Dhawan & fast bowlers lead Punjab to win over Chennai
MUMBAI, India, April 26, (AP): Punjab Kings’ fast bowlers squeezed Chennai Super Kings in the death overs to clinch an 11-run victory in the Indian Premier League.
Shikhar Dhawan anchored Punjab to 187-4 with an unbeaten 88 off 59 balls then Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada and Rishi Dhawan bowled magnificently in the last four overs to restrict Chennai at 176-6. Punjab’s fourth win in eight games lifted it to sixth on the table.
Chennai’s topsy turvy tournament continued as it was lurching just four points above last-placed Mumbai Indians, who have lost eight consecutive games.
Ambati Rayudu made a whirlwind 78 off 39 balls and brought Chennai’s chase back on track by smashing Sandeep Sharma for 23 runs in the 16th over, which featured three successive sixes and a boundary. But Arshdeep leaked only six runs in the following over and Rabada, who took 2-23, cleaned up Rayudu with a yorker.