Indian Premier League 2020, Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Tremendous Kings: Faf Du Plessis, Shane Watson The Heroes As CSK Pull Off A Comeback For The Ages | Cricket Information

Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) roared again in fashion in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 as they demolished Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 10 wickets in Dubai. MS Dhoni’s males had misplaced three video games in a row after a win in IPL 2020 opener towards Mumbai Indians final month, a primary occasion of CSK shedding as many straight video games since 2014. Nonetheless, the three-time champions did not resemble the slow-running prepare from their final three video games and raced away to their goal of 179 in simply 17.four overs. Two of their senior statesmen, Shane Watson (83 not out) and Faf du Plessis (87 not out) led the way in which as they put collectively unbroken opening stand.

Watson had been notably beneath stress after scores of 1, 14, 33 and four up to now within the event however he took initiative on Sunday night by taking his time throughout the Powerplay, whilst du Plessis rolled alongside on the different finish, after which bringing out his full vary of strokes when the fielding restrictions eased.

Du Plessis took Chris Jordan for 4 fours within the sixth over as CSK completed the Powerplay 60/zero and in command.

KXIP skipper KL Rahul tried all his choices with tempo and spin however might break the stand between the 2 Tremendous Kings as CSK raced to 101/zero in 10 overs.

Watson hit Jordan for consecutive fours, smothered Ravi Bishnoi and hit Sheldon Cottrell for a straight six as he introduced up his first 50 in IPL 2020 off simply 31 balls.

Du Plessis obtained his fifty off 33 balls as CSK had been left with solely 29 to get within the final 5 overs.

The South African waltzed to the goal on the finish, getting there with a 4 and a six off Mohammed Shami within the 18^th over.

Earlier, KXIP received the toss and selected to bat. Rahul led from the entrance with a half-century – he made 63 off 52 balls.

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Mayank Agarwal (26 off 19), Mandeep Singh (27 off 16) and Nicholas Pooran (33 off 17) gave their captain good assist within the center as Punjab completed with a aggressive 178/four.

Shardul Thakur took 2/39 for CSK whereas Ravindra Jadeja and Piyush Chawla returned with one wicket every.