After a brilliant start by Priyash Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, followed by a half-century by captain Shreyas Iyer, Punjab Kings achieved the target of 210 runs set by Chennai Super Kings in 18.4 overs to win.
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Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket on Friday. This was Punjab's second consecutive victory. The team had defeated Gujarat Lions in the first match. This was Chennai's second consecutive defeat. The team had lost to Rajasthan Royals in the first match.
After a brilliant start by Priyash Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, captain Shreyas Iyer scored a half-century as Punjab achieved the target of 210 runs in 18.4 overs. Arya and Singh had put on 61 runs in 4.2 overs. Matt Henry broke the partnership by bowling Arya. Arya scored 39 runs off 11 balls, which included 3 fours and 4 sixes, and Singh scored 43 runs off 34 balls, which included 6 fours and 1 six.
Punjab's hero from the previous match, Cooper Connolly, scored 36 runs in 22 balls with 6 fours. Iyer scored 50 runs. He hit 4 fours and 3 sixes in 29 balls. Nehal Badhera was out for 11 runs in the next ball he was out. Marcus Stoinis remained unbeaten on 9 off 3 balls and Shashank Singh on 14 off 6 balls. Chennai's Anshul Kamboj and Henry took 2 wickets each.
Earlier, Chennai, who were invited to bat after losing the toss, scored 209 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Ayush Mahatre top-scored with 73 runs. After opening duo Sanju Samson and captain Rituraj Gaikwad were dismissed for 7 and 28 runs, Mahatre hit 6 fours and 5 sixes in 43 balls.
Shivam Dube remained unbeaten on 45 runs. He hit 5 fours and 1 six in 27 balls. Kartik Sharma was dismissed for 1 run while Sarfaraz Khan was dismissed for 32 runs in 12 balls with 6 fours and 1 six. Prashant Veer remained unbeaten on 6 runs. For Punjab, Vijay Kumar Vaishak took 2 wickets and Xavier Bartlett, Marco Janssen and Yuzvendra Chahal took 1 wicket each. Chennai played only 2 foreign players, Henry and Noor Ahmed.
