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Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings, 41st Match
The 41st match of IPL 2023 was played on Sunday between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Punjab Kings (PBKS). The match, held at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai, was a high-scoring match as the Dhoni brigade lost by four wickets. CSK set a target of 201 runs, which was chased by the Shikhar Dhawan-led Punjab team on the last ball. Sikandar Raza (13 not out in 7 balls) took three runs off the last ball and won for Punjab. PBKS needed 9 runs to win in the 20th over. With this defeat, a cool record of CSK has been broken.
Punjab did that in Chepauk, which no other team could do in IPL till now. Actually, Punjab has become the first team to chase a target of 200 plus in Chepauk. CSK won seven times defending the target of 200 plus at Chepauk ground but now it is in trouble. At the same time, an unwanted record has also been registered in the name of Dhoni. He has become the captain with the most number of match losses while defending 200 plus scores in IPL. They have lost three such matches. They are followed by Virat Kohli and Faf Duplesey in the list, under whose leadership the team lost 2-2 times. Let us tell you that CSK scored 200/4 in front of PBKS on the basis of a brilliant innings of Devon Conway (91 not out from 52 balls). Apart from Conway, Rituraj Gaikwad (37) and Shivam Dubey (28) made important contributions. At the same time, Dhoni remained unbeaten after scoring 13 runs in 4 balls. He hit two sixes.
Chasing the target, Punjab got off to a good start. Dhawan (28 from 15 balls) and Prabhsimran Singh (42 from 24 balls) shared a 59-run partnership for the first wicket. This partnership broke after the dismissal of Dhawan in the 5th over. Prabhasimran was dismissed in the ninth over. Liam Livingstone also batted quickly. He played an inning of 40 runs in 24 balls with 4 sixes and 1 four. He shared an important 57-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Sam Curran (29 in 20 balls). After this, Jitesh Sharma (21 in 10 balls) was taken closer to the target. Raza and Shahrukh Khan (2 in 3 balls) made an unbroken 15-run partnership for the seventh wicket and gave Punjab the win.
