Yuzvendra Chahal's hat-trick wicket, Shreya's captaincy innings gives Punjab success
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With Yuzvendra Chahal and captain Shreyas Iyer's high performance, Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings by 4 wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday. After this result, 5-time champions Chennai became the first team to be eliminated from the play-off race of the tournament this season.
Sam Curran scored 88 off 47 balls as Chennai moved towards a strong score. However, after Chahal took 4 wickets with a hat-trick in the 19th over in Chepauk, Chennai lost the toss and batted first and were bowled out for 190 runs in 19.2 overs.
Saik Rashid was out for 11 runs, Ayush Matre for 7 runs and Ravindra Jadeja for 17 runs. Curran then shared a 78-run partnership with Debald Brevis for the fourth wicket. Karan hit 9 fours and 4 sixes. Brevis scored 32 runs off 26 balls with 4 fours and 1 six. Shivam Dubey was dismissed for 6, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for 11, Deepak Hooda for 2 runs.
Chahal, who took his second hat-trick in the IPL, dismissed Hooda, Anshul Kamboj and Noor Ahmed in consecutive balls in the last 3 balls of his third over in the 19th over. He dismissed Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the second ball of the same over. Chahal took 4 wickets for 32 runs in 3 overs. Arshdeep Singh and Marco Jansen took 2-2 and Azmatullah Omarzai and Harpreet Brar took 1-1 wicket each.
After Air scored 72 runs off 41 balls, Punjab completed the victory target with 2 balls to spare. Player of the match He hit 5 fours and 4 sixes. Opener Priyansh Arya hit 5 fours off another 15 balls and was dismissed for 23 runs. Another opener Prabh Simran Singh shared a 72-run partnership with Air for the second wicket. Prabhasimran scored 54 runs off 36 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes.
Ayer was dismissed in the 19th over when Punjab needed 2 more runs to win. Shashank Singh played 12 balls and scored 23 runs with 1 four and 2 sixes. From Chennai, Khalil Ahmed and Mathis Pathirana took 2 each and Jadeja and Noor took 1 each. After this win, Punjab moved up to the second position in the table with 13 points. Royal Challengers Bangalore are at the top with 14 points. Chennai lost for the eighth time in 10 games. The team is at the bottom.
