CSK want their first victory. Can they beat Punjab Kings? Does CSK has all ingredients to beat Punjab Kings? Like we say win the toss, win the match. CSK won the toss and elected to filed first. PBKS put 180 on the board and CSK could not chase the runs. out prediction of win the toss win the match gone false.
Match Summary
CSK won the toss. Match @ Brabourne.
PBKS 180-8 in 20 Overs
CSK 126/10 in 18 overs
PBKS won by 54 runs.
PBKS Power Play Batting 0-6 Overs (72/2)
What a first over, PK started with a boundary but very next ball Mayank Agarwal out. Caught Mayank out for 4 runs. Rajapaksha is in. Very next over it is six. Rajapaksha is out, runout by Dhoni. What a runout by Thala He almost did a sprint no one can’t beat, Gathered it beautifully and hit the stumps.
Livingstone hits the ball all over the park. He targeted Mukesh and scored 26 runs in one over. That brings them to a fantastic play in their powerplay overs. Bravo bowling the last over in the powerplay. PKBS finished their powerplay in 72/2 (6 overs)
PBKS Batting 6-10 Overs (109/3)
Rayudu missed Livingstone catch in Jadeja’s ball. Watch a costly mistake. Is this the turning point of the match? Dhoni had a tough chance. But all are happening in the ground.
Things were little quite at the moment, but there is going to be fireworks if both Dhawan and Livingstone stays in the crease. At the last ball of the 10th over Dhawan got out for 28 in DJ Bravo’s over. At the end of the 10th over it is 109/3
PBKS Batting 11-15 Overs (147/5)
Jitesh Sharma is in. What goes back comes back. Finally same Rayudu caught him. Livingstone is out in same Jadeja over. He is out for 60 of 32 balls.
Shahrukh Khan is in. Jitesh showed his caliber of hitting a six in Mooen Ali’s Over. CSK is finishing things with Mukesh over. He is been expensive today. Even Jadeja’s line and length is not right today. Finally Pretorius got out Jitesh Sharma for 26 of 17 balls. what an awkward shot to get out. He showed a lot of classic shot, but this one is very poor choice of shot that got him out. Can CSK restrict under 200 runs? Odin Smith is in.
PBKS Batting 16-20 Overs (180/8)
CSK gave the ball to Chris Jordon. Shahrukh Khan got out for 6 of 11 balls. Chris Jordon got his man. The ground has a longer side and CSK using it to make the batsmen to hit in the longer side. Job well done Jordon just 5 runs and a wicket.
Bowlers are targeting the wide line and getting away with that. Oden Smith is out for 3 runs of 7 balls. Chris Jordon could not get this yorker right, but he hit directly to DJ Bravo at mid-on takes the clean catch. Overall I am impressed with Chris Jordon. He bowled almost all his balls in the yorker length. At the end of the 18th over PBKS is 166/7.
R Chahar out for 12 in Pretorius ball. Again wide-ish ball for the longer side of the ground. DJ bravo caught this again. At the end of the 19th over PBKS is 176/8. DJ Bravo blowing the 20th over. PBKS scored 180-8 in their 20 overs.
PBKS Batting & CSK bowling Summary
Well, it is both batsman and bowler’s game. It is a cat and mouse game. The power hitting happened, in the powerplay and in the middle. Rest is their usual game.
Once Chris jordon and Pretorius came in to action, things got into control. CSK had a mixed day in fielding. Couple of missed catches and missed runout and misfiled. But a lot of wides. In the morden day cricket wide yorker became a part of the game. CSK also did that and needed up giving a lot of runs in wides.
Overall 180 is a par score, but seeing this year TATAIPL2022, this score is not a winning score, the second batting team get a good chance of winning this score. Can CSK chase down 180? Let’s see the next inning of the match.
CSK Batting in the Powerplay 0-6 Overs (27/4)
Steady start 4/0 in the first over. Rabada into the attack and he is moving the ball very nicely. Robin played a beautiful shot, we can see the dew is not that much. The outside edge got Gaikwad is out for just 1 run. Rabada got his man. Dhawan who stood in the slip got the catch. One more poor innings from Gaikwad. At end of the 2nd over it is just 10 overs.
No this is not working for CSK. The opening pair is missing things to set the innings. Mooen Ali came in. Robin Uthappa is out for the top edge for just 13 for 10 balls. Amati Rayudu is in. but what I see is PBKS is swinging the ball and CSK has no plan to attack it.
Moeen Ali is out for 0. Vibhav is very impressive with his bowling. A debutant is doing extremely well. He got a good seam position and got good rhythm and length. Jadeja is in and he is out. Arshdeep got him bold. Shivam dube is in. Can he save CSK?
CSK Batting 7-10 overs (53/5)
Got couple of boundaries, can CSK start some acceleration of the innings? Rayudu is out for 13 in Oden smith. Fantastic catch by Jitesh. Thala Dhoni is in. We all know Dhoni is a finisher, can take at least CSK to a decent run in the chase? At the end of 8 the over it is 38/5
At end of the 9th over it is 41/5. Shivam Dube hit a beautiful six and a fantastic boundary. And he is having the master class at the ground. At the end of 10th overs CSK need 128 of 60 balls.
CSK Batting 11-15 overs (98-7)
Shivam Dube gets his ball and picking the boundary very nicely. At the end of the 12th over CSK is 69/5 . They need 112 in 48 balls at the 14.29 Runrate. Things are going well for PBKS. Mayank is making the changes that are working for the team. Livingstone quietly finished a over.
Even the freehits is not going the CSK way. Finally a six from Rabada’s. It is is Shivam Dube 50 in 26 Balls. over after missing the two freehits. One more six from Rabada’s over. At the end of 14th over CSK is 90/5. The only hope Shivam Dube is out for 57 of 30 balls. Livingstone got him out for a very soft dismissal.
DJ Bravo is in. The very next ball, DJ Bravo is out Livingstone himself caught the ball with a splendid flying jump. Today is Livingstone’s day. What ever he touches it is gold. Pretorius is in.
CSK Batting 16-20 Overs (126/10) in 18 overs.
After hitting a six and scoring 2 more, Pretorius is out. Chris Jordon is in. How far can CSK take this match? At the end of the 17th over CSK is 121/8. They need 60 runs from 3 overs? Is it possible? Dhoni is out for 23 of 28 balls. Jitesh (wk) wanted the review and he finally got Dhoni out. Mahesh is in. Finally Livingstone got Jordon out. That is the end for CSK.
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Overall Summary
It is a great day for many players for Punjab Kings. Jitesh, Vibhav two debutant who really played their amazing 1st game. And Liam Livingstone he scored both with this bat and ball. The so called dew factor is not present in the match. CSK gave away their wickets very easily. The opening partnership is the key.
Can CSK change their strategy and come strong the next match? See you in next CSK match.