Leaders Online Desk: On the strength of captain Rituraj Gaikwad's half-century, Chennai Super Kings gave Punjab Kings a target of 163 runs. Punjab Kings won the toss and decided to bowl first. Rituraj scored 62 off 48 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes for Chennai as Chennai scored 162 for seven in 20 overs. Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar took two wickets each for Punjab.
Batting first, Chennai got off to a strong start with the opening pair of Rituraj and Ajinkya Rahane. Both shared a partnership of 64 runs for the first wicket. This partnership was broken by Harpreet Brar who dismissed Rahane who returned to the pavilion for 29 runs.
After this, Brar made Shivam Dube his victim in the same over. He returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Chennai's innings collapsed after Chahar dismissed Jadeja. Chennai did not get off to a good start and lost three wickets for just six runs.
While wickets were falling on one side, captain Rituraj once again scored a half-century with a restrained innings. It was on the strength of Rituraj's innings that the team managed to cross the mark of 150 runs. He was supported by Sameer Rizvi and Moeen Ali, but Chennai's batting could not score much against the Punjab bowlers. In the end Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit some shots but was run out while taking two runs off the last ball. This ended the Chennai innings at 162 runs.
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