In the IPL 2024 match between PBKS and CSK yesterday, Punjab prevailed over Chennai by 7 wickets. At the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday, Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets with to the economical bowling periods of Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar, who each claimed two wickets in 2-17 and 2-16. Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw also contributed to the victory with their respective 40s.
With their relentless line and length, Brar and Chahar put a stop to CSK’s batting in the middle overs. They returned with a combined 8-33 in eight overs, an economy rate of 4.25, and no boundaries conceded as the hosts were limited to 162/7.
Pursuing 163, Prabhsimran Singh struck a 10-ball 13 before Richard Gleeson claimed his first IPL wicket when a leading edge on his flick was collected by mid-off. However, Rilee Rossouw was unstoppable right away, hitting Mustafizur Rahman and Gleeson four straight times.
At the conclusion of the power play, PBKS had reached 52/1 thanks to a brace of fours from Jonny Bairstow, who cut and drew Shardul Thakur from the opposite end. After that, in his first over, Bairstow took it hard on Ravindra Jadeja, cutting at the last second and pulled hard to take two fours.
To grab 14 from the tenth over, Rossouw pushed him for six over square leg and then followed it up with a four cut through cover. With a full toss, Shardul Thakur entered the castle Rossouw and had the opportunity to remove Shashank Singh had Daryl Mitchell not bungled a chance at mid-off.
As they shared a 50-run partnership off 37 balls for the fourth wicket, Shashank and captain Sam Curran blasted five boundaries between them to guarantee PBKS secured another victory away from home. The winning runs came off an overthrow.