The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have once again managed registered their third consecutive win at home and they almost pulled off a win out of nowhere against the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP). The visitors were looking to go over the line during the partnership between KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan. However, the plans to take on the opponent bowlers in the last three overs didn’t come off and KXIP lost the game by 22 runs which is a big margin in the T20s.
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.
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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. After those dismissals, Dhoni and Ambati Rayudu made a crucial partnership as they added 60 runs for the 4th wicket and helped CSK to reach the total of 160/3 in their quota of 20 overs.
During the chase, Harbhajan Singh forced KXIP for a rough start as he dismissed Chris Gayle and Mayank Agarwal in a matter of the three deliveries in the second over of the innings itself. After those dismissals, Rahul and Sarfaraz added 110 runs for the 3rd wicket.
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In the 13th over of the chase, Rahul got a huge lifeline. On the fourth ball of the over, Ravindra Jadeja delivered flatter ball on the stumps and Rahul went for a paddled sweep but the ball hasn’t gone anywhere. Soon, Dhoni ran and picked the ball to flick at the stumps to hit direct, the LED lights lit up but the bails sit back in their grooves. Rahul was short of his ground despite putting in the dive, they collect a run on the overthrow though. Rahul was saved only because of the fact that the bails didn’t come off completely.
Here is the video of the same:
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