MS Dhoni finishes it off in style with a six off Mohit Sharma. CSK 159/5Suresh Raina smacked two sixes and two fours off Andrew Tye. CSK 153/5, need 1 to winfor Suresh Raina off 45 balls. CSK 145/5, in chase of 154MS Dhoni ended the Mohit Sharma over with a boundary. CSK 131/5, need 23 off 12 ballsRavichandran Ashwin conceded six runs in it to finish his quota of four overs with figures of 2/36. CSK 120/5, need 34 off 18 ballsRavichandran Ashwin strikes to dismiss Deepak Chahar (39 off 20 balls). CSK 114/5Deepak Chahar hit a six off Axar Patel. CSK 114/4, need 40 off 24 ballsDeepak Chahar smacked two sixes and a four off Ashwin. CSK 102/4Axar Patel gave away just six runs in it. CSK 81/4, need 73 off 36 ballsTIME-OUTAnother brilliant over from Ravichandran Ashwin, just three came off it. CSK 75/4, need 79 off 42 ballsAnother good over from Andrew Tye, gave away eight runs in it. CSK 72/4, need 82 off 48 ballsSuccessful start from Ravichandran Ashwin, conceded just six runs in it. CSK 64/4, need 90 off 54 ballsRavichandran Ashwin struck first ball, Harbhajan Singh gone for 19. CSK 58/4Strategic time-outAnother good over from Axar Patel - five singles and a bye. CSK 58/3, need 96 off 60 ballsAndrew Tye conceded seven runs in it. CSK 52/3, in chase of 154Good start for Axar Patel, gave away just five runs. CSK 45/3, in chase of 154Harbhajan Singh hit a six off Ankit Rajpoot. CSK 40/3End of Powerplay. Mohit Sharma gave away just six runs in it. CSK 33/3, in chase of 154Ankit Rajpoot took two wickets and gave away nothing. CSK 27/3Two in two for Ankit Rajpoot, clean bowled Sam Billings for a duck. CSK 27/3Ankit Rajpoot struck to dismiss Faf du Plessis (14). CSK 27/2Suresh Raina hit back-to-back fours off Andrew Tye. CSK 27/1, in chase of 154Faf du Plessis hit two fours off Ankit Rajpoot. CSK 17/1Faf du Plessis ended the Mohit Sharma over with a four. CSK 8/1, in chase of 154Mohit Sharma struck early, Ambati Rayudu gone for 1. CSK 3/1, in chase of 154Good start from Ankit Rajpoot, just three runs came off it. CSK 3/0Ambati Rayudu and Faf du Plessis start the CSK run chase. Ankit Rajpoot with the ball for KXIPShardul Thakur dismissed Ankit Rajpoot (2) as the hosts bowled out KXIP for 153Dwayne Bravo got rid of Karun Nair (54). KXIP 150/9for Karun Nair off 25 balls, which included five sixes and three fours. KXIP 150/8Lungi Ngidi returned with excellent figures of 4/10 in four overs. KXIP 134/8Lungi Ngidi got rid of Andrew Tye (0). KXIP 132/8Successful review for CSK. Third wicket for Lungi Ngidi, dismissed Ashwin for a duck. KXIP 132/7Big over for the visitors. Karun Nair (37*) finished the Shardul Thakur over with a six and two fours. KXIP 131/6What A Catch. Sam Billings took a stunner as Shardul Thakur dismissed Axar Patel (14). KXIP 116/6TIME-OUTThis time Axar Patel (12*) smacked a six off Ravindra Jadeja. KXIP 113/5Karun Nair (20*) started the Dwayne Bravo over with a six and took five singles afterward. KXIP 102/5Karun Nair hit a six off Harbhajan Singh. KXIP 91/5Another brilliant over from Dwayne Bravo, a wicket and two runs. KXIP 82/5Dwayne Bravo clean bowled David Miller for 24. KXIP 80/5Miller hit a six and a four during his 22-ball inningsGreat start from Ravindra Jadeja, just four runs came off it. KXIP 80/4Ravindra Jadeja struck immediately, Manoj Tiwary gone for 35. KXIP 76/4Tiwary hit a six and three fours during his 30-ball knock as he added a valuable 60 runs for the fourth wicket with David MillerGood over from Shardul Thakur, conceded just five runs. KXIP 76/3Manoj Tiwary 33*, David Miller 20* guided KXIP to 71/3 at the halfway markStrategic Time-outManoj Tiwary (28*) hit a four off Shardul Thakur. KXIP 61/3Big over for the visitors. Manoj Tiwary hit a four and a six off Harbhajan Singh. KXIP 52/3David Miller smacked a six off last ball (Free-Hit) as Deepak Chahar finished his quota of overs with figures of 1 for 30. KXIP 39/3End of Powerplay. Another good over from Lungi Ngidi, six came off it. KXIP 29/3Deepak Chahar gave away seven runs in his third over. KXIP 23/3What a delivery. Lungi Ngidi clean bowled in-form KL Rahul for 7. KXIP 16/3Deepak Chahar struck to dismiss Aaron Finch (4). KXIP 14/2Brilliant start from Lungi Ngidi, gave away just one bye. KXIP 8/1Lungi Ngidi struck early, Chris Gayle gone for a duck. KXIP 7/1KL Rahul hit a four off Deepak Chahar. KXIP 7/0Here we go...KL Rahul and Chris Gayle start the KXIP innings. Deepak Chahar with the ball for CSKFaf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (w/c), Sam Billings, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Lungi NgidiKL Rahul (w), Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, David Miller, Karun Nair, Manoj Tiwary, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Ankit RajpootFaf du Plessis replaced Shane Watson.Yuvraj Singh and Marcus Stoinis OUT; Karun Nair and David Miller INIf Mumbai Indians lost to Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab will have to win by 53 + runs to overtake Rajasthan Royals.
NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings ended the league stage with a comfortable five-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Sunday. The result benefitted Rajasthan Royals as the former champions booked the fourth and final spot in the playoffs.Kings XI, who needed to win by at least 53 runs to qualify for the next stage, ended their campaign with eighth defeat to finish at lowly seventh in the standings. While CSK finished second in the table and will play table-toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 1 at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday.Royals will now face Kolkata Knight Riders in Eliminator at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday.CSK chased down the competitive 154-run target in 19.1 overs with five wickets in hand. Suresh Raina remained unbeaten on 61 off 48 balls, which included two sixes and four fours, while skipper MS Dhoni , who finished off the chase with a six, scored 16 not out in his 7-ball cameo.CSK though had a terrible start to their run chase as they lost their top-scorer Ambati Rayudu (1) in the second over to Mohit Sharma.Two overs later, the situation became more dire for CSK as pacer Ankit Rajpoot (2/19) struck twice in two balls to dismiss Faf du Plessis (14) and Sam Billings. Gayle took a superb catch at first slip to send the South African back and in the next delivery Rajpoot clean bowled Billings for a duck.Not only Rajpoot gave CSK a double-blow, he conceded nothing in the over to reduce the hosts to 27/3 in five overs.Harbhajan Singh (19) and Raina stopped the rut and slowly took CSK to 50-run mark in 8.4 overs. But when they looked good to increase the tempo after adding 31 runs in 5.3 overs, Kings XI skipper Ravichandran Ashwin (2/36) struck with his first ball to dismiss Harbhajan in the 11th over. CSK were 58/4 in 10.1 overs at that stage and needed 96 more off 59 balls.Raina held the fort from one end, but scoring became tougher with each passing over as boundaries dried up. In fact, CSK failed to score a single boundary during the six-over period of 8-14.Needing 73 off 36 balls, Deepak Chahar smacked back-to-back sixes off Ashwin to score 21 runs in the over. Chahar hit another maximum off Axar Patel in the next over to make the equation a gettable 40 off final four overs.But Ashwin came back and struck in the first ball of 17th over to dismiss dangerous Chahar, who smashed three sixes and a four in his 20-ball 39. More importantly, Chahar added a valuable 56 runs for the fifth wicket with Raina.Dhoni joined Raina in the middle and the two veterans took CSK home in 19.1 overs without much fuss.Earlier, young paceman Lungi Ngidi took four wickets for just 10 runs but Karun Nair hit a timely half-century to help Kings XI recover from a top-order collapse and post 153.When Kings XI batsmen needed to fire in unison, only Nair showed stomach for fight with his 26-ball 54 knock, which was laced with three fours and five sixes.It was Ngidi who triggered the collapse as he swung the ball both ways to confound the Kings batsmen. In his sensational three-over spell, Ngidi conceded just seven runs and scalped both the openers. He first had dangerous Chris Gayle (0) caught behind and then bowled other opener KL Rahul with a peach of delivery that swung in and sent the stump kart-wheeling.Chahar had Aaron Finch (4) caught by Raina as Kings XI managed only 29/3 in the Powerplay overs.David Miller (24) and Manish Tiwary (35) repaired the innings with a 60-run partnership before left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja broke the stand by dismissing the latter.Miller too did not last long after the departure of Tiwary as he was undone by a well-executed yorker by West Indian Dwayne Bravo. The Miller wicket meant that Kings XI were reeling at 80/5 in 12.1 overs.A small partnership developed between Axar Patel (14) and Nair but Sam Billings pulled off a stunning diving catch to get rid of the left-hander. Still, Kings XI got 18 runs from that Shardul Thakur over with Nair hitting a six and two fours.Ngidi returned to the attack and saw the back of rival captain R Ashwin (0), nicking the ball to his counterpart MS Dhoni behind the wickets. Kings XI could not even bat for full 20 overs and were bowled out in 19.4 overs.Brief Scores: Chennai Super Kings 159/5 in 19.1 overs (Suresh Raina 61*; Ankit Rajpoot 2/19) beat Kings XI Punjab 153 all-out (Karun Nair 54; Lungi Ngidi 4/10) by five wickets
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Suresh Raina hit a fine fifty helping Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 5 wickets in their Indian Premier League clash on Sunday. With the defeat, Punjab's hopes of qualifying for a playoff berth was dashed. Chasing 154, Chennai didn't get the start they've wanted as Ambati Rayudu departed for 3 runs in the second over off Mohit Sharma's delivery. Faf du Plessis (14) didn't get many runs while Sam Billings (0) and Harbhajan Singh (19) also faltered in the run chase. However, it was Raina (61*) and Deepak Chahar who controlled the Chennai innings in the middle overs. Chahar was dismissed by KXIP captain R Ashwin for 39 runs. Dhoni (16*) remained unbeaten in the end and supported Raina ensuring Chennai crossed the finishing line. Ankit Rajpoot (2/19) was again at his bowling best for Punjab. (SCORECARD)
Earlier, Lungi Ngidi's fiery bowling spell (4/10) helped Chennai bowl out Punjab for 154 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday. Put into bat by Chennai, Punjab got off to a worst possible start after losing Lokesh Rahul (7), Chris Gayle (0) and Aaron Finch (4) within the first four overs. Manoj Tiwary (35) played a key knock in the middle with help of David Miller (24) to restore some faith for Punjab after losing early wickets. Ngidi took the crucial wickets of KL Rahul and Gayle to halt the momentum of Punjab. Karun Nair (54) was the lone ranger for Punjab as he hit some good looking shots helping Punjab reach a competitive total. He hit a 26-ball 56 runs laced with 5 sixes and 3 boundaries. However, Ngidi hogged the limelight with his stupendous bowling display. Shardul Thakur and Dwayne Bravo took two wickets each.
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