PBKS Vs CSK, IPL 2024 Highlights: Punjab Kings Lose By 28 Runs Against Chennai Super Kings In Dharamsala

Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings Highlights, IPL 2024: Chennai Super Kings have beaten Punjab Kings by 28 runs. Chasing a modest 168, PBKS faltered from the word go with only Prabhsimran Singh (30) and Shashank Singh (27) making significant contributions with the bat before being restricted to 139 for 9 in 20 overs. Besides Jadeja, Simarjeet Singh (2/16) and Tushar Deshpande (2/35) picked up two wickets each for CSK. For all the highlights and scores for IPL 2024, PBKS vs CSK, you can get it right here

Chennai Super Kings Squad: Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Richard Gleeson, Matheesha Pathirana, Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Shaik Rasheed, Prashant Solanki, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra, Ajay Jadav Mandal, RS Hangargekar, Maheesh Theekshana, Nishant Sindhu, Aravelly Avanish

Punjab Kings Squad: Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran(c), Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Rishi Dhawan, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Shikhar Dhawan, Chris Woakes, Tanay Thyagarajan, Atharva Taide, Nathan Ellis, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary, Vishwanath Singh

"I think our bowlers were superb, the spinners and Jonny striking them well, even the way we paced that chase, it was brilliant. Need to build on that confidence." - Sam Curran ahead of the PBKS vs CSK match.

64m and 62m boundaries. The air is thin here. It's got a layer of grass. Pretty even but it's dry grass. The fast bowlers can get some help with the new ball. Spinners are going to struggle here, ball won't turn much. Wonderful ground for the batters, expect a lot of runs" say Graeme Swann and Brian Lara.

Punjab Kings skipper Sam Curran has won the toss and elected to bowl against Chennai Super Kings. Yet another toss loss for Ruturaj.

Sam Curran: We're going to bowl. Day game, try and see how it plays and chase it down. We've got the same team. We've had two really good wins with the same team. Conditions should be fairly even throughout, it's about batting, bowling and fielding well.

Ruturaj Gaikwad: We've just stuck to our process and doing little things right. We don't look at the track record of the opposition, we focus on ourselves and see what we can do right. This season there have been a lot of injuries, flus and forced changes so we've had to tinker with our team. I'd say losing 10 tosses but winning 5 games is a positive. Mitchell Santner comes in place of Mustafizur.

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

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Richard Gleeson, Tushar Deshpande.

Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Tanay Thyagarajan, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Rishi Dhawan

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

Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad are at the crease as the action gets underway.

Another poor turnout for Ajinkya Rahane as he walks back for 9 (7 balls) as CSK lose a wicket early on.

After 5 overs, Chennai Super Kings are 41/1 with the sole wicket of Ajinkya Rahane for 9 runs that was taken by Kagiso Rabada. Post that, skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad and Daryl Mitchell are going nicely in the PP.

CSK's poor away showing continues to haunt them with the side already four down inside 10 overs. Ruturaj Gaikwad, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube were dismissed post the Power Play as Punjab Kings fought back in the game.

CSK lost the wicket of Moeen Ali to skipper Sam Curran as PBKS continued taking wickets in the game. The reigning champions have Mitchell Santner and Ravindra Jadeja at the crease to take them to a decent total.

Harshal Patel's three wickets and some neat bowling from PBKS bowlers restricted CSK to 167/9 in 20 overs.

CSK's Tushar Deshpande seem to have given his side the perfect start against PBKS by removing Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw in the same over. However, Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh have taken on the mantle to steer their side to safety.

For the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, their playoffs hope is still alive and kicking. They must hope that SRH or LSG do not win more than one. Both their rival teams have 12 points from 10 games. Also, CSK and DC must not get more than two wins. Furthermore, PBKS should not win more than three games.

Wow! What a fightback by CSK bowlers here against Punjab Kings batters with the hosts trailing by 96 runs. With 10 overs left and five wickets to go, Chennai Super Kings will fancy their chances against Sam Curran's side.

Two Wickets remain for CSK to complete the formality, but Rahul Chahar is having fun by blasting 14 runs off Richard Gleeson's over.

An emphatic 28-run win for the Chennai Super Kings against Punjab Kings in this IPL 2024 encounter. Ravindra Jadeja's contribution with the bat and ball has eclipsed that of PBKS' bowlers.

CSK 167/9 (20)

PBKS 139/9 (20)

Thought we bowled really well. Rahul Chahar and Harshal bowled really well, was pretty happy at the halfway point but unfortunately it wasn’t to be. The wicket was probably slower than we thought, we expected a little more pace and bounce, it was pretty similar throughout the game. Couple of days off and we go against RCB in a few days time so we need to move on and stay headstrong.

Everyone believed the wicket was slow. Even low bounce. Just that the start we got, we were thinking of pushing till 180-200. After losing wickets, thought 160-170 was a good score. Don't know what he's doing, but even in preseason he was clicking 150kph (on Simarjeet). He didn't get too much chances, but it's never too late. Were thinking of going with impact batter, but then we thought the batter will give 10-15 runs, but he could give 2-3 wickets. Some of the guys were struggling with flu. Weren't even sure till the morning who's playing or not. To get the win, really happy with that.

Was a day game so the wicket was slow. It was expected to be slow because it was quite warm. Wanted to build a partnership of 30-40 so that we have a platform for the end. The bowlers bowled well. Always looks a flat wicket in powerplay. But as the ball gets older, it doesn't come on very well. When you're playing at a new venue, you don't have an idea of how the pitch will be. Felt we were 15-20 short. My role is to build a partnership if we lose early wickets.

The win lifts CSK to third in the table whereas the defeat of PBKS gives the likes of RCB a chance to qualify for the playoffs.