PBKS vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2024: Chennai Super Kings beats Punjab by 28 runs, climbs to third in standings

After posting a not-so-inspiring 167 on the board, Chennai’s bowlers stepped up to the challenge to defend the score with plenty to spare. With an injury-riddled bowling attack, Simarjet Singh and Mitchell Santner, playing their first game of the season, bowled exceedingly well. Ravindra Jadeja and Tushar Deshpande picked five between them to ensure Punjab was never really in this chase. 

Punjab needs 36 runs to win off the last over. Shardul with the ball. Drilled down the ground by Brar for a single. That’s the game then for CSK. Wide outside off and Rabada swings and misses this one. Good length on leg-stump and that runs away for four leg-byes as Rabada misses the flick. Short and angling across. Rabada pulls and misses. Full toss wide outside off and put away by Rabada for a single. Short ball and pulled away by Brar. Falls in safe territory in the square-leg region. Just a single and that’s a clinical win for CSK. 

Gleeson bowls out. He starts off with a wide outside off. He goes outside off again and called wide. But CSK gets the decision overturned on review. A couple of back-to-back singles. Rabada drills this one down the ground and it hits the umpire, allowing the batters only a single. SIX! Pulled away by Rabada for a six off the last ball of the over. 

FOUR! Shardul is greeted into the attack with a boundary by Brar. He cuts it away through the off-side. OUT! Chahar shuffles across looking to scoop this and Shardul bowls it straight on the stumps. Clean bowled. Kagiso Rabada is the last man in. 

Driven to the deep through cover by Brar for a single. Nine runs and a wicket from the over. 

Rahul Chahar b Shardul Thakur 16 (10b 2x4 1x6)

Deshpande bowls out. FOUR! Deftly guided to the boundary behind point by Brar as Deshpande goes short and angles it across the left-hander. Bouncer next up and Brar misses the pull altogether. 

Gleeson continues. Two consecutive boundaries for Chahar, who first gets a top-edge over third-man and then drills a slot ball to the long-off boundary. SIX! Chahar lines up this short delivery and sends the ball sailing over fine-leg. 

Simarjeet comes on for his third over. Wide outside off and Harshal goes slashing and misses. SIX! Harshal shuffles across his stumps and ramps this behind the keeper for a maximum. FOUR! This is well-guided by Harshal to the third-man boundary. OUT! The ball goes straight up off Harshal’s pull and taken by the fielder, who runs in from midwicket to takes this to the right of the square-leg umpire. Rahul Chahar is in next. 

Gleeson comes back after going for 15 runs in his first over. He starts off with three dot balls in a row to Harshal. Five dot balls and a single off the last ball to end the over. 

JADEJA STRIKES FIRST BALL! REMOVES CAPTAIN CURRAN! It was pitched wide outside off, Curran tried to clear the fence with a huge swing but gets caught at long on by Santner. Brar is in at eight. ANOTHER ONE FOR JADEJA! Ashutosh skies one to Simarjeet at short third! Harshal comes in next. Jadeja completes his spell with three wickets under his belt

Simarjeet continues. Short and into the abdomen of Ashutosh who misses an gets hit, painful start to the over. A CHANCE GOES BEGGING! AShutosh tried to loft a short one from Simarjeet but Moeen at midwicket drops a sitter

Jadeja continues. Curran is trapped leg before and Jadeja lets out a huge appeal but CSK opts against DRS since it was pitching outside leg. Ashutosh finishes the over with a single

Impact Sub Simarjeet Singh is into the attack, replaces Santner. Just a single off the first three deliveries. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST! Short from Simarjeet, Jitesh swung at it but got an edge and Dhoni completed an easy catch behind the stumps! Ashutosh is the next batter in. Slip in place for the new batter in. He gets off the mark with a single. Pitched outside off, Curran swings at it but miscues but it falls safe of the deep fielder as PBKS get two 

Jadeja continues. Curran off the mark with a single. JADEJA STRIKES! PRABHSIMRAN PERISHES AFTER SCORING A 23-BALL 30. Jitesh Sharma is in at six

Santner returns, replaces Deshpande. Spin on both ends now. Just a single off the first three balls. The 50 partnership comes up in style. Shashank hits it straight back above the bowler’s head. Santner has the last laugh! Shashank lofts it again but this time is caught at long on! Sam Curran is the next batter in. 

Jadeja into the attack as usual. Shashank takes the aerial route once again and it falls safe off the fielder at long off. Prabhsimran gives himself room and slaps it through covers, it misses the fielder at long off and runs away for a FOUR! 

Deshpande continues and it’s a SIX off the first delivery. Prabhsimran steps out and smacks it over long on fence. He comes down the track again, Deshpande adjusts his length but it doesn’t matter, it’s ramped over the infield for a FOUR! Full delivery, Shashank lifts it over the cover fielder for yet another FOUR! The Punjab duo have pulled the momentum towards the home side in the last two overs. PowerPlay comes to an end with a single

Richard Gleeson is into the attack, replaces Santner. Starts off with a wide down leg. Short and width offered, Shashank capitalises and slaps it through the cover region for a FOUR. Much tight this time, Shashank plays for a single. Short and directed towards the thigh pads, Prabhsimran smokes it into the stands over fine leg, SIX! Prabhsimran follows it up with a single. Angled into the batter yet again, Shashank hits it over the top but a brilliant piece of fielding from Santner in the deep saves a couple of runs for his side

Deshpande takes the pace off, it was in the slot, Shashank lofts it over infield for a FOUR. Outside off, Deshpande takes it away from Shashank, who tries to drive it and misses, dot. Straight this time, back of the length, Shashank moves and flicks it for a single. Hint of swing yet again, the ball goes agonisingly close to Prabhsimran’s bat, another dot to end the over 

Santner continues. Starts off with a dot to impact sub Prabhsimran Singh. The first run off his over comes in the fifth ball as Prabhsimran flicks one deep. Single to end the over 

Santner continues. Starts off with a dot to impact sub Prabhsimran Singh

Punjab Kings will begin its chase. Prabhsimran Singh comes in as Impact Player for Punjab Kings, as Arshdeep goes out. Prabhsimran and Bairstow will open. In the block hole by Santner to begin with, and Prabhsimran goes for a heave and misses. He defends the next one coming forward and takes a single. Good bounce and Bairstow misses a cut. Pushed to mid-off by Bairstow for one more. He is off the mark. 

FOUR! Low full toss and Jadeja helps the ball to the fine-leg boundary. SIX! In the slot, wide outside off and Jadeja extends his levers and clears the wide long-on boundary for half a dozen. OUT! Banged into the pitch, slower one, wide outside off and Jadeja swats this high into the air. Taken by Curran, who runs in from long-on. Sixteen runs from the final over and Punjab Kings will be very happy with that effort with the ball. 

Harshal with the ball. Just a single off the first three balls. OUT! Shardul is clean bowled as he dances down the track and misses a yorker. 

MS Dhoni comes in next and the crowd goes wild. OUT! Dhoni is gone for a golden-duck. Harshal has two wickets in two balls. This one was another slower yorker and Dhoni failed to pick it. 

Tushar Deshpande is in at No. 10. Just two runs and two wickets from the 19th over. 

Chahar bowls out. FOUR! Shardul finds the gap between long-off and deep extra-cover with precisions and hammers the ball with the turn. SIX! Slog sweep by Jadeja and that has gone all the way, over the rope at midwicket. Two dot balls to end the over as Chahar goes back of a length outside off. 

FOUR! Powerfully driven down the ground by Shardul for a boundary. SIX! Dropped at deep midwicket by Shashank and Shardul’s wristy flick goes all the way for a maximum. Three singles to end the over. 

Chahar is back right before the death overs. OUT! Santner is caught at wide long-on. In comes Shardul Thakur, and the crowd still has to wait for Dhoni’s entry. 

FOUR! Wristy flick from Santer as Arshdeep strays on leg-side. Good comeback from the left-arm to concede just four singles after that boundary. Eight runs from the over. 

Just six runs from the Harshal over. Change of pace does the trick. 

Curran returns. Jabbed on the off-side by Jadeja for a single. OUT! Top edge on the pull and Moeen is caught at short fine-leg. Mitchell Santner comes in next. 

Moeen Ali c Jonny Bairstow b Sam Curran 17 (20b 2x4)

FOUR! Full toss and flicked away through the leg-side by Moeen for a boundary. Beaten! Moeen goes for a big swipe on leg-side off this length ball that angles away and misses comprehensively. FOUR! Guided behind point by Moeen with an open bat face for another boundary. Rahul Chahar seems to have hurt himself trying to save that one. 

Harshal will continue. Jadeja goes for a big one down the ground but doesn’t really connect. Just a single at long-on for him. FOUR! Jadeja clears mid-off on this occasion and finds the boundary. FOUR! Consecutive boundaries for Jadeja to end the over. 

Chahar continues. Jadeja gets on one knee and lofts it over the infield for a single. Superb over, just three runs conceded

Harshal Patel is into the attack, replaces Curran. On the pads and it’s flicked away for a single. Three more singles added in as many balls. TRAPPED LEG BEFORE AND HE’S A GONER! MITCHELL HAS TO WALK BACK! He tried to flick one angled towards his pads and missed. He has opted for DRS. The wickets are umpire’s call! Ravindra Jadeja is in at six. Wide down the legside. End of the over

Daryl Mitchell lbw b Patel 30 (19b 2x4 1x6) SR: 157.89

RAHUL CHAHAR STRIKES IN HIS FIRST BALL! Ruturaj caught behind trying to cut it late! Shivam Dube is in at four. ANOTHER DUCK FOR THE LEFT HANDER! Jitesh makes no mistake behind the stumps as another one bites the dust! Moeen Ali is in and Chahar is on a hat-trick! Moeen defends it safely. Tossed up and outside off, Moeen checks his shot at the last moment and the ball goes just past a diving Chahar. Reverse sweep from Mitchell and he gets a single and will retain strike

Ruturaj Gaikwad c JM Sharma b Chahar 32 (21b 4x4 1x6) SR: 152.38

Shivam Dube c JM Sharma b Chahar 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Curran continues. Back of the length, Ruturaj stands and delivers it over midwicket to get a FOUR. Four singles off as many deliveries. Make that five. Strategic timeout

Harpreet Brar to bowl the final over of the PP, replaces Arshdeep. Towards middle and leg, Ruturaj moves away and goes inside out, but it’s a dot. He comes down the track, goes through the line and smokes it over long off for a SIX! Room offered and Rutu capitalises! Cuts it between point and cover fielder to get a FOUR! ANOTHER ONE! On the leg stump yet again, Ruturaj moves to his left and lofts it over covers for a FOUR! ANOTHER FOUR and this time it’s off Mitchell’s bat, he came down the ground and tired to loft it over midwicket, it takes an edge but runs away towards deep fine leg. 19 RUNS OFF BRAR’S OVER. He gave just 17 in his four-over quota in the reverse fixture! 

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Sam Curran into the attack, replaces Rabada. Directed towards Ruturaj’s thighpads, he glances it through legside for a single. Decent over so far, five off the first four deliveries. Angled towards the pads again, Mitchell tucks it towards the deep square leg fielder and gets two for it, good running between the wickets. 

Arshdeep continues. Short first up, Mitchell pulls it hard towards the fence, FOUR. SIX! Outside off, Mitchell swings his bat to perfection to hit it over long off! Two dots, the latest one comes off a perfectly nailed yorker. Short again, pulled again but this time there’s a fielder in the deep, single. Single to end the over

Rabada continues. Outside off, Mitchell gives himself room and lofts it through covers but Curran makes a superb run to stop, three runs. Full this time, Mitchell glances through legisde for a single. Similar flick from Ruturaj, it was in the air but runs away towards the boundary. Couple of dots to end the over 

Arshdeep Singh is into the act. Full and that’s driven beautifully by Rahane down the ground! The next one is angled away from Rahane, a swing and a miss. Towards the pads this time, flick deep for a single. Now this will be interesting to watch: Arshdeep vs Ruturaj. The Chennai skipper has struggled against left arm pacers in the past. Quick single from Ruturaj. AND ARSHDEEP STRIKES! SOFT DISMISSAL! An attempted yorker becomes a low full toss but it takes an edge off Rahane’s bat and goes straight to the mid off fielder. The umpires have decided to check if the ball had bounced before Rabada caught it but replays show it was a clean one. Daryl Mitchell is in at three. Mitchell off the mark with a single and that’s the end of the over 

Ajinkya Rahane c Rabada b Arshdeep Singh 9 (7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 128.57

Ajinkya Rahane and skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad have made their way into the middle. Kagiso Rabada will open the bowling

Rabada starts off with a wide down the legside, first runs on the board for the visitors. Rahane gets off the mark with a single. Back of the length dleivery from Rabada, Ruturaj gets a single. Slightly short again from Rabada and its glanced towards third man for a single. A dot to end the over

Sanju Samson - 13 (2022)

MS Dhoni - 12 (2012)

MS Dhoni - 11 (2008)

Ruturaj Gaikwad - 10 (2024)*

PBKS: Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh

Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Tanay Thyagarajan, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Rishi Dhawan

CSK: Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Richard Gleeson, Tushar Deshpande

Subs: Sameer Rizvi , Simarjeet Singh, Shaik Rasheed, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki

PBKS wins the toss and elects to bowl first. Ruturaj has now lost the toss in 10 out of 11 games

Unchanged 11 for the home side. Santner comes in place for Mustafizur for CSK

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IPL 2024, PBKS vs CSK: Chennai Super Kings sweats on fitness of bowling group after Deepak Chahar’s injury

Chennai Super Kings’ bowling coach Eric Simons said that a decision on Deepak Chahar’s availability for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be taken by the medical team soon.

These are crucial times in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and Chennai Super Kings seems to have lost the momentum, having suffered three defeats in its last four outings.

The defending champion will be hoping to set its house in order and return to winning ways in the reverse clash against Punjab Kings at the HPCA Stadium on Sunday.

vs PBKS: Lost the toss, lost the match by seven wickets 

vs SRH: Lost the toss, won the match by 78 runs 

vs LSG: Lost the toss, lost the match by six wickets 

vs LSG: Lost the toss, lost the match by eight wickets 

vs MI: Lost the toss, won the match by 20 runs 

vs CSK: Won the toss, won the match by seven wickets

vs KKR: Won the toss, won the match by eight wickets 

vs GT: Won the toss, lost the match by three wickets 

vs MI: Won the toss, lost the match by nine runs 

vs RR: Lost the toss, lost the match by three wickets 

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IPL 2024: Shikhar Dhawan to miss home games against CSK, RCB; likely to return for Punjab Kings’ last two league matches

IPL 2024: Shikhar Dhawan will be missing out on Punjab Kings’ home games against Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Played: 11

Won: 5 

Lost: 6

Last result: Lost to Rajasthan Royals by four wickets (2023) 

Highest score: 232/2 (20) vs RCB (May 17, 2011) 

Lowest score: 116 (19) vs Deccan Chargers (May 21, 2011) 

Matches played: 29

Punjab Kings won: 13

Chennai Super Kings won: 15

Tied: 1 

Last result: PBKS won by seven wickets (Chennai; 2024) 

WICKETKEEPERS

Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh

BATTERS

Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Shivam Dube, Shashan Singh, Daryll Mitchell

ALL ROUNDERS

Sam Curran (vs), Ravindra Jadeja

BOWLERS

Richard Gleeson, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel

Team Composition: PBKS 5-6 CSK| Credits Left: 13.5

The IPL Match between PBKS and CSK will be streamed live on the Jio Cinema app/website. The match will also be telecasted across the Star Sports Network

Punjab Kings Predicted XI

Bat 1st: Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran(c), Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar

Bowl 1st: Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran(c), Rilee Rossouw, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

Impact Player options: Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary

Chennai Super Kings predicted XI:

Bat 1st: Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Mukesh Choudhary, Tushar Deshpande, Richard Gleeson, Matheesha Pathirana

Bowl 1st: Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Mukesh Choudhary, Tushar Deshpande, Richard Gleeson, Matheesha Pathirana

Impact Player options: Sameer Rizvi, Shardul Thakur, Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner

Welcome to Sportstar’s live blog of the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings. The home side will look to do the double over the defending champion while CSK will look to keep its qualification hopes alive with a win here