CSK vs PBKS Highlights, IPL updates: Punjab Kings beats Chennai Super Kings in last-ball thriller

Pathirana comes on to bowl the 20th. Raza can only pick one off his first ball. 8 off 5 now. Pathirana lands the yorker right again and the batters can only steal a leg bye. 7 off 4. Pathirana bowls a dot. Gold dust. 7 off 3. Raza pinches 2 off the fourth, making it 5 off 2. Another brace off the fifth and it’s 3 off 1!

What a finish we’ve had here

Raza has done it. He has managed to eke out three off the last ball! Heartbreak for CSK and their fans. It’s the first time the Super Kings have lost at home batting first. Brave effort from Punjab.

Deshpande to bowl the penultimate over. Jitesh greets him with a first-ball four. Jitesh picks 2 off the next. Deshpande, in an attempt to bowl a wide yorker, ends up conceding an extra. Deshpande beats Jitesh now with a slower ball, dot.

What a moment in the match! Jitesh has been caught in the deep, but by the barest of margins. S. Rashdeed, on as a substitute, takes the catch but slips in his follow-through. The third umpire does a check and rules that Rasheed’s foot did not brush the cushion.

Raza now hits a four first ball and then Deshpande concedes a wide. Just a single off the last.

GONE! Pathirana clean bowls Curran first ball and lets out a huge roar! Shahrukh, the local boy, comes to the crease. Shahrukh off the mark with a single. Jitesh has not given up as evident from that majestic lofted drive over covers for four. Pathirana concedes a wide now, pressure... pressure. Pathirana follows it up with an inch-perfect yorker, dug out for a single. Pathirana surprises Shahrukh with a slower short ball, the batters steal a single. Nine off the over with a single from the last ball.

Jadeja to bowl the 17th. Jadeja to Sharma, second ball, SIX over long-on. That’s a 101-m-long hit. Curran’s turn to inflict some damage, just smacks it down the ground for six. 17 off the over and PBKS well and truly in it. Punjab Kings need 31 runs in 18 balls.

Deshpande to Livingstone, six first ball, over long-on. Deshpande misses the yorker and the Englishman puts it away. Livingstone follows it up with another maximum, this time over extra cover. Livingstone hits a four and a six to bring PBKS right back into this match. He seems to be struggling with something, does Livingstone but that is not affecting his power-hitting. GONE! Deshpande has the last laugh, bowls a short ball and Livingstone gets the elevation but not the distance. Gaikwad completes a fine catch. Jitesh is the new man in. He opens his account with 2. 24 from the over and a wicket. Punjab Kings need 48 runs in 24 balls.

Theekshana to Livingstone, no run. Theekshana to Livingstone, 1 leg bye. Theekshana to Curran, 2. Theekshana to Curran, four, driven through extra cover. Theekshana to Curran, wide ball and the batters run a single as well. Theekshana to Livingstone, 1 run. Theekshana to Curran, dot to finish.

TIME OUT!

Punjab Kings need 72 runs in 30 balls.

Pathirana to Livingstone, 2 runs. Pathirana to Livingstone, dot ball. Pathirana to Livingstone, 1 run. Pathirana to Curran, 2 runs - mistimed a pull and the ball lobbed up over mid-off and Rahane, running back, put in a full-length dive but couldn’t get to the ball. A couple of singles to end the over.

Theekshana to Livingstone, 1 run. Theekshana to Curran, 1 run. Theekshana to Livingstone, 1 run. Theekshana to Curran, 2 runs. Theekshana to Curran, 1 run. Theekshana to Livingstone, 1 run. Punjab Kings need 89 runs in 42 balls.

Matheesha Pathirana to bowl his first. Pathirana to Sam Curran, 1 run off the second ball. Pathirana to Livingstone, dot ball. Pathirana to Livingstone, pulled away for four, much-needed runs. Pathirana to Livingstone, one run. Curran can manage only two off the last ball, thanks to Akash who puts in the dive to deny PBKS a boundary.

Jadeja gets Taide with his second ball, simple caught-and-bowled chance. Punjab Kings need 107 runs in 58 balls as Sam Curran walks out. Three runs and a wicket from it. Jaddu now has 2 for 15 from 3.

Akash Singh to Livingstone, dot ball. Akash Singh to Livingstone, one run. Akash Singh to Taide, one run. Livingstone steps out and muscles this one over mid-off for six. Akash Singh to Livingstone, 1 run. Single to finish. 10 off the over.

GONE! Prabhsimran has been beaten, looking to go big against the turn... Dhoni does the rest. MS paused for a millisecond before taking the bails off. The fans went berserk. Prabh goes for 42 off 24.

TIME OUT!

Livingstone comes to the crease. He is off the mark with a single. Taide ends the over with a couple.

Moeen Ali into the attack. Moeen Ali to Prabhsimran, 2 runs. Moeen Ali to Prabhsimran, who steps out and launches this with the turn over wide long-on for six. Moeen Ali to Prabhsimran, no run. Moeen Ali to Prabhsimran, one run. Moeen Ali to Taide, dot ball.Moeen Ali to Taide, single.

Jadeja into the attack. Jadeja to Prabhsimran, who plays a switch hit and collects four. 8 from the over in the end.

Theekshana gives room and Prabhsimran carves it through off side for four. Touch full and pays the price. 2 singles off the next 2 balls. Two more singles and a dot ball to finish.

Dhawan brings up the fastest fifty of the season for PBKS with a first-ball four off Deshpande. But Dhawan holes out at short third next ball! He just guides this one straight to the fielder... the cross-seam ball does the trick. Atharva Taide is the new batter. Deshpande to Taide, 2 runs. Deshpande to Taide, dot. Deshpande to Taide, one run. Deshpande to Prabhsimran, 1 run.

Theekshana comes on. He is greeted by a Prabhsimran drive for four. Prabhsimran gets a single next ball. Dhawan plays a delectable cut for just 2, Gaikwad puts in a great dive in the deep and saves two. Theekshana to Dhawan, 1 run. The top edge from Prabhsimran’s attempted sweep runs away for four.

Akash to Prabhsimran, 1 run. Akash to Dhawan, dot ball. Akash to Dhawan, dot ball. Akash to Dhawan, six balls. Akash follows Dhawan but the latter’s supple wrists enable him to flick this for a maximum. Akash to Dhawan, 2 runs. Dhawan ends with a four. 14 off.

Deshpande to Prabhsimran, 2 runs. Deshpande to Prabhsimran, dot ball. Deshpande to Prabhsimran, six. Overpitched and flicked away nonchalantly over deep square. Deshpande to Prabhsimran, dot ball. Deshpande to Prabhsimran, 1 run.

PBKS openers (IP) Prabhsimran and Dhawan walk out to the crease. Akash Singh has the new ball. Akash Singh is CSK’s Impact Player, replaces Ambati Rayudu. Akash to Prabhsimran, 1 run. Akash to Dhawan, steps out and whacks it through off side for four. He hits the next ball over the cordon for another boundary. 11 off the over in the end. Good start.

Jadeja holes out first ball! Loud roar across the stadium. You know why.... Dhoni walks out to the middle. Dot. Dhoni picks a single off the third ball. Curran bowls a wide now with Conway on strike. Conway survives next ball, he will get one run for it but Livingstone put in a valiant effort at deep midwicket. Conway did not time the pull well enough but the ball fell just short.

DHONI FINISHES OFF IN STYLE! HE ENDS THE INNINGS WITH TWO BACK-TO-BACK MAXIMUMS AND BRINGS THE ROOF DOWN AT CHEPAUK! They are fighting for the ball in the stands.

CSK finish on 200 and Conway on 92 off 52. What an innings from the left-handed opener. His purple patch continues.

PBKS need 201 to win. Their bowlers have now conceded 200 and more in three back-to-back games.

Rabada using plenty of slower balls. The big hits have dried up for CSK towards the end. PBKS have held up well, so far. Four singles and a dot. Excellent from the South African. He does not finish well though as Conway gets boundary off the last ball.

Arshdeep Singh to Jadeja, 2 runs. Arshdeep Singh to Jadeja, 2 runs. Arshdeep Singh to Jadeja, dot ball. Arshdeep Singh to Jadeja, 2. Arshdeep Singh to Jadeja, 1. 1 to finish.

Chahar bowling out. Moeen Ali is stumped first ball! Jadeja is the new man in. He opens his account with a quick two. Chahar to Jadeja, 1 run. Chahar to Conway, swept away behind square for four. Conway finishes the over with another four.

Moeen, Curran’s England teammate, smacks the second ball, a slower delivery, to the deep extra cover fence. Conway’s turn to add to his tally, Curran goes for the wide yorker and the left-hander merely guides it past short third for four. Rabada did put in a full-length dive but to no avail. Conway pinches 2 off the last, 12 off the over.

Moeen Ali has waked out in the middle. But it is Conway on strike and he goes inside out over cover to collect four off Livingstone. Livingstone to Conway, 2 runs. Livingstone to Conway, 1 run. Moeen Ali off the mark with a four, hoisted over cover. Livingstone to Moeen Ali, 1 run. Conway ends the over with a four, carved away to sweeper cover. 16 from the over.

Arshdeep into the attack. Dube is in the mood again, Arshdeep misses the yorker and Dube bangs it down the ground for four. Arshdeep to Dube, wide. Arshdeep to Dube, single. Arshdeep to Conway, knuckle ball and Conway mishits as the ball goes up but no fielder has any chance of getting to the ball. Arshdeep to Dube, 1 run. Arshdeep to Conway, 1 run. Dube does not quite time the last ball as well as as he would’ve liked and he holes out at long-on.

Rabada to Dube, who has absolutely pulled the day lights out of this short ball and collected six. That’s gone 81 metres over square leg. Rabada doesn’t quite get the line right with his slower bouncer to Dube and concedes a wide. Conway ends the over with a boundary to fine leg. 14 from this over.

TIME OUT!

Dube pulls Raza’s first ball over long-on for six. Raza to Dube, single next ball. Conway brings up his fifh IPL fifty this season with a reverse sweep for four, off 30 balls! 2 singles and a dot to finish the 12th.

Rabada to Conway, single. Rabada to Dube, dot. Rabada to Dube, dot. Rabada to Dube, single. Rabada to Conway, single. Rabada to Dube, single.

Raza errs in line, on Conway’s pads and helped past fine leg for four. The Kiwi opener then smacks the second ball down the ground for four. He has shifted gears seamlessly. Conway takes a single off the third ball. A breakthrough at last! Gaikwad steps out and is beaten by the carrom ball, stumped easily. He goes for 37. Shivam Dube promoted to No. 3. He is off the mark with a couple. Dube wraps up the over with another couple.

Chahar to Gaikwad, one run. Chahar to Conway, who steps out and launches it down the ground for six. Excellent use of the feet. Chahar to Conway, 1 run. Two dot balls and a brace to finish.

Sikandar Raza pressed into action. Raza to Gaikwad, no run. Raza to Gaikwad, one run. Raza to Conway, who unfurls a gorgeous cover drive for four. Three dots to finish.

Tidy stuff from Chahar, only five runs from it. The conditions in Chennai are absolutely brutal. Hot and humid.

Conway collects two back-to-back boundaries to bring up the team fifty. The southpaw has targetted the mid-on region on both occasions. Curran has lost his radar this over, he errs on the leg side and Gaikwad helps it past short fine for four. Single to end the over. 16 from this Sam Curran over.

TIME OUT!

Rahul Chahar replaces Arshdeep, nine off his first including a 96-metre-long maximum off the bat of Gaikwad, who played a brilliant lofted shot over long-on.

Curran to Gaikwad, one run. Curran to Conway, no run. Curran to Conway, one run. Curran to Gaikwad, no run. Curran to Gaikwad, one run. Dot to finish. Good over, only 3.

Arshdeep Singh to Gaikwad, who gets room outside off and cuts elegantly for four more. Gaikwad does even better on the third ball as he drives on the up between mid-off and extra cover to collect another boundary. Conway ends the over by pulling the last ball behind square for four. 13 from the over

Rabada to Gaikwad, 1 leg bye. Rabada to Conway, no run. Conway gets going with two back-to-back fours, first a chip over cover and second a cover drive. 9 from it

CSK openers Gaikwad and Conway are out in the middle. Gaikwad will take strike. Arshdeep Singh has the new ball in hand. Regulation third man and regulation fine leg in place. Arshdeep starts with a wide. Arshdeep Singh to Gaikwad, who plays a crisp cover drive off the second legal ball and collects four. There was previously a slip fielder, who has now moved over to short point. Meanwhile, CSK have reviewed for a wide. Given not wide on field. It is a fair ball, says the third ump. CSK lose a review. The next ball is called wide for height! 7 from the first - tidy despite those extras

As far as dimensions go, the square boundaries are 68 meters and 63 meters. Straight down the ground is 78 meters. It is a very dry wicket. Very little live grass on it. Will get slower and lower.

Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and opted to bat

Punjab Kings (Playing 11): Atharva Taide, Shikhar Dhawan(c), Liam Livingstone, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

Chennai Super Kings (Playing 11): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

Batting first: Atharva Taide, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Harpreet Singh, Sikandar Raza, Jitesh Sharma (wk), M Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran (c), Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh

Bowling first: Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Harpreet Singh, Sikandar Raza, Jitesh Sharma (wk), M Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran (c), Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar

Impact Player options: Rahul Chahar, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Kagiso Rabada.

Batting first: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk/c), Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana

Bowling first: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk/c), Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana, Akash Singh

Impact Player options: Ambati Rayudu, Shaikh Rasheed, Akash Singh, Dwaine Pretorius, R Hangargekar

Wicketkeeper: Devon Conway (c), Jitesh Sharma

Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane

All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran (vc)

Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Tushar Deshpande

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Akash Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Dwaine Pretorius, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, RS Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Bhagath Varma, Sisanda Magala, Nishant Sindhu

Punjab Kings: Atharva Taide, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Sikandar Raza, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Rishi Dhawan, Baltej Singh, Matthew Short, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh

Which TV channels will broadcast Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings IPL 2023 match?

Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings match will be televised on the Star Sports Network in India.

How can one watch the live streaming of the Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings IPL 2023 match?

Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings match will be streamed live on the Jio Cinema app/website.

It is the battle of Kings on Sunday in the 999th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) when Chennai Super Kings (CSK) faces off against Punjab Kings (PBKS) here at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.

Both sides are coming into this match on the back of big defeats in which they conceded big totals and failed to chase them down.

Super Kings’ 32-run defeat to Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur ended its three-match winning streak and has now pushed down the four-time champion from the top of the table to fourth.

However, CSK will fancy its chances against Shikhar Dhawan’s side at home as it seeks to return to winning ways.

The Men in Yellow will want to focus on their bowling in the PowerPlay, where the team has been leaking runs. It was something that cost them the game against Royals.

In conditions where spin will dominate, Dhoni will have an easier task in controlling proceedings with three quality spinners at his disposal.

Meanwhile, Punjab Kings will want to quickly forget its last outing, where the side conceded the second-highest total in IPL history against Lucknow Super Giants in Mohali. Bowling has been Kings’ strength this year, but the team’s pacers had an off-day against Super Giants.

The visitor will not have it easy in Chepauk, and Dhawan will need his spinners to come to the fore - something they have yet to do so far this season.

Leg-spinner Rahul Chahar as struggled this year, having taken only two wickets so far and will quickly need to regain his mojo.

It will also be interesting to see if the team drafts in an extra spinner instead of a fast bowler or backs Sikandar Raza and Liam Livingstone to shoulder the load with Chahar.