IPL 2018: Chennai Super Kings hand Kings XI Punjab knockout blow
May 21, 2018 09:53 IST
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Chennai Super Kings knocked Kings XI Punjab out of IPL 2018 with a five-wicket win in Pune on Sunday. Suresh Raina scored an unbeaten half-century in the chase. (BCCI)
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Bowling first, CSK got off to a solid start and removed three KXIP wickets early on. (BCCI)
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Karun Nair led a resistance from one end as wickets kept tumbling at the other end. He scored 54. (BCCI)
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Lungi Ngidi finished with figures of 4/10 as KXIP were skittled out for 153. (BCCI)
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The scored of 153 meant that CSK had to be bowled out for a very low total for KXIP to qualify for the play-offs. (BCCI)
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CSK bizarrely promoted Harbhajan Singh up the batting order in their chase. (BCCI)
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Deepak Chahar was also promoted ahead of MS Dhoni. (BCCI)
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KXIP put some pressure on CSK with a few wickets, but it was too little, too late. (BCCI)
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Suresh Raina stayed unbeaten on 61 as CSK won by five wickets. (BCCI)
