Chennai Super Kings faced the fourth defeat in the 18th IPL season due to slow batting and poor fielding. The team lost 18 runs against Punjab Kings in Mullanpur. Punjab scored 219 runs first at Maharaja Yadavendra Singh Stadium. CSK was able to make only 201 runs.
Youth Priyanka Arya scored a century for Punjab. Shashank Singh scored 52 and Marco Jens 34. Loki Ferguson took 2 wickets. Devon Conway scored a fifty from Chennai. Chrin Ravindra scored 36 and Shivam Dubey scored 42.
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. The Match of Player
Young batsman Priyanka Arya scored a century off 39 balls from Punjab Kings. At one time the team lost 5 wickets for 83 runs. Priyanka still continued to play aggressive shots on one end. He scored 103 runs with 7 fours and 9 sixes.
2. The hero of the win
- Loki Ferguson: Loki Ferguson, who bowled in the middle overs, took 2 big wickets. He sent Shivam Dubey and Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad to the pavilion.
- Marco Jansen: Bowling all -rounder Jansan showed his own bat. He scored 2 fours and two sixes off 19 balls.
- Shashank Singh: Shashank came to bat in the 9th over and took over as Punjab. He shared more than fifty runs with Priyanka and Yanson. Shashank scored a fifty and scored to 219.
3. Fighter of the Match
Chennai Super Kings opening batsman Devon Conway showed fight. He played 69 off 49 balls, then retired. Ravindra Jadeja was replaced. Like the whole team, Conway batted very slowly.
4. Turning points
CSK, chasing a 220 -run target, batted very slowly on the bat pitch. Only MS Dhoni was able to score at a strike rate of more than 200 from the team. However, he also scored only 27. Other than that, no other batsman could score at a strike rate of more than 160.
5. Who has Purple and Orange colored hat?
Chennai's Noor Ahmed has won a purple cap with 11 wickets. In the meantime, Lucknow's Nicholas Puran is at the top of the Orange Cape Leaderboard with 288 runs. Delhi Capitals are at the top of the points table with 6 points.
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