IPL 2024: Chennai Super Kings 1st innings highlights against PBKS in Match 49

Sam Curran headed back to Chennai to play his former side and won the toss and chose to bowl first. The visitors who had chased down a huge 261 in the last game went into the game with the same team that had beaten KKR in the massive run-chase.

Chennai Super Kings had also come to the game with a huge win against SRH in the last match. Matheesha Pathirana and Tushar Deshpande had to miss out due to niggles as Richard Gleeson made his IPL debut and Shardul Thakur came back into the team.

Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs off 5.5 overs

Put into bat, Chennai Super Kings got off to a sedate start in the first few over. Ruturaj Gaikwad kept his good form going with the bat as he scored a few delightful boundaries to enthral the crowds.

Powerplay: Overs 0.1 to 6 Mandatory – 55/0)

Ajinkya Rahane opened his arms as he started to go after the Punjab Kings bowlers in the final over of the powerplay. The veteran batter stole the show with a beautiful punch through the covers to show his amazing timing.

Chennai Super Kings: First Strategic time-out (60/0 from 7 overs)

Both the Chennai Super Kings openers ensured a good start as they didn’t gift their wickets away. The introduction of Harpreet Brar slowed the scoring rate as the left-arm spinner gave away just five runs from his first over.

Chennai Super Kings: Second Strategic time-out (85/3 from 13 overs)

Sam Curran’s decision to go with spin paid rich dividends as the boundaries began to dry up. Harpreet Brar got the wickets of Ajinkya Rahane and Shivam Dube in the same over while Rahul Chahar got the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja to have the hosts reeling.

Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs from 14.4 overs

Once the spinners went out of the attack, the Chennai Super Kings batters could heave a sigh of relief. For nearly 50 balls there were no boundaries only for the CSK batters to try to take the attack to the opposition.

Half-Century: Ruturaj Gaikwad off 44 balls

While the rest of his side were struggling to score runs. Ruturaj Gaikwad was the only man to put up a fight. The CSK skipper scored yet another fifty to continue his dream run with the bat.

Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs from 19 overs

Rahul Chahar put in an amazing performance to peg back the CSK innings. The leg-spinner gave just 3 runs in the 19^th over while Arshdeep Singh got the crucial scalp of Ruturaj Gaikwad.

End of the Innings: Chennai Super Kings: 162/7 from 20 overs

MS Dhoni began the final over of the innings with a four off Arshdeep Singh. The next few balls saw the left-arm pacer bowl well to give the former CSK no room before he was smashed for a six and two to end the over. Chennai Super Kings could manage to score only 11 runs from the final over to end the innings