Cricket Highlights, 30 April: IPL 2023 (Match 41) – Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings   

Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings (Match 41) – Highlights

In the IPL’s 41st game, Chennai Super Kings host Punjab Kings at home on Sunday, April 30. In the game, Chennai Super Kings batted first and produced a respectable total in the allowed 20 overs. In pursuit of the goal, Punjab Kings made it there with the final ball of the allotted over. They exited the field with a four-wicket victory as a result. Besides, Devon Conway’s outstanding batting helped him to win the Man of the Match award.

After losing 4 wickets in the first innings, Chennai Super Kings scored 200 runs. However, Punjab responded by winning on the very last spell despite losing 6 wickets.

Dhoni, the captain of Chennai, chose to bat first after winning the toss. Based on the ferocious performance of New Zealand batsman Devon Conway, the hosts scored 200 runs. The team’s total was 57 when no wickets were lost during the Powerplay. The opening combination scored 86 runs to defeat the opposition and the pair broke when Gaikwad returned with 37 runs off 31 balls. In the tenth over, he was caught out and removed from the field. Moreover, he made 4 fours and 1 six. 

Following that, one side continued to lose wickets at regular intervals while Conway was batting on the other side. Conway quickly reached 92 runs off of 52 balls. He had 16 boundaries and one six. The Kiwi opener had a chance to go for a century as well. But that isn’t done anymore. He had to triumphantly depart the arena.

Besides, Shivam Dube made 28 runs off 17 balls. At the very end, the batsmen did not produce many runs. Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja were both out for 10 and 12 runs, respectively. On 13 runs, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was still undefeated. They ultimately established a goal of 201 runs, with 8 extra runs.

For Punjab Kings, Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran, Rahul Chahar, and Sikander Raza each claimed one wicket.

In reply, Shikhar Dhawan and Pravsimran Singh gave Punjab a strong start. In just 4.2 overs, Punjab added 50 runs to their total. Dhawan hit four fours and one six to score 28 runs off 15 balls. In their partnership for the second wicket, Pravsimran and Atharva Taide scored another 31 runs. After being removed by Jadeja, Pravsimran scored 42 runs off 24 balls, including 4 fours and 2 sixes. Then Taide left after contributing 13 runs as well.

At the crease, Liam Livingstone and Sam Curran then created a pair. The pair of two started to glow with victory optimism. But in the team’s 151 runs, Deshpande returned Livingstone as his second victim. With one four and four sixes, he scored 40 runs off just 24 balls. To win, they still needed 50 runs off 25 balls.

Then, Curran also left the team with team’s 170 runs. Before Pathirana bowled him, the English all-rounder had scored 29 runs off 20 balls. Jitesh Sharma then went on a flurry to keep Punjab in the game. With an innings of 21 off 10 balls, he gave Punjab a chance to win the game. He was Deshpande’s third victim after he struck two fours and a six.

Then, Punjab needed 9 runs in the final over of the game after Jitesh left. In the first two balls, Sikandar Raja and Shahrukh Khan each scored a single. Raja failed to score on the third ball. Punjab then had to score 7 runs in the final three balls to win. Raja took two doubles in the next two balls of Pathirana. As a result, the final ball required 3 runs. Then the final ball was sent hard to square leg by the batsmen and they began the run. Three positions were switched between Raja and Shah Rukh before they picked up the ball and threw it back. Thus, Punjab won the breathtaking game.

Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings Scoreboard  

Chennai Super Kings – 200/4 (20.0)  

Punjab Kings – 201/6 (20.0)  

Result – Punjab Kings won by 4 wickets  

Player of the match – Devon Conway

Devon Conway

Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings Playing XIs