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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) face off on Wednesday in the 49th match of IPL 2024. After losing the toss, CSK scored 162/7 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad played a half-century innings. He scored 62 runs in 48 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 5 fours. This is the 18th half-century of his IPL career. CSK made an embarrassing record when Gaikwad was batting.
In fact, for the first time in IPL history, CSK did not hit a single boundary in the middle overs (7-15). Gaikwad and Ajinkya Rahane came in as openers for CSK. Both started slowly. Chennai scored only 23 runs till the fourth over. After this, Rahane and Gaikwad took an aggressive stance. Gaikwad hit two and Rahane hit a four in the fifth over. At the same time, Rahane hit three fours in the last over of the Powerplay.
Chennai’s run rate slowed again after the sixth over. Harpreet Brar made Rahane (29 off 24 balls) and Shivam Dube (0) his prey in the ninth over. Ravindra Jadeja (2)’s bat remained quiet. The team expected explosive batting from Sameer Rizvi but he managed to score only 21 runs off 23 balls. He hit a four off the second ball of the 16th over bowled by Rabada but returned to the pavilion on the third ball.
However, Gaekwad showed his mettle by hitting two sixes in the 17th over. He also hit a four off the no ball. He was bowled by Arshdeep on the fifth ball of the 18th over. Moeen Ali added 15 runs in 9 balls. MS Dhoni scored 14 runs in 11 balls with the help of one four and one six. He was run out. Dhoni lost his wicket for the first time in the current season.