Today (May 1) Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings face each other in the 49th match of Indian Premier League 2024. Punjab Kings captain Sam Karan won the toss and elected to bowl first at Chennai's Chepauk Stadium.

After this, CSK scored 162 for 7 in 20 overs while batting first. In reply, Punjab scored 17.5. Won the match by scoring 163 runs in the over.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai have won 5 out of 10 matches so far. After this defeat, the Rituraj Gaikwad-led CSK team remains at the fourth position in the points table. On the other hand, Punjab Kings have won 4 out of 10 matches. With this fourth win, the team has now moved up from 8th to 7th position.

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Earlier, chasing 163 runs, Punjab lost their first wicket for 19 runs. Then Jonny Bairstow scored 46 runs off 30 balls and Riley Rosso played 43 runs off 23 balls. The duo put on a 37-ball 64-run partnership for the second wicket to take the team closer to victory.

In the end, Shashank Singh returned unbeaten on 25 runs while Sam Karan returned unbeaten on 26 runs. Both helped the team win.

Shardul Thakur, Richard Gilson and Shivam Dubey took 1 wicket each for Chennai.

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CSK's innings

CSK had a good start while batting first. He scored an unbeaten 55 in the Powerplay. But after Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed, CSK's innings suddenly collapsed.

After this, Chennai could not hit a single boundary between 8 and 15 overs. In 6 overs, the score of the team was 55 runs without loss. But the same score could only go up to 110 in 16 overs.

Captain Rituraj Gaikwad from Chennai scored 62 runs off 48 balls. 5 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat. Finally Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 14 runs in 11 balls with the help of 1 four and 1 six. This is the first time he has been dismissed this season. He was run out on the last ball of the 20th over.