Chennai vs Punjab: Chennai Super Kings faced Punjab Kings in the 53rd match of IPL 2021 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. In this match, Punjab Kings captain KL Rahul won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, CSK scored 134 for 6 in 20 overs on the back of a half-century from Du Plessis. Punjab Kings got a target of 135 runs to win.
In IPL Phase-2, the first match of the day was played between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings on Thursday. Which Punjab won by 6 wickets by showing an aggressive game in a one-sided style. Playing first after losing the toss, CSK scored 134/6. Punjab achieved the target of 135 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the game of 13 overs.
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Rahul Played a Wonderful Innings
Chasing the target, Punjab captain KL Rahul scored an unbeaten 98 off 42 balls while batting brilliantly. He also hit 7 fours and 8 sixes in his innings. Rahul has scored 626 runs in IPL 14 and once again the Orange Cap has reached him.
- Sarfaraz Khan was dismissed for 0 for the second time in a row.
- Shardul Thakur took 3 wickets in the match. He dismissed Mayank (12), Sarfaraz Khan (0) and Aiden Markram (13).
- This was CSK’s third consecutive defeat in IPL 2021.
- Punjab has 12 points from 14 matches. However, the team is out of the race for the playoffs.
Punjab Innings, Captain KL Rahul’s Half-Century
Punjab’s first wicket fell as Mayank Agarwal who lost his wicket for 12 runs. Mayank was dismissed by Shardul Thakur, while Sarfaraz Khan was also shown the way to the pavilion by Shardul Thakur without opening the account. The third wicket of Punjab fell in the form of Shahrukh Khan and he became the victim of Chahar for 8 runs. Captain KL Rahul scored an unbeaten 98 off 42 balls with the help of 8 sixes and 7 fours, while Enriquez remained unbeaten on 3 runs. Chennai vs Punjab.
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After the match, Chennai Super Kings fast bowler Deepak Chahar proposed Jaya Bhardwaj, sister of Bigg Boss fame Siddharth Bhardwaj. He made Jaya ring in front of everyone in the stadium. Deepak and Jaya were in a relationship for a long time.
Both Team Playing XI
PBKS – KL Rahul (w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Sarfaraz Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Chris Jordan, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh
CSK – Rituraj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood
