Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings, 8th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Indian Premier League 2021 Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Date & Time: Apr 16, 07:30 PM LOCAL

Deepak Chahar's four-fer rocked Punjab early on and they just couldn't recover from that © BCCI

MS Dhoni in the presentation says, "2011 was the last time we were happy with the Chennai wicket".Wow! That will take some time to recover, and we'll leave it at that. Until next time, ta ta!!

are off the blocks. The day their bowlers deliver the goods, they’ll be stitching together wins. Deepak Chahar was simply sensational....Love him to bits 🤗 vPBKS

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It's a collapse. It's a carnage. And it's Deepak Chahar single-handedly throwing Punjab off the rails here. Gayle to a knuckle delivery, Pooran to a bouncer. 26/4 in the powerplay.

The big fish, no, sorry, the whale's gone!KL Rahul commits the ultimate sin, the sin of taking on Ravindra Jadeja's throwing arm. And obviously he never stood chance. Nope, no forgiveness.

SWING. SQUARED UP. BOOM! Four balls into the night, and Deepak Chahar produces an absolute peach, angling in, and then swinging away after pitching to clean Mayank Agarwal's defence. Yep, a duck. And then in what could've been even more dreamy in that over, Gayle could've/should've been dismissed. Alas, Gaikwad messed up a pretty simple take ..

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Right, CSK opt to bowl. Who's even surprised? They are unchanged. Again, who's even surprised? What's rare is that Punjab are sticking to their XI as well.

This is MS Dhoni's 200th game for CSK. 176 in the IPL and 24 in the Champions League. Don't be surprised, this is what legends do, create records for fun!

"We have a fresh pitch for today's game. There's a nice green tinge. I think it will be a good surface, it may not have as much seam movement and may not be as tacky." -- Ian Bishop. Okay, beware bowlers. Be scared, really scared!

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Match #8: There are the Kings. There are the Super Kings. And when they clash, it's always super duper fun. You can actually divide this rivalry into two halves. Pre-2015, when CSK were clearly the most dominant team in the IPL, Punjab had won 7 out of their 15 games against them. And ever since, they've won only twice in the eight games. In fact even last year when CSK were having their worst season ever, they beat Punjab twice, and on both occasions with very one-sided matches. Never mind, they're no longer called KXIP. Surely that should bring in the luck ..