• Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis scored an amazing partnership of 181 runs which is highest partnership in this season.
• Lokesh Rahul also played an Captaincy Innings from Kings XI Punjab of 63 runs.
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After a long time Chennai Super Kings won any Match. Last time when Chennai Super Kings won, it was the first match of this season. Kings XI Punjab in a bad situation as they had lose their 4th match of IPL 2020. Punjab would have thought that the score they had scored will be very difficult to chase for CSK as they had lost many matches this season while chasing. But you know in IPL 2020 many miracles have happened. Let's read about the phases of this match, performances of every player, Who became the Man of the Match and some more information about this match.
Venue
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Toss
Lokesh Rahul (KXIP) won the toss and elected to bat first.
First Innings
The in-form opening partnership came to bat. The match was in favour to Punjab till 8 overs but when Mayank Aggrawal got out in 9th over by Piyush Chawla it was a shock for all Punjab Fans. But the shock was not for more time as KL Rahul scored an amazing Fifty. After he also got dismissed. After him Mandeep Singh scored 27(16) and Nicholas Pooran scored 33(17). CSK had a stunning bowling lineup in this match. Shardul Thakur was the having the best bowling figures and was the most expensive bowler. He took 2 important wickets of KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran. Ravindra Jadeja and Piyush Chawla both spinners took 1-1 wicket.
Second Innings
Chennai's batting was really sensational. The score made by Punjab's 6 players was made easily by Chennai Openers, Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis. They completed the target in just 17.4 overs which will affect CSK's net run rate a lot. Kings XI Punjab's bowling was very disagreeable as they can't take even one wicket. Chris Jordan was the most expensive bowler in this match. He gave a lot 42 runs in only 3 overs. The new man Harpreet Brar gave 41 runs in 4 overs.
Match Summary
Man Of The Match : Shane Watson
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