Ravindra Jadeja’s all-round heroics lead CSK to 28-run win over PBKS. cricket news

Ravindra Jadeja put up a masterclass all-round show as Chennai Super Kings regained their winning streak with a comprehensive 28-run win over Punjab Kings in a low-scoring IPL match in Dharamshala on Sunday. Willy leg spinner Rahul Chahar (3/23) and seamer Harshal Patel (3/24) put in spirited performances but after their dismissal, Jadeja scored a crucial 43 off just 26 balls to take CSK to 167/9. Put to bat by Sam Curran. The left-arm spinner took three wickets for 20 runs in four overs in the crucial middle overs stage to derail PBKS’s target, which ended at 139 for nine.

Returning fast bowler Tushar Deshpande (2/35) and impact sub Simarjeet Singh (2/16) were also among the wicket-takers.

Mitchell Santner, playing his first match of the season, took an impressive 1/10 from three overs.

Eyeing a sixth consecutive win over CSK in the IPL, PBKS scored 78 runs for seven wickets against Jadeja’s match-changing magic.

After losing three of their last four matches, five-time champions CSK returned to winning ways and moved up to third in the standings.

CSK now has 12 points and three more matches are left to secure a place in the playoffs.

PBKS – eight points from 11 matches – slipped to eighth place after their seventh defeat of the season.

Kiwi left-arm spinner Santner started for CSK. Bowling with the new ball, he conceded just four runs in his two overs and took the crucial wicket of Shashank Singh (27; 20b, 4×4).

Deshpande gave a double blow by dismissing Jonny Bairstow (7) and Riley Rossouw (0) in three balls.

Prabhsimran Singh and in-form Shashank attacked the CSK bowlers and scored 31 runs to end the power play on a high, giving PBKS some rhythm.

Prabhasimran hit Richard Gleeson for a four and a six in the 15-run over, while Prabhasimran took on Deshpande and hit him for two fours and a six.

It looked like it would be one-way traffic for the home side but Santner cleverly varied his pace and Shashank fired the ball to long-on.

Cruising in top gear at 62/2, PBKS lost half their side in 9.4 overs.

This ended the partnership of 53 runs in 36 balls between Shashank and Prabhasimran. Soon Jadeja opened his account by dismissing Prabhasimran.

Prabhsimran looked comfortable but the opener was tempted by a full ball from Jadeja on the stumps.

The right-handed batsman looked to move in and out but due to lack of pace he could not clear long-off where substitute fielder Sameer Rizvi took an easy catch.

Simarjeet took a wicket in his first over by dismissing Jitesh Sharma for a duck on the first ball.

Jadeja gave just three runs in his next over and completed the decisive spell by dismissing Curran (7) and in-form Ashutosh Sharma (3) in the 13th over.

As the runs dwindled, Curran started to feel the heat and took a wide ball from Jadeja, but he slapped it straight to Santner at long-off.

After this, Ashutosh was caught by Simarjeet at third-man due to mishandling of his big hook, due to which Jadeja got three wickets.

Earlier, at 60/1 in the power play, CSK were on a roll with captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (32) and an entertaining 57-run partnership with Daryl Mitchell in the middle when Chahar started the collapse with two wickets in two balls. of.

The partnership stalled as CSK lost three wickets in 11 balls and Harshal took on dangerous looking Mitchell (30; 19b, 2×4, 1×6) in a controversial DRS call.

Harshal made a comeback in the death overs to dismiss Shardul Thakur (17) and MS Dhoni for a golden duck as CSK’s revival hopes faded.

First, he clean bowled Thakur with a slower off-cutter as CSK fans in Dharamsala waited to see another example of Dhoni’s magic with eight balls to spare.

But the Yellow Army were left in disbelief as the charismatic Dhoni departed on the very first ball, unable to counter Harshal’s impeccable slow yorker.

Dhoni’s off stump broke as he did not have time to bring his bat down.

Punjab was continuously losing wickets but it was Jadeja who stood firm and quietly continued on his path and took the team to an even score with fours and sixes.

After a quiet final over that yielded only two runs for two wickets, Jadeja remained patient and hit a four and a six off Arshdeep in the final over.

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