IPL 2024: Brar & Chahar; Bairstow & Rossouw help PBKS register seven wicket win

Spinners Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar took two wickets each in economical bowling spells of 217 and 216 while Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw hit useful 40s each to help Punjab Kings register a sevenwicket victory over Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on WednesdayBrar and Chahar applied brakes on CSKrsquos batting in the middle overs through their nagging line and length to return with collective figures of 433 in eight overs and an economy rate of 425 while conceding no boundaries as the hostsrsquo were restricted to a belowpar 1627In reply Bairstow and Rossouw hit 46 and 43 respectively while sharing a 64run stand for the second wicket Shashank Singh and Sam Curran ensured PBKS completed the chase with seven wickets in hand and 13 balls to spare PBKS are now at seventh place in the points table after pulling off their fifth victory in a row over CSK who were hampered by dew and losing Deepak Chahar to hamstring injury just two balls into the second inningsFor CSK barring captain Ruturaj Gaikwads 62 other batters struggled to get on top of PBKS bowlers on a fresh redsoil pitch having turn and bounce for spinners After losing no wicket in powerplay CSK had a platform set for a big total But Brar and Chahar turned the game on its head by bowling stump to stump line and allowing the odd ball to get some turn to set the base for PBKS outclassing CSK in their home denPushed into batting first Gaikwad was stylish in punching and ramping Arshdeep Singh for a brace of fours in the second over Though Arshdeep got a change of ends he was hit for 14 runs in the fifth over ndash Rahane slammed him over point while Gaikwad cut him twice through the same region to take three boundaries off itRahane brought out the pull cut and punch off Curran on the last three deliveries of the sixth over and take CSK to 550 at the end of powerplay making it the first time in this season of them not losing a wicket in the sixover phaseAlso ReadHappy GM title is finally out R VaishaliBut once Curran brought spinners on PBKS were able to put in an almighty squeeze on CSK who couldnrsquot get a boundary in the middle overs Rahane holed out to deep midwicket off Brar who trapped a sweeping Shivam Dube plumb lbw for a golden duck Chahar joined in by trapping Ravindra Jadeja lbw who was looking to play it on the legsideImpact Player Sameer Rizvirsquos laborious innings ended when he was caught by a sliding third man while trying to ramp off Harshal Patel But Gaikwad continued to stay afloat getting his fifty in 44 balls by hammering Curran over longon for six and pulled the leftarm pacer for another maximum to take 15 runs off the 16th overMoeen Ali lofted Arshdeep for six and four respectively before the pacer bounced back by castling Gaikwad with a yorker The call to get Chahar bowl the 19th over paid off when the legspinner castled Moeen MS Dhoni powered a four and six off a wayward Arshdeep in the final over to take CSK past 160 before being runout on the last ball also ending his streak of seven unbeaten knocks in the competitionChasing 163 Prabhsimran Singh hit a 10ball 13 before a leading edge on his flick was caught by midoff giving Richard Gleeson his maiden IPL wicket But Rilee Rossouw was unstoppable from the get go ndash taking consecutive fours each off Gleeson and Mustafizur RahmanFrom the other end Bairstow cut and pulled Shardul Thakur for a brace of fours as PBKS reached 521 at the end of powerplay Post that Bairstow was severe on Jadeja in his opening over cutting at the last moment and pulling powerfully to take two foursIt felt like Bairstow began from where he left in his 48ball 100 against Kolkata Knight Riders last week ndash seen from him pulling and slogsweeping off Moeen for six and four respectively After cutting Jadeja for another four Bairstowrsquos knock ended when a short ball from Dube bowling for the first time in IPL 2024 was ramped behind to keeperBut Rossouw pulled him for six over square leg followed a four cut through cover to take 14 from the tenth over Shardul Thakur came in to castle Rossouw with a full toss and he could have got Shashankrsquos wicket if Daryl Mitchell hadnrsquot made mess of a chance at midoffShashank and Curran hit five boundaries between themselves while sharing an unbroken 50run stand off 37 balls for the fourth wicket to ensure PBKS got another win on the road with the winning runs coming off an overthrowBrief ScoresChennai Super Kings 1627 in 20 overs Ruturaj Gaikwad 62 Ajinkya Rahane 29 Rahul Chahar 216 Harpreet Brar 217 lost to Punjab Kings 1633 in 175 overs Jonny Bairstow 46 Rilee Rossouw 43 Shivam Dube 114 Richard Gleeson 130 by seven wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute 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