Vikrant Shekhawat : Apr 16, 2021, 11:06 PM
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have won their first match in the IPL 2021 season. In their second match, Chennai defeated Punjab Kings by 7 wickets. This is the 8th win in CSK's last 10 matches against Punjab. The Chennai team has reached second in the points table after winning 2 out of 2 matches.Batting first after losing the toss, Punjab Kings gave a target of 107 runs. In reply, Chennai lost the match by losing 4 wickets in 15.4 overs, scoring 107 runs. Moin Ali scored the highest 46 runs off 31 balls. Apart from him, Faf du Plessis scored 36 off 33 balls.
Dhoni played 200th IPL match for Chennai. Dhoni played 200th match in IPL for Chennai team. This was his 190th match in the tournament as a captain. In this, he won 111 matches, while 79 were lost. As captain, Dhoni has a winning success rate of 58.73%.Won the match with the partnership of Moin and du PlessisThe Chennai team got off to a modest start in response to the 107-run target. The team lost the first wicket for 24 runs.Opener Rituraj Gaikwad was dismissed for 5 runs off 16 balls. Arshdeep Singh got him caught by Deepak Hooda.Spin all-rounder Moin Ali, who came to bat at number three, led the innings with opener Faf du Plessis.There was light grass on the Wankhede pitch, which CSK took advantage of. However, Punjab's fast bowlers could not take advantage of it in the second innings.Punjab captain Lokesh Rahul tried 4 fast bowlers in the first 10 overs. These included Mohammed Shami, Rylee Meredith, Jay Richardson and Arshadip Singh with 2-2 overs.Moeen and du Plessis shared a 66-run partnership for 45 balls for the second wicket. At the score of 90, Chennai lost the second wicket in the form of Moin.On the score of 99, Chennai team lost 2 wickets on 2 consecutive balls. Mohammed Shami sent Suresh Raina and then Ambati Rayudu to the pavilion.However, du Plessis held one end and won the first match of the season to the Chennai Super Kings while unbeaten.CSK's third consecutive win against Punjab This is Chennai's third consecutive win against Team Punjab. In both matches of the previous season, CSK defeated Punjab. This is Chennai's first win in their second match this season. They had to face defeat against Delhi in their first match. At the same time, this is Punjab's first defeat in the season. He won his first match against Rajasthan by 4 runs.
Shahrukh hit 47 runs off 36 balls.Punjab Kings scored 106 runs losing 8 wickets. For the team, Shahrukh Khan scored the highest score of 47 runs from 36 balls. He was followed by Jay Richardson with 15 runs. Fast bowler Deepak Chahar took 4 wickets for 13 runs in 4 overs. He also did a maiden over.The top-5 batsmen scored 25 runs together and the top-5 batsmen of the Punjab Kings made only 25 runs. Captain Lokesh Rahul scored 5, Chris Gayle and Deepak Hooda scored 10-10. Mayank Agarwal and Nicholas Pooran could not even open the account.
Dhoni played 200th IPL match for Chennai. Dhoni played 200th match in IPL for Chennai team. This was his 190th match in the tournament as a captain. In this, he won 111 matches, while 79 were lost. As captain, Dhoni has a winning success rate of 58.73%.Won the match with the partnership of Moin and du PlessisThe Chennai team got off to a modest start in response to the 107-run target. The team lost the first wicket for 24 runs.Opener Rituraj Gaikwad was dismissed for 5 runs off 16 balls. Arshdeep Singh got him caught by Deepak Hooda.Spin all-rounder Moin Ali, who came to bat at number three, led the innings with opener Faf du Plessis.There was light grass on the Wankhede pitch, which CSK took advantage of. However, Punjab's fast bowlers could not take advantage of it in the second innings.Punjab captain Lokesh Rahul tried 4 fast bowlers in the first 10 overs. These included Mohammed Shami, Rylee Meredith, Jay Richardson and Arshadip Singh with 2-2 overs.Moeen and du Plessis shared a 66-run partnership for 45 balls for the second wicket. At the score of 90, Chennai lost the second wicket in the form of Moin.On the score of 99, Chennai team lost 2 wickets on 2 consecutive balls. Mohammed Shami sent Suresh Raina and then Ambati Rayudu to the pavilion.However, du Plessis held one end and won the first match of the season to the Chennai Super Kings while unbeaten.CSK's third consecutive win against Punjab This is Chennai's third consecutive win against Team Punjab. In both matches of the previous season, CSK defeated Punjab. This is Chennai's first win in their second match this season. They had to face defeat against Delhi in their first match. At the same time, this is Punjab's first defeat in the season. He won his first match against Rajasthan by 4 runs.
Shahrukh hit 47 runs off 36 balls.Punjab Kings scored 106 runs losing 8 wickets. For the team, Shahrukh Khan scored the highest score of 47 runs from 36 balls. He was followed by Jay Richardson with 15 runs. Fast bowler Deepak Chahar took 4 wickets for 13 runs in 4 overs. He also did a maiden over.The top-5 batsmen scored 25 runs together and the top-5 batsmen of the Punjab Kings made only 25 runs. Captain Lokesh Rahul scored 5, Chris Gayle and Deepak Hooda scored 10-10. Mayank Agarwal and Nicholas Pooran could not even open the account.