Punjab Kings rode on an outstanding bowling efficiency to beat Chennai Super Kings by 54 runs of their IPL 2022 match on the Brabourne Stadium right here on Sunday. Punjab, after posting 180/8 of their 20 overs, rattled the four-time IPL winners with early wickets as debutant Vaibhav Arora claimed two whereas Kagiso Rabada, Odean Smith and Arshdeep Singh obtained a wicket apiece as CSK had been decreased to 36/5 within the eighth over.
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The star of the day was Liam Livingstone who smashed 60 runs off 42 balls and got here again and picked up a few wickets as properly. With a fifty-plus stand already within the center between MS Dhoni and Shivam Dube, Livingstone obtained the ball and managed to dismiss Dube who was threatening to take the sport away. The very subsequent ball he took a shocking catch to dismiss Dwayne Bravo. You can verify the video out.
Asked to bat first, Punjab misplaced skipper Mayank Agarwal off the second ball of the match after he hit Mukesh Choudhary for a 4.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who struck a nine-ball 31 within the earlier outing, went for a non-existent run after hitting Chris Jordan for a six and was caught brief by Dhoni.
But Livingstone was in a distinct temper on Sunday. He was very extreme on Mukesh Choudhary, pulling him over high-quality leg for a six and driving him over further cowl for a 4 within the bowler’s second over.
He handed Choudhary the identical remedy in his subsequent over too, pulling a size ball over deep mid-wicket for a six and following it up with a boundary over mid-off a ball later.
He blasted him for 2 extra fours off successive balls in the identical over as Punjab Kings crossed 50 within the fifth over with Livingstone blazing to 32 off 12 deliveries.
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