PBKS vs CSK IPL 2022 / Punjab Kings hold nerves to beat Chennai by 11 runs

Zoom News : Apr 25, 2022, 11:35 PM
In the 38th match of IPL 2022, Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings by 11 runs. Chennai had a target of 188 to win, in response to which the team could only score 176/6 and lost the match. Ambati Rayudu (78) was the top scorer.


This is the fourth win for PBKS in 8 matches. The team has lost 4 matches so far. At the same time, this is the sixth defeat of Chennai Super Kings in 8 matches. The team has won only 2 matches so far. Earlier, batting after losing the toss, Punjab had scored 187 for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Shikhar Dhawan scored the highest unbeaten 88. Dwayne Bravo took 2 wickets for CSK.


Earlier, batting after losing the toss, Punjab scored 187 for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Shikhar Dhawan scored the highest unbeaten 88. Dwayne Bravo took 2 wickets for CSK.


peak storm

Shikhar Dhawan, batting well, completed his 46th half-century of his IPL career in 37 balls. This is Dhawan's second and 8th 50+ score against Chennai this season. He played an unbeaten 88 off 59 balls. This is the biggest innings played by any player in his 200th match of IPL.


  • Punjab scored 64 runs in the last 5 overs.
  • Liam Livingstone scored 19 runs in 7 balls.
  • CSK's Dwayne Pretorius spent 50 runs in 4 overs.
  • Captain Ravindra Jadeja conceded 18 runs in 2 overs without taking a wicket.

Fantastic pair of Bhanuka and Shikhar

Shikhar Dhawan and Bhanuka Rajapaksa put on 110 runs in 71 balls for the second wicket with excellent batting. This partnership was broken by Dwayne Bravo by dismissing Rajapaksa. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 42 runs in 32 balls. Bhanuka's catch was caught by Shivam Dubey at extra cover. This was the first century partnership of PBKS this season.


Mayank out in power play

Batting first after losing the toss, Punjab got off to a slow start. Mayank Agarwal and Shikhar Dhawan added 37 runs in 35 balls for the first wicket. In the sixth over, Mahish Thekshana got the first breakthrough for CSK by dismissing Mayank (18). Till the power play, Punjab's score was 37/1. The team hit only 2 fours and 1 six in the first 36 balls.


Dhawan 6 Hazari in IPL

With 2 runs in the match, Shikhar Dhawan completed his 6,000 runs in the IPL. Dhawan became only the second player after Virat Kohli (6402) to make this record in the IPL. Dhawan did not stop there and along with scoring the 11th run of his innings, he also completed 9 thousand runs in T20 format. He became the third player after Virat Kohli (10392) and Rohit Sharma (10048) to score 9,000 runs for India.


Interesting Fact:

Shikhar's 200th IPL Match: PBKS opener Shikhar Dhawan has become the 8th player to play 200 matches in the IPL. Before him, the names of MS Dhoni (228), Dinesh Karthik (221), Rohit Sharma (221), Virat Kohli (215), Ravindra Jadeja (208), Suresh Raina (205) and Robin Uthappa (201) come.


Playing XI of both the teams

CSK has not made any changes in their playing 11. At the same time, PBKS made 3 changes to include Bhanuka Rajapakse, Rishi Dhawan and Sandeep Sharma in place of Vaibhav Arora, Shah Rukh Khan and Nathan Ellis.


CSK: Rituraj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Dwayne Pretorius, Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Mahish Thekshana, Mukesh Choudhary.


PBKS: Mayank Agarwal (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Bhanuka Rajapakse, Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Sandeep Sharma, Arshdeep Singh.

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