Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 18 runs and got back on the winning track. At the same time, Chennai lost its fourth consecutive match. In this match played in Mullanpur on Tuesday, Punjab scored 219 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. In reply, CSK could score only 201 runs for the loss of five wickets in the stipulated overs. Devon Conway played a half-century inning for them. Lockie Ferguson took two wickets for Punjab while Yash Thakur and Glenn Maxwell got one success each.
Chennai had a good start.
Chasing the target of 220 runs, Chennai got off to a good start with Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway. There was a partnership of 61 runs for the first wicket between the two which was broken by Maxwell. He got Rachin caught by Prabhsimran Singh. He was dismissed after scoring 36 runs in 23 balls. After this, captain Rituraj Gaikwad, who came to the crease, returned to the pavilion after scoring just one run.
Conway and Shivam took over the innings.
Shivam Dubey and Devon Conway added 89 runs in 51 balls for the third wicket. However, Dubey was dismissed after scoring 42 runs. He could not complete his half-century. After this Mahendra Singh Dhoni came to bat at the crease. Now the team needed 69 runs in 25 balls to win. He added 20 runs in 12 balls with Conway. After this Conway retired.
Conway hit a fifty
The opener played a strong innings of 69 runs in this match. During this, he completed his half-century in just 37 balls. With this, Conway also completed 1000 runs in IPL. He became the third batsman to complete 1000 runs in the least number of innings. Jadeja reached the crease after Conway. Now the team needed 42 runs in 12 balls. Arshdeep Singh bowled the 19th over of the innings. A total of 15 runs were scored in this over, now the margin of victory became 28 runs in six balls.
Dhoni got out after scoring 27 runs.
Yash Thakur got Dhoni caught by Yuzvendra Chahal on the first ball of the last over of the innings. He was able to score 27 runs in 12 balls with the help of one-four and three sixes. At the same time, Jadeja and Vijay Shankar remained unbeaten by scoring nine and two runs respectively.
Priyansh-Shashank laid the foundation for victory
Earlier, Punjab got off to a bad start. Prabhsimran Singh was out without opening the account. Captain Shreyas Iyer could score nine, Marcus Stoinis four, Nehal Vadhera nine, and Glenn Maxwell could score only one run. Priyansh Arya was standing firm on one end, while on the other side, Punjab batsmen were getting out. Then left-handed batsman Priyansh got the support of Shashank Singh. There was a partnership of 71 runs in 34 balls between the two and the score crossed 150.
The bat roared fiercely against CSK.
During this, Priyansh proved his ability by scoring a century in 39 balls. With this, he has become the joint fourth batsman to score the fastest century in IPL history. In this matter, Priyansh has equaled Sunrisers Hyderabad's Australian batsman Travis Head, who scored a century in the same number of balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) last season. This is Priyansh's first century in IPL. He was dismissed after playing an innings of 103 runs in 42 balls. He was caught out by Noor Ahmed at the hands of Vijay Shankar.
Eighth uncapped batsman to score a century
Priyansh is the eighth uncapped batsman to score a century in IPL. In this matter, he has joined the list of batsmen like Shaun Marsh, and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Uncapped players who have scored centuries in IPL include Shaun Marsh (2008), Manish Pandey (2009), Paul Valthaty (2009), Devdutt Padikkal (2021), Rajat Patidar (2022), Yashasvi Jaiswal (2022), Prabhsimran Singh (2023) and Priyansh Arya (2025).
After Priyansh, Shashank was joined by Marco Jansen. Both of them played a strong partnership of 65 runs in 38 balls for the sixth wicket and took the score beyond 210. Shashank remained unbeaten on 52 and Jansen on 34. Khaleel Ahmed and Ravichandran Ashwin took two wickets each for CSK. At the same time, Mukesh Chaudhary had one success.
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