It’s not a usual sight to see a team like Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the bottom of the points table in the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, in 2020, they were scratching at the bottom after losing three games out of their first four games in the championship. Nevertheless, Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson made sure that the Yellow Army get much-needed momentum to reach the sixth position after a thumping win over Kings XI Punjab (KXIP).
On Sunday, CSK batsmen ran through the KXIP bowlers as the yellow army won the match by 10 wickets, which chasing a decent target of 179 with as many as 14 balls to spare. At no point in their run-chase did CSK looked behind in the game. It was also the first time when the team has won a match while chasing in Dubai in IPL 2020 after the team batting first, emerged victorious in seven matches in succession.
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Du Plessis and Watson shared an unbeaten partnership fo 181 runs off 106 balls which helped CSK to get over the line comfortably. Even as the former has been in decent form, as now he has amassed 282 runs in the tournament so far at an average of 94, Watson wasn’t going through the best of times as he had amassed just 52 runs from four innings at an average of 13.
However, despite the poor performances, Watson rose to the occasion and scored 83 runs off 53 balls with the help of 11 fours and three sixes, and he played at a strike-rate of 150. Meanwhile, in one of Watson’s old tweets, he was seen predicting his team would be making a comeback.
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Shane Watson had tweeted: “The perfect game for @ChennaiIPL is coming!!! @ChennaiIPL #WhistlePodu #Yellove.” And it happened exactly the same way as the CSK registered one of the most dominating wins in the history of the tournament.
Here’s the tweet:
The perfect game for @ChennaiIPL is coming!!! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻@ChennaiIPL #WhistlePodu #Yellove https://t.co/SkA5TpvGOS
— Shane Watson (@ShaneRWatson33) October 3, 2020
