CSK vs PBKS: Chennai lose fifth consecutive match at Chepauk, out of playoff race; Punjab moves to second place..

After Yuzvendra Chahal's lethal bowling, Prabhsimran Singh and Shreyas Iyer's half-century innings helped Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by four wickets at their home. Chennai, who lost the toss and came out to bat first on Wednesday, scored 190 runs for the loss of 10 wickets in 19.2 overs. Sam Curran played a half-century inning for them. In reply, Punjab scored 196 runs for the loss of six wickets in 19.4 overs and won the match. For CSK, Khaleel Ahmed and Mathisha Pathirana took two wickets each while Ravindra Jadeja and Noor Ahmed got one wicket each.

Punjab jumped, reached second place.

Chennai, which has lost eight out of 10 matches, is out of the playoff race. With four points and a net run rate of -1.211, the team is at the 10th position while Punjab jumped three places to reach the second position. Now they have 13 points and their net run rate has become 0.199. At the same time, RCB is at the top with 14 points.

CSK's fifth consecutive defeat at Chepauk

With five consecutive defeats at Chepauk, Chennai is the first team this season to be out of the playoff race. This is the first time that Chennai has lost five consecutive matches at home. Earlier in 2008 and 2012, the franchise had lost four consecutive matches.

Punjab's innings

Chasing the target, Punjab Kings got off to a good start with Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh. There was a 44-run partnership for the first wicket between the two. Khalil Ahmed made Arya his victim, who was dismissed after scoring 23 runs in 15 balls. After this, captain Shreyas Iyer came at number three and added 72 runs in 50 balls with Prabhsimran (54). Both played half-century innings and returned to the pavilion after ensuring the team's victory. Iyer scored 72 runs in 41 balls which included five fours and four sixes. Apart from him, Shashank Singh scored 23, Nehal Vadhera scored five and Suryansh Shedge scored one run. Josh Inglis and Marco Jansen remained unbeaten on six and four runs respectively.

Chennai innings

Earlier, Chennai had a bad start. Sheikh Rashid and Ayush Mhatre were out after scoring 11 and seven runs respectively. After this, Sam Curran took charge. However, he did not get support from the other end except Dewald Brevis. Both of them shared a partnership of 78 runs. Curran played the highest innings of 88 runs while Brevis scored 32 runs. Apart from him, Ravindra Jadeja scored 17, Shivam Dubey scored six, Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 11 and Deepak Hooda scored two runs. At the same time, Anshul and Noor could not even open their account while Khalil remained unbeaten without opening the account. In this match, Yuzvendra Chahal took four wickets for Punjab. At the same time, Arshdeep Singh and Marco Jansen got two wickets each. Azmatullah Umarzai and Harpreet Brar took one wicket each.

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