Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|04-04-2026
In this match played on Friday (April 3), Chennai Super Kings, who came to bat first after losing the toss, had a bad start and Sanju Samson was out early after scoring 7 runs. After this, Ayush Mhatre and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad took over the innings and made a brilliant partnership of 96 runs in 55 balls for the second wicket. Ayush Mhatre played an excellent inning of 72 runs in 43 balls, which included 6 fours and 5 sixes.
Whereas Rituraj Gaikwad scored 28 runs in 22 balls.In the middle order, Sarfaraz Khan scored 32 runs in 12 balls, while Shivam Dubey scored unbeaten 45 runs in 27 balls to take the team to the score of 209 runs.
In bowling for Punjab Kings, Vijay Kumar Vaishakh took 2 wickets, while Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett and Yuzvendra Chahal got 1-1 success.
Punjab Kings had a very fast start to chase the target of 210 runs. Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya added 61 runs in 26 balls for the first wicket. Priyansh Arya played a stormy innings of 39 runs in 11 balls, while Prabhasimran scored 43 runs in 34 balls. After this, Cooper Connolly played an important inning of 36 runs in 22 balls.
Captain Shreyas Iyer, taking the responsibility, played a brilliant half-century of 50 runs in 29 balls and took the team closer to victory. As a result, Punjab Kings achieved the target in 18.4 overs and won the match by 5 wickets.
For Chennai Super Kings, only Matt Henry and Anshul Kamboj could take 2-2 wickets.
With this win, Punjab Kings registered their second consecutive win and reached the top of the points table with 4 points, while CSK suffered their second consecutive defeat.
