NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings (PBKS) orchestrated a medical chase, dealing Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) a disheartening seven-wicket defeat on their residence turf in Wednesday’s IPL encounter.
Jonny Bairstow‘s brisk 46 off 30 balls and Rilee Rossouw‘s aggressive 43 off 23 balls steered Punjab previous Chennai’s modest whole of 162 for seven, anchored by skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad‘s resilient 62 off 48 balls.
This victory propelled PBKS to seventh place on the factors desk with eight factors, whereas CSK maintained fourth place with 10 factors.
The CSK’s defence of 163 confronted a number of barricades as their spinners – Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja – have been rendered ineffective due to dew and pacer Deepak Chahar walked off the sector with a niggle after bowling simply two balls.
However that ought to not take the sheen out of PBKS’ effort with the bat on the evening.
PBKS stand-in skipper Sam Curran expressed happiness over the victory, and asserted that the gamble of bowling paceman Kagiso Rabada inside the powerplay paid off.
“Very pleased. Everytime you come to Chennai and take two wins, at all times a particular feeling. Identical as final yr, we misplaced loads of our residence video games and gained away, discovering the same sample. We’re able the place we have to win all our video games, we come up towards the identical opposition in just a few days. I feel while you come to Chennai, you understand how sizzling it’s and dew goes to settle in. Right now we needed to attempt one thing completely different by attempting Rabada within the powerplay. We needed to make use of our spinners in a while, so took a punt on attempting KG inside the powerplay,” Curran mentioned after the match.
Curran additionally heaped reward on spinner Rahul Chahar, who made a terrific comeback, specifically towards MS Dhoni within the fag finish of the innings.
“Chahar got here again and was one of the best bowler within the 260 recreation, and he is bowling with nice confidence. He stepped up after I requested him to bowl towards MSD within the 19th over. (On bowling Chahar within the 19th) The tempo bowlers have been going for a bit ultimately, and I needed to attempt one thing completely different. Requested Rilee what he reckoned and took that gamble with spin. On this recreation the place everybody has been going for runs, you might want to take such gambles. Generally they work, typically they do not. We come towards the identical opposition so we’ve one up on them. It’s a new recreation, new situations however this win will give us loads of confidence. I feel our bowlers have been excellent, the spinners and Jonny hanging them nicely, even the best way we paced that chase, it was good. Have to construct on that confidence,” Curran added.
Jonny Bairstow‘s brisk 46 off 30 balls and Rilee Rossouw‘s aggressive 43 off 23 balls steered Punjab previous Chennai’s modest whole of 162 for seven, anchored by skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad‘s resilient 62 off 48 balls.
This victory propelled PBKS to seventh place on the factors desk with eight factors, whereas CSK maintained fourth place with 10 factors.
The CSK’s defence of 163 confronted a number of barricades as their spinners – Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja – have been rendered ineffective due to dew and pacer Deepak Chahar walked off the sector with a niggle after bowling simply two balls.
However that ought to not take the sheen out of PBKS’ effort with the bat on the evening.
PBKS stand-in skipper Sam Curran expressed happiness over the victory, and asserted that the gamble of bowling paceman Kagiso Rabada inside the powerplay paid off.
“Very pleased. Everytime you come to Chennai and take two wins, at all times a particular feeling. Identical as final yr, we misplaced loads of our residence video games and gained away, discovering the same sample. We’re able the place we have to win all our video games, we come up towards the identical opposition in just a few days. I feel while you come to Chennai, you understand how sizzling it’s and dew goes to settle in. Right now we needed to attempt one thing completely different by attempting Rabada within the powerplay. We needed to make use of our spinners in a while, so took a punt on attempting KG inside the powerplay,” Curran mentioned after the match.
Curran additionally heaped reward on spinner Rahul Chahar, who made a terrific comeback, specifically towards MS Dhoni within the fag finish of the innings.
“Chahar got here again and was one of the best bowler within the 260 recreation, and he is bowling with nice confidence. He stepped up after I requested him to bowl towards MSD within the 19th over. (On bowling Chahar within the 19th) The tempo bowlers have been going for a bit ultimately, and I needed to attempt one thing completely different. Requested Rilee what he reckoned and took that gamble with spin. On this recreation the place everybody has been going for runs, you might want to take such gambles. Generally they work, typically they do not. We come towards the identical opposition so we’ve one up on them. It’s a new recreation, new situations however this win will give us loads of confidence. I feel our bowlers have been excellent, the spinners and Jonny hanging them nicely, even the best way we paced that chase, it was good. Have to construct on that confidence,” Curran added.
