Opting to bowl first, PBKS restricted CSK to just 162 for seven as the spinners squeezed the runs dry without conceding a single boundary.
Punjab Rulers spinners Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar’s niggardly spell amid the center overs set the establishment for their side’s seven-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings at the MAC Stadium on Wednesday.
Opting to bowl to begin with, PBKS confined CSK to fair 162 for seven as the spinners crushed the runs dry without conceding a single boundary.
Chasing 163, cameos from Jonny Bairstow 46 (30b, 7×4, 1×6) and Rilee Rossouw (43, 23b, 5×4, 2×6) guaranteed PBKS got its fifth straight win over the five-time champion.
CSK’s trusts of protecting the add up to took a enormous hit when Deepak Chahar limped off in torment on his run-up some time recently the third ball of the innings.
Despite losing Prabhsimran Singh early, Bairstow and Rossouw rapidly put the weight back on the Super Rulers bowlers as they included 64 for the moment wicket. Rossouw begun in fashion with a straight drive and a drag of Richard Gleeson some time recently finding two more boundaries off Mustafizur Rahman in the following over.
Chennai’s as it were chance to arrange a fightback was with its spinners, particularly in the nonattendance of the in-form Matheesha Pathirana (niggle) and Tushar Deshpande (sickness). But Bairstow squandered no time going after Ravindra Jadeja and Moeen Ali, crushing them for four boundaries and six. In spite of the fact that both players missed their half-centuries, Sam Curran and Shashank Singh guided their side domestic without encourage trouble.
Earlier, Super Rulers begun emphatically and got to 55 for no misfortune at the conclusion of the Power Play. But what taken after was a stage of play that is unimaginable in modern-day T20 cricket, as the have fizzled to score a single boundary off the bat for 55 balls.
Brar (two for 17) and Rahul (one for 13) sent in seven overs amid this stage, conceding fair 30 runs whereas taking three wickets on a two-paced pitch that advertised turn for the tweakers.
Left-arm spinner Brar struck twice in the eighth over with a keen piece of bowling by abating it down to have Rahane caught in the profound and at that point caught Shivam Dube leg-before.
If not for Ruturaj’s crushing thump (62, 48b, 5×4, 2×6), CSK would not have finished up with a respectable score. But with dew settling, it was never going to be sufficient. Know More Latest IPL Cricket News…
