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.

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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.

During the partnership between the openers, the fans got another confirmation of the fact that cricket is a gentleman’s game when the KXIp youngster Sam Curran got smashed on the right shoulder on his follow through after Shane Watson hit a short ball straight back to the bowler.

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Curran was still in his run-up was looking to protect his face from getting smashed and he was in some serious pain. Du Plessis realising Curran was facing some discomfort and he soon walked up to him to ask him about how he is feeling. It was a heart-warming gesture from the South-African and these are small things that make cricket a beautiful game.

Here is the video of the incident:

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