SYNOPSIS: After getting a pitch to their liking at Chepauk, Chennai Tremendous Kings slip in opposition to Punjab Kings, lose by seven wickets.
Punjab Kings are making this a behavior. For the second successive season, they aced Chennai within the chase, this time pulling off a complete win on a difficult floor. They’ve now received 5 matches in a row in opposition to Chennai relationship again to 2021.
Having performed on comparable two-paced pitches at Mullanpur, Punjab discovered the situations completely to their liking. With simply 163 to chase, all it wanted was a few good contributions from the highest order to set the tone. And regardless of Prabhsimran Singh departing after hitting a boundary and a six in his 10-ball keep, Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw injected the impetus that Punjab sought. Aside from offering stability, they ensured strain was firmly on Chennai always, extra so after they misplaced Deepak Chahar, who limped off after bowling simply two deliveries.
Having already used the Impression Sub with the bat, Chennai have been a bowler quick. For them to remain within the recreation and convey their spinners into the equation, they wanted wickets within the Powerplay. However Bairstow and Rossouw didn’t give an inch for a Chennai comeback. With dew making it much more tough – the two-paced nature giving technique to the ball quickening off the pitch – Chennai’s assault struggled with out Tushar Deshpande and Matheesha Pathirana. Their solely hope was Ravindra Jadeja and Moeen Ali, however the two returned wicketless of their seven overs. Although Bairstow and Rossouw fell of their 40s, Shashank Singh and Sam Curran noticed Punjab Kings residence.
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The intent goes lacking
With each passing residence match, the street forward is starting to get difficult for Chennai. Only a day after their head coach Stephen Fleming pleaded to have a bigger affect in pitch preparation, they came upon a observe that was a throwback to the previous days of residence dominance, when spinners discovered buy.
Nevertheless, their batsmen failed to point out the intent required on the floor. As Ruturaj Gaikwad ended up dropping one other toss – the ninth this season – Chennai knew their job was solely going to get tougher, particularly with dew anticipated. Although it hasn’t been a giant affect at different venues this season, it has been an entire distinction at Chepauk. CSK had already suffered due to it in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants every week in the past and after efficiently overcoming it in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday, they slipped in opposition to Punjab.
This wasn’t a case of the situations altering drastically within the second half of the innings. As early because the fourth over of Chennai’s innings, there was already appreciable dew on the outfield. This could have woken them up. Nevertheless, openers Gaikwad and Ajinkya Rahane went right into a shell and solely got here out of it within the ultimate two overs of the Powerplay, which took Chennai to 55/0.
Strangle by spin
Rahul Chahar of Punjab Kings celebrates the wicket of Moeen Ali of Chennai Superkings throughout match 49 of the Indian Premier League season 17 (IPL 2024) between Chennai Tremendous Kings and Punjab Kings held on the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on the first Could 2024. (Picture by Ron Gaunt / Sportzpics for IPL)
Three successive boundaries by Rahane supplied a window of hope for Chennai. However little did they know that they might go 55 deliveries with no boundary off the bat as Punjab’s spinners strangled Chennai. Left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar and leg-spinner Rahul Chahar, who was dropped for earlier matches, made essentially the most out of the situations. Attacking the stumps, they different their tempo and trajectory, as they bowled seven straight overs, conceding simply 30 runs and accounting for the wickets of Rahane (22), Shivam Dube (0) and Ravindra Jadeja (2) as Chennai have been caught napping at their very own recreation. And the competition was settled in a single match-up. Chennai wanted Dube to deal with the spinners, however he was dismissed off the second ball he confronted.The 2 spinners didn’t concede a boundary of their whole quota. Rahul had figures of 4-0-16-2, whereas Brar ended with 4-0-17-2.
Regardless of watching spinners taking management, Chennai selected to ship Jadeja at No.4, a batsman who doesn’t have a beneficial match-up in opposition to them. Three fast wickets and Chennai used their Impression Sub – Sameer Rizvi – within the tenth over with the run price at 7.1. From there on, for Chennai to be within the recreation, they wanted a rare effort, however the tougher they tried, the extra they struggled.
And having watched their spinners succeed, even Punjab Kings pacers have been now starting to take tempo off the ball. It didn’t matter that the boundary measurement was quick on one facet of a contemporary pitch – used for the primary time this season. Chennai’s batting struggled to search out fluency. Barring Moeen Ali, who made 15 off 9 deliveries coming in at No.6, the remaining who bought begins went at a strike price lower than 130. It meant Chennai managed solely 162/7, no less than 30 runs in need of a par rating.
Temporary scores: Chennai Tremendous Kings 162/7 in 20 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 62; Rahul Chahar 2/16, Harpreet Brar 2/17) misplaced to Punjab Kings 163/3 in 17.5 overs (Jonny Bairstow 46, Rilee Rossouw 43) by 7 wickets