Currently, the two flamboyant franchises, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) are locking horns with each other at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. After winning the toss, the CSK skipper, MS Dhoni decided to bat first and his openers didn’t disappoint. Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis added as many as 54 runs in the powerplay without losing a wicket.
During the toss, the KXIP skipper, R Ashwin revealed that they have made two changes to the squad as Mujeev Ur Rahman and Hardus Viljoen made way for Chris Gayle and Andre Tye. On the other hand, CSK made as many as three changes in their squad as injured Dywane Bravo, Mohit Sharma, and Shardul Thakur made way for Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, and the debutant, Scott Kuggeleijn.
For the opening wicket, Du Plessis and Watson added 56 runs before the latter getting out in the 8th over by Ashwin. After his dismissal, Suresh Raina and Du Plessis made another partnership of 44 runs before both of them getting out on back-to-back deliveries and again the bowler for Ashwin in the 14th over.
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On the third ball of the over, the KXIP skipper bowled a length ball on the stumps and Du Plessis cleared his front leg to smash the ball over long-on, but failed to middled the carrom ball and ended up handing an easy catch to David Miller at long-on.
Here is the video of the dismissal:
Du Plessis' wicket…!!https://t.co/pu06v7GSjg
— Vidshots (@Vidshots1) April 6, 2019
On the very next delivery, Ashwin again bowled a length delivery on the middled stump from around the wicket and Raina, who was looking to sweep it towards midwicket, missed the ball completely and the ball crashed straight into the stumps.
Here is the video of the dismissal:
Raina's wicket…!!https://t.co/pu06v7GSjg
— Vidshots (@Vidshots1) April 6, 2019
