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Chennai [India], : After a defeat against Punjab Kings at their home ground MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad felt his side was “50-60 runs short” during the match and highlighted that pitch was not that great but improved in the second half. “Probably 50-60 runs short”: CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad after defeat against PBKS Punjab Kings with an all-rounded performance, clinched a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings at Chepauk on Wednesday in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024. HT launches Crick-it, a one stop destination to catch Cricket, anytime, anywhere. Explore now! After Lucknow Super Giants breached Chepauk, CSK’s fortress was breached for the second time in the ongoing season as CSK bowlers struggled to find their rhythm with dew majorly hindering them throughout the night. “Probably 50-60 runs short, the pitch wasn’t great when we batted, but it got better later on. With the impact rule as well, we were well short,” Gaikwad said in a post-match presentation. Talking about the toss, “I’ve practised the tosses , it’s not going well in the match, not sure what to do. To be truthful, I’m under pressure when I go to the middle .” The five-time champions registered a 78-run triumph over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday. “We were also surprised that we won by a big margin in the last match considering the conditions . I think the last two games, the conditions and pitch was better, it allowed us to fight hard and get to 200 , today, it wasn’t good enough to get to even 180,” Gaikwad added. On losing Deepak Chahar in the very first over, the CSK captain said that there are different phases when the team get a wicket and suddenly there are only 2 bowlers who can get a wicket. Chahar got injured after bowling just two deliveries in the opening over of the second innings. “It’s a real problem , 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 were four games left and we will try and come back to winning ways,” he added. The vibrant yellow wave in the stands of Chepauk were reduced to silence after PBKS effortlessly chased down 163 with more than two overs to spare. Sam Curran’s decision to put CSK to bat turned out to be the correct decision as dew factor kicked in to become a hindrance for CSK bowlers in the second half of the match. Ruturaj Gaikwad led from the front and scored 62 off 48 deliveries and MS Dhoni provided the finishing touches at the death to power CSK to an unlikely 162/7. In reply, PBKS batters hardly broke sweat while chasing 163. Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw forged a 64-run stand to completely shifted the momentum in their favor. Curran and Shashank Singh applied the finishing touches to seal a 7-wicket win for PBKS. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.

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Punjab Kings boost playoff qualification hopes with thumping win over Chennai Super Kings – India TV

Punjab Kings boost playoff qualification hopes with thumping win over Chennai Super Kings – India TV

Image Source : AP Punjab Kings players celebrating during the CSK vs PBKS IPL 2024 game in Chennai on May 1, 2024 Punjab Kings pulled off a dominating seven-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in the 49th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 on Wednesday. Spinners produced a brilliant performance to restrict Chennai to a 162 total and then an impressive innings from Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw led Punjab to an easy chase with 13 balls remaining at MA Chidambaram Stadium. A win thrusted Punjab Kings to seventh position in the points table with four wins in ten games boosting their chances to secure a playoff qualification. Chennai Super Kings’ inconsistent form continued with their fifth defeat in ten games but the defending champions maintain their fourth place in the standings. After winning the toss, the stand-in skipper Sam Curran elected to bowl first with the same playing eleven. Ruturaj Gaikwad’s CSK were forced to make two major changes with Richard Gleeson and Shadul Thakur coming in for unavailable Matheesha Pathirana and Tushar Deshpande. Openers Ajinkya Rahane and Ruturaj Gaikwad gave Chennai a strong start by scorching 64 runs for the first wicket. But Punjab Kings made a stunning comeback in the middle overs with spinner Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar taking two wickets each. Gaikwad continued his red-hot form by top-scoring with 62 runs off 48 balls and also went past Virat Kohli to claim the Orange Cap this season. Gaikwad didn’t get much support from the other end as Punjab bowlers restricted Chennai to a decent total of 162/7 in 20 overs. Debutant veteran Richard Gleeson balanced the game with an early wicket of impact substitute Prabhsimran Singh. But Punjab avoided losing momentum with Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw producing a match-defining 64-run partnership for the second wicket.  On his only second delivery in the IPL 2024, Shivam Dube displayed his bowling skills to deny Bairstow his fifty in the tenth over and Shardul Thakur bowled out Rossouw in the 12th over to raise some hopes for Chennai to make a late comeback.  But the in-form duo of Sam Curran and Shashank Singh avoided further fall by adding unbeaten 50 runs for the fourth wicket to lead Punjab Kings to an easy seven-wicket win with 13 balls remaining. Harpreet Brar won the Player of the Match award for his two for 17 figures.  Chennai Super Kings Playing XI: Ajinkya Rahane (substituted by Sameer Rizvi, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Richard Gleeson, Mustafizur Rahman. Punjab Kings Playing XI: Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran (c), Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh (substituted by Prabhsimran Singh).

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