Kings XI Punjab won their second match at Mohali which helps them to move up the Vivo IPL points table. Chennai Super Kings tried to chase the mammoth target but failed to do so.
Kings XI Punjab defeated Chennai Super Kings by 4 runs in yet another nail-biter match in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2018). Chasing a mammoth total of 198, CSK kept losing wickets at regular intervals, but in the end captain Dhoni (79 runs off 44 balls) stood tall to make sure it did not become a one-sided match. However, CSK fell short by 4 runs. Earlier, Chris Gayle made a quick fire 63 for KXIP and was declared man of the match. After winning their 3rd match, Kings XI Punjab moved to the second spot in the VIVO IPL points table.
Chennai Super Kings did not have the best of the starts as they would have liked chasing 198. Shane Watson played some shots before getting out for 11.
Earlier, put into bat first, Kings XI Punjab had a dream start as the comeback king Chris Gayle went hammer and tongs from ball one. Lokesh Rahul was not far behind, and he too hit some good shots. Chris Gayle scored 63 runs. Other batsmen did get starts but failed to convert them into big scores, Despite Tahir getting two wickets in two balls, KXIP was able to reach 197-7 in the 20 overs. Chennai Super Kings will need 198 to win when they come out to bat.
Chennai Super Kings innings analysis after 16 overs
Chasing 198, Shane Watson and Murali Vijay came to open the innings for Chennai Super Kings. Brainder Sran came to bowl the first over of and gave away 9 runs. Sran looked rusty as he gave away 5 runs as wide in his first over. Mohit Sharma came to bowl the 2nd over for KXIP and gave away 8 runs before taking good looking Shane Watson, who scored 11 runs off 9 balls. Ambati Rayadu came to bat after the dismissal of Watson and timing the ball beautifully. In the 3rd over, Murali Vijay and Ambati Rayadu collected 14 runs. Vijay pulled Sran’s last for brilliant six in the square leg region. At the end of 3rd over CSK was 31 for 1. Mohit Sharma came to bowl the 4th over and gave away 8 runs. Andrew Tye came to bowl the 5th over and took Vijay’s wicket as he tried to hit Tye out of the ground but got deceived of the slower ball. The second ball hit for a four as he missed his line and Rayadu took the full advantage of it. Tye gave 7 runs and took Murali Vijay's wicket. Mujeeb Ur Rahman came to bowl the last over of the powerplay and gave away only 7 runs. After the end of the powerplay, CSK was 53 for 2 with Sam Billings and Ambati Rayadu on the crease.
Ashwin brought himself to bowl the 7th over of the innings. Billings and Rayadu looked desperate to accelerate, Sam Billings got out while trying to do so. Ashwin bowled the leggie and trapped Billings in front of wicket. Umpire didn’t give out but Ashwin was adamant and went for DRS and decision got over-turned. Dhoni came to bat after the fall of CSK’s 3rd wicket. Yuvraj came to bowl the 8th over of the innings and Dhoni was looking to score big runs from ball one. Yuvraj gave 10 runs in his first over. After the end ,of 8 overs CSK needed 130 runs in 12 over with a required run rate of 10.83. Ashwin came to bowl the 9th over and gave away 13 runs as he failed to turn his leg break bowl which goes for wide. Rayadu and Dhoni scored one four each in Ashwin’s 3rd over.
Mujeeb ur Rahman came to bowl the 10th over and gave away only 4 runs. Andrew came to bowl the 11th over and gave away 9 runs. Dhoni and Rayudu were dealing singles with some a boundary every over. Mujeeb only gave away 7 runs in his 3rd over as required run rate was over 12 runs per over. Ashwin too gave only 6 runs as Rayudu looked desperate to score big runs. After the end of the 13th over CSK needed 97 runs off 42 balls with required run-rate of 13 runs per over.....
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