Punjab Kings faced Chennai Super Kings (PBKS vs CSK) in the 22nd match of the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025) on Tuesday. The two teams clashed at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. The Punjab team set a target of 220 runs in 20 overs to win the toss and bat first. In response, the Super Kings scored 201 runs after losing 5 wickets and lost the match by 18 runs (PBKS vs CSK).
The Punjab Kings (PBKS vs CSK) started to bat first after winning the toss. The team lost three wickets in the powerplay itself. After Mukesh Chaudhary's dismissal of Prabhasimran Singh in the second over, the team's wicket fell and no middle order batsman could perform well. He returned to Pavilion without opening an account. While Shreyas Iyer and Nehal Vadhera scored nine-nine runs. Glenn Maxwell could score a run. While the players kept coming at one end, on the other hand Priyansh Sharma kept the innings under control with his fire batting.
Priyansh Arya scored 103 runs in 42 balls at a strike rate of 245.23 thanks to seven fours and nine sixes. It was very difficult for Chennai Super Kings to take his wicket. But in 13.4 overs, Noor Ahmed got him out and gave him a big success. However, after he returned to Pavilian, Shashank Singh, while spreading his batting, scored an unbeaten innings of 52 runs. During this, he shared a 71 -run partnership with Priyansh Arya. Marco Yansen scored 34* runs in 19 balls. Khalil Ahmed and Ravichandran Ashwin took two wickets each for CSK. Mukesh Chaudhary and Noor Ahmed took one wicket each.
The Chennai Super Kings (Pbks vs CSK) started in a fantastic. The pair of Richy Rabindra and Dwayne Conway shared a 61 -run partnership in 40 balls for the first wicket. In 6.3 overs, Glenn Maxwell dismissed Rabindra and gave Punjab Kings the first success. After this, Dwayne Conway took a front with Shivam Dubey and scored a joint 89 runs. Captain Rituraj Gaikwad lost his wicket on a private score of one run. On the fifth ball of the 16th over, Locky Ferguson gave Shivam Dubey's wicket to Punjab. He managed to score 27 balls Pisces 42 runs.
In the 18th over, opener Dwayne Conway returned to Pauleian after retired out. He scored 69 runs in 49 balls. In the end, MS Dhoni tried to win the team by scoring 27 runs. But during this time he did not get the support of any player, due to which Chennai Super Kings could only score 201 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs and faced the fourth consecutive defeat of the season. Lockey Ferguson took one wicket for Punjab Kings. Yash Thakur and Glenn Maxwell achieved one success each.
Shreyas Iyer's bet: Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer played a big bet to beat Chennai Super Kings. In fact, Shreyas Iyer sent his veteran spinner Yuzvendra Chahal to bowl in the 17th over after CSK's left -handed batsman Shivam Dubey was dismissed in the 16th over and slowed down the pace of Chennai's run with his tight bowling. During this time UG spent just nine runs.
