Punjab Kings made it back-to-back wins on Wednesday, with a convincing seven-wicket victory towards Chennai Tremendous Kings on the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Chasing 163, PBKS cruised to 163/three in 17.5 overs, as Jonny Bairstow smacked 46 runs off 30 balls. In the meantime, Rilee Rossouw slammed 43 off 23 balls.
Initially, two-wicket hauls from Rahul Chahar and Harpreet Brar noticed PBKS prohibit CSK to 162/7 in 20 overs. In the meantime, Ruturaj Gaikwad (62) acquired a half-century for his aspect. IPL veteran Harshal Patel bowled just one over through the match, leaking 12 runs.
He contributed to the win with a great catch to dismiss Sameer Rizvi. Kagiso Rabada despatched a brief size supply, round off, and Rizvi lofted it in direction of deep third, the place Harshal ran to his left and accomplished a sliding catch. After the catch, he held the publish for just a few seconds in celebration.
Followers had been fast to note that it was much like Yuzvendra Chahal's signature pose. So the Rajasthan Royals spinner took to X, previously often called Twitter, and requested Elon Musk to place a copyright strike on Harshal.
“Pricey @elonmusk paaji, Harshal bhai pe copyright lagana hai (Pricey Elon Musk sir. Put a copyright strike on Harshal Patel),” joked Chahal.
Harshal has been in good type this season and has taken 14 wickets in 10 matches. However the pacer missed out on a spot in Group India's squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. The Ajit Agarkar-led choice committee determined to go together with his PBKS teammate Arshdeep Singh, alongwith Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj. In the meantime, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan have been named as reserves.
After the win, PBKS climbed to seventh place within the IPL 2024 factors desk with eight factors. In the meantime, CSK remained in fourth place with 10 factors.
Talking after the win, PBKS skipper Sam Curran mentioned, “Very joyful. Everytime you come to Chennai and take two wins, all the time a particular feeling. Identical as final 12 months, we misplaced a number of our dwelling video games and received away, discovering an analogous 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.”
