CSK vs KXIP Live: In the 53rd match of the 13th season of IPL, Chennai Super Kings defeated Kings XI Punjab by 9 wickets. Punjab was eliminated from the play-off race with this defeat. He has 12 points with 6 wins in 14 matches. At the same time, Chennai is already out of the tournament. He too has won only 6 matches out of 14.
In the match played in Abu Dhabi, after losing the toss, Punjab came to bat and gave Chennai a target of 154 runs. In reply, Chennai won the match by scoring 154 runs at the loss of one wicket in 18.5 overs. Rituraj Gaikwad scored the highest consecutive unbeaten innings of 62 runs while putting his fifth consecutive fifty in the league. He was also voted Man of the Match. Faf du Plessis scored 48 and Ambati Rayudu scored 30 not out. At the same time, Chris Jordan of Punjab got the only wicket.
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Chennai Openers Gave a Good Start
The Chennai openers gave their team a good start. Du Plessis and Gaekwad played the game well, raising the team’s score. Both set offensive shots after the set and scored 57 runs in the power-play. Both shared an 82-run partnership for the first wicket.CSK vs KXIP Live.
Chennai scored 57/0 in the Power Play
In the power play, Chennai scored 57 runs without any loss. Jordan ended Duplessis’ innings of 48 runs in the 10th over by catching wicketkeeper Rahul. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes in 34 balls. After this, Rayudu who came to bat also batted comfortably without taking any risk. He completed the team’s century by taking a run on the third ball of the 13th over. Rahul caught Rayudu’s catch behind the wicket in the 15th over against this bowler.
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In his next over, Gaikwad completed his half-century in 38 balls by putting a brilliant four over the cover of Bishnoi. This is his third consecutive half-century innings. Rayudu hit two fours in a 30-ball unbeaten innings.
Kings XI Punjab Scored 153/6
Deepak Hooda’s unbeaten 62-run aggressive innings helped Kings XI Punjab bat first and set a challenging score of 153 for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Hooda hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in an unbeaten innings of 30 balls. Lungi Nagidi took three wickets for 39 runs in 4 overs for Chennai, while Imran Tahir took 24 wickets in 4 overs and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket for just 17 runs in 3 overs, Shardul Thakur scored 27 runs in 4 overs. Took a wicket.
Punjab Scored 153 Runs Thanks to Hooda
Earlier, Punjab scored 153 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. Deepak Hooda made his second fifty in the league, scoring the highest 62 runs in 30 balls. Apart from Hooda, no batsman was able to score big.
At the same time, Lungi Ngidi took 3 wickets for Chennai. Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir and Ravindra Jadeja got 1-1 wickets.
Rahul-Mayank Gave a Good Start
Punjab captain Lokesh Rahul started the team well with Mayank Agarwal. Both shot well and also scored a 48-run opening partnership off 32 balls. This partnership was broken by Lungi Engidi. He bowled Mayank to a personal score of 26 runs.
Playing Eleven of Chennai Super Kings
Rituraj Gaikwad, Faf Duplessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), N Jagadeeshan, Sam Kurran, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar and Lungi Nagidi.
Kings XI Punjab Playing XI
KL Rahul (captain and wicketkeeper), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Puran, Deepak Hooda, Mandeep Singh, James Neesham, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi and Mohammed Shami.
