Liam Livingston’s half century powers Punjab over a 54 runs victory over CSK who is on a string of defeats losing third match in a row. Chasing a target of 181 runs set by PBKS, CSK were bowled out for 126 in 18 overs.Â
CSK vs PBKS Match Result, IPL 2022: Who won Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings Match?
Match Overview
Ist Inning
Chennai won the toss and elected to bowl. Punjab Skipper couldn’t settle in again as he got dismissed on the second ball of the inning. A miscommunication and Punjab’s Rajapaksa got run out by Chris Jordan. “Dumbstruck” this is what Punjab’s inning seemed as it was hanging for 14/2 in 1.2 overs. Then on, Shikhar Dhawan and Liam Livingston anchored Punjab’s inning.
Livingston fired 60 in just 32 balls hitting all over the park, while Dhawan scored a steady 33, taking Punjab past the 100 run mark in just 9 overs. While Dhawan was dismissed in the tenth over by Bravo, Livingston was sent to the pavilion by Jadeja. Keeper Jitesh Sharma then joined the party hitting 26 runs in 17 balls. After which the runs for Punjab lost their pace and wickets gained. Chennai’s Chris Jordan and Dwaine Pretorious picked up 2 wickets each in the death overs and Punjab’s inning was wrapped up at 180/8.
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IInd Inning
With 181 to win Chennai openers, Gaikwad and Uthappa made their way to the crease. While Gaikwad was sent home by Rabada in the second over. Newbie Vaibhav Arora gave a double blow to CSK sending Uthappa for 10 who was settling in well and Moen Ali for a golden duck. Next over Skipper Jadeja was bowled by Arshdeep, CSK were 23/4 in 5.3 overs. Then Rayadu went home for 13 in the eighth over. Shivam Dube and MS Dhoni stabled the innings over the middle overs, Dube made a needed half-century. With wickets falling one after other, Rahul Chahar took 3 wickets and Jordan and Livingston picked 2 each as CSK was all out for 126 in 18 overs. Punjab Kings won the match by 54 runs.
Who won the Player(Man) of the Match today?
Liam Livingston won Man of the Match award for his 2/25 in 3 overs and 60 runs in 32 balls.
Playing Squad
PBKS Playing XI: Mayank Agarwal (c), Bhanuka Rajapaksa (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Raj Bawa, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Benny Howell, Sandeep Sharma, Rishi Dhawan, Baltej Singh, Writtick Chatterjee, Jitesh Sharma, Prerak Mankad, Ishan Porel, Atharva Taide, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Ansh Patel
CSK Playing XI: Ravindra Jadeja (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Dwayne Bravo, Dwaine Pretorius, Mukesh Choudhary, Tushar Deshpande, Chris Jordan, Adam Milne, Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Hari Nishanth, N Jagadeesan, Subhranshu Senapati, Prashant Solanki, KM Asif, Simarjeet Singh, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Maheesh Theekshana, Bhagath Varma
