up on CSK

CSK batters have scored zero boundaries since the end of powerplay and the pressure just keeps going up. Harpreet Brar took two wickets while Rahul Chahar got one and they both kept things quiet.

Dhoni out for the first time this season!

MS Dhoni got out for the first time this season as he was dismissed run out on the last ball of the innings trying to get a double.

Dhoni scored 14 off 11 balls and hit one six.

A strong finish for CSK after PBKS spin duo of Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar bowled beautifully. Chahar and Brar both picked two wickets each giving away just 16 and 17 runs respectively while Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 62 for CSK.

After just two balls, CSK's new ball bowler Deepak Chahar faced some fitness issue and walked off field.

Bairstow, Russouw on song

Rilee Russouw has started well and is batting at 18 off 9 and his partner Jonny Bairstow is also going strong batting on 20 off 17.

With a lot of dew and Deepak Chahar out with an injury, CSK's hopes rest on Ravindra Jadeja.

Dube gets Bairstow!

Shivam Dube has again given CSK fans hope with a wicket off his second ball. Jonny Bairstow has handed a simple catch to MS Dhoni as he departs after a 30-ball 46.

Maiden from Mustafizur

Mustafizur Rahman has bowled a maiden to Shashank Singh as CSK have an uphill task to stop PBKS. With just 28 more needed from 30 balls, Punjab Kings remain favourite.

Punjab Kings win by 7 wickets!

"Probably 50-60 runs short, the pitch wasn't great when we batted, it got better later on. With the impact rule as well, we were well short... It's a real problem (on the player missing due to injuries and Chahal walking away in the first over), there are phases where you want wickets, but you have only two bowlers, the dew took the spinners out of the equation. It was tough, but there're four games left and we will try and come back to winning ways."

"Very happy. Everytime you come to Chennai and take two wins, always a special feeling. Same as last year, we lost a lot of our home games and won away, finding a similar pattern. We are in a position where we need to win all our games, we come up against the same opposition in a few days. Chahar came back and was the best bowler in the 260 game, and he's bowling with great confidence. He stepped up when I asked him to bowl against MSD in the 19th over. (On bowling Chahar in the 19th) The pace bowlers were going for a bit in the end, and I wanted to try something different. Asked Rilee what he reckoned and took that gamble with spin. In this game where everyone has been going for runs, you need to take such gambles. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't."

"It was a good wicket to bowl on, and even Rahul bowled really well. I have been playing since 6 years, so my confidence has been pretty high. Now bowling to these legends of the game feels normal, I just bowl to my strengths. To be honest, I don't think wickets, my aim is only to bowl lots of dot balls and dot balls create the wickets. When there is spin in the wicket, the bowlers confidence goes up and it is a bit helpful."

So PBKS have earned their second win on the trot and it is the fifth consecutive time they have defeated CSK. A good performance from the Kings and they are now seventh in the table with 4 wins and 6 defeats. Super Kings meanwhile are five-five in 10 games.

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