Punjab won by scoring three runs on the last ball – Chennai lost for the first time while defending 200+

CSK vs PBKS: In the 41st match of Indian Premier League-16, Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings by four wickets in a breath-taking thriller. Chennai team has lost for the first time while defending a score of 200 or more. This is Punjab's 13th win over Chennai, there have been 28 matches between the two so far. Batting first after winning the toss, Chennai scored 200 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs at Chepauk ground. The target of 201 runs was achieved by the Punjab batsmen for 6 wickets in 20 overs.

Today is Super Sunday. The second match of the day will be played between Mumbai and Rajasthan at Wankhede Stadium from 7:30 pm.

Punjab's wickets fell like this...

First: On the second ball of the 5th over, Tushar Deshpande got Dhawan caught by Pathirana.

Second: Prabhasimran was stumped by Dhoni on Jadeja's ball on the third ball of the ninth over.

Third: On the second ball of the 11th over, Jadeja caught and bowled Atharva Tayde.

Fourth: On the fifth ball of the 16th over, Tushar Deshpande got Livingstone caught by Gaikwad.

Fifth: Pathirana bowled Sam Karan on the first ball of the 18th over.

Sixth: On the fourth ball of the 19th over, Deshpande got Jitesh Sharma caught by Sheikh Rashid.

Punjab lost Dhawan's wicket in powerplay

In the powerplay, Punjab lost a wicket in scoring 62 runs. On the second ball of the sixth over, Dhawan became the victim of Deshpande for 28 runs.

Century missed Conway, Dhoni hit two sixes in the last two balls

Batting first after winning the toss in Chepauk, Chennai scored 200 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Devon Conway scored 92 runs while Rituraj Gaikwad was dismissed for 37 off 31 balls and Shivam Dubey scored 28 off 17 balls. In the end, Dhoni took the score to 200 by hitting two consecutive sixes.

Arshdeep Singh, Sikandar Raza, Rahul Chahar and Sam Karan took one wicket each for Punjab.

Conway scored the 5th half-century of the season

Deven Conway scored his 5th half-century in the current season. He completed Fifty in 30 balls. This is the 7th half-century of Conway's IPL career. He scored an unbeaten 92 off 52 balls at a strike rate of 176.92. Conway hit 16 fours and a six in this innings.

Conway-Gaikwad made a strong start

Deven Conway and Rituraj Gaikwad got Chennai off to a strong start. There was a partnership of 86 runs on 58 balls between these two. Sikandar Raza broke this partnership.

Powerplay Chennai off to a bang

Chennai started with a bang. Deven Conway and Rituraj Gaikwad together added 57 runs in six overs. The important thing is that the team did not lose any wicket.

This is how the wickets of Chennai fell.

First: On the fourth ball of the 10th over, Sikandar Raza got Rituraj Gaikwad stumped by Jitesh Sharma.

Second: On the last ball of the 14th over, Arshdeep Singh got Shivam Dubey caught by Shahrukh.

Third: Rahul Chahar got Moin Ali stumped by Jitesh Sharma on the first ball of the 17th over.

Fourth: On the first ball of the 20th over, Sam Karan got Jadeja caught by Livingstone.

Chennai landed without change, a change in Punjab

The Chennai team has landed without any change. Whereas, Punjab has made a change.

Playing-11 of both the teams...

Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Rituraj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Mathisha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande and Mahish Teekshana.

Impact Players: Rajwardhan Hungergekar, Sheikh Rasheed.

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Atharva Tayde, Sikandar Raza, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma, Shah Rukh Khan, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar and Arshdeep Singh.

Impact Players: Prabhsimran Singh, Mohit Rathi, Rishi Dhawan, Matthew Short and Harpreet Brar.