Chennai [181/0] beat Punjab [178/4] by 10 wickets in Match 18 of IPL 2020

[MenInG]

When: October 4, Sunday at 19:30 PM IST

Where: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

What to expect: SRH's victory in CSK's last outing here was just another instance of team batting first winning the game in IPL 2020, though it was David Warner who opted to put runs on the board that match. Chasing, however, has been preferred by the two captains who'll be at the toss tomorrow. Expect the trend to continue, in anticipation of dew, even as the early trend suggests otherwise.


Squads:

Chennai Super Kings Squad: Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Piyush Chawla, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Murali Vijay, Karn Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi, Monu Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, N Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif

Kings XI Punjab Squad: KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, James Neesham, Sarfaraz Khan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Sheldon Cottrell, Deepak Hooda, Hardus Viljoen, Jagadeesha Suchith, Ishan Porel, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Tajinder Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Arshdeep Singh, Simran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin, Chris Jordan, Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle

 

[Mesozoic]

Not much hope for CSK.

Another thrashing on the cards.

 

[Ab Fan]

Important game for Punjab. They must win it.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Not much hope for CSK.

Another thrashing on the cards.

I think csk will show up today and thrash them.

 

[JattMaula]

Both teams have only 2 points. Punjab's got good openers and nothing much else. Chennai has good anthem.

 

[Mesozoic]

I think csk will show up today and thrash them.

We'll see.

 

[MenInG]

Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and have opted to bat

Squads:

Chennai Super Kings Squad: Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Piyush Chawla, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Murali Vijay, Karn Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi, Monu Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, N Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif

Kings XI Punjab Squad: KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, James Neesham, Sarfaraz Khan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Sheldon Cottrell, Deepak Hooda, Hardus Viljoen, Jagadeesha Suchith, Ishan Porel, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Tajinder Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Arshdeep Singh, Simran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin, Chris Jordan, Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle

 

[Justcrazy]

Chennai has bowled well so far.

Punjab 99 . 2

12.4 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Punjab needs to get after bowling here now.

 

[Justcrazy]

sixxx Pooran gets that away.

 

[Justcrazy]

sixxx

151 . 2

19 balls left

 

[Ab Fan]

CSK have a good chance today. Punjab have lost all their close contests.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Why did they bring back Jordan today. I havent seen a worse overseas bowler in IPL. Absolute dross

 

[Ab Fan]

Punjab should give one more over to Cottrell.

 

[JaDed]

Shame on Punjab lol.

 

[Saj]

Punjab bowlers taking a pounding.

Bowling all over the place and not to their field.

 

[Saj]

Why did they bring back Jordan today. I havent seen a worse overseas bowler in IPL. Absolute dross

Keeps getting these T20 gigs, but rarely does anything of note.

 

[Saurav]

Happy to see CSK back.

Punjab needs to drop Maxwell

 

[Saurav]

I think csk will show up today and thrash them.

Well done

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

I opened up Cricbuzz.

Saw if Gayle was there?

No.

Sigh.

Saw if Maxwell was there?

He was.

Aaarrrgggghhhhhh.

Then saw if Neesham or any good 4th international player was there?

Jordan was.

FULL ON RAGEEEEEEEEEEE.

Close app.

This team is hopeless.

 

[Saurav]

I opened up Cricbuzz.

Saw if Gayle was there?

No.

Sigh.

Saw if Maxwell was there?

He was.

Aaarrrgggghhhhhh.

Then saw if Neesham or any good 4th international player was there?

Jordan was.

FULL ON RAGEEEEEEEEEEE.

Close app.

This team is hopeless.

Jordan is only other pacer they got

Gayle is 41 plus maybe they don't wanna break opening partnership

Agree on Maxwell.Drop him

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Jordan is only other pacer they got

Gayle is 41 plus maybe they don't wanna break opening partnership

Agree on Maxwell.Drop him

Jordan is a horrendous bowler.

He is the true heir to Dinda and Jade Dernback.

He is just waiting to be manhandled.

Gayle is Gayle. If Punjab had better than gayle it would be one thing. But they don't.

KL can drop down if needed. Will boost middle order.

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I think a middle order of KL, Pooran and say Neesham will be safer than the mess they have now.

KL is playing very cautiously at the top which is of no use.

Might as well come in the middle order and do what he does best.

Smash them all.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Kings XI always mess it up in the auctions.

 

[Smbhayi]

Jordan is a horrendous bowler.

He is the true heir to Dinda and Jade Dernback.

He is just waiting to be manhandled.

Gayle is Gayle. If Punjab had better than gayle it would be one thing. But they don't.

KL can drop down if needed. Will boost middle order.

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I think a middle order of KL, Pooran and say Neesham will be safer than the mess they have now.

KL is playing very cautiously at the top which is of no use.

Might as well come in the middle order and do what he does best.

Smash them all.

Gayle will be a bad idea.. they should bring Mujeeb in place Jordan.. may be Neesham for Maxi too..
Gayle don't like quick singles.. So if doesn't fire it'll be total disaster.. and if he takes times to settle it'll put in pressure on other bat as he won't take many quick singles..

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Gayle will be a bad idea.. they should bring Mujeeb in place Jordan.. may be Neesham for Maxi too..
Gayle don't like quick singles.. So if doesn't fire it'll be total disaster.. and if he takes times to settle it'll put in pressure on other bat as he won't take many quick singles..

You gotta put some runs on the board.

Gayle when he fires wins you games.

And he won't lose you the game everytime. Maybe once in a while. Still he makes up for it more often than not and in a big way.

Take out Gayle and see how many games Kings XI would have won the last 2 years.

It would be low.

 

[Saj]

CSK probably relieved that Dhoni didn't have to bat today.

Impressive stuff from Watson and Faf - brilliant when on song.

 

[Varun]

Keep Dhoni in the dugout.

That should be CSK's plan A to win.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

You gotta put some runs on the board.

Gayle when he fires wins you games.

And he won't lose you the game everytime. Maybe once in a while. Still he makes up for it more often than not and in a big way.

Take out Gayle and see how many games Kings XI would have won the last 2 years.

It would be low.

If Mujeeb is in form, he should have part of the XI too.

Too bad Kings XI have no pacers.

 

[Saurav]

Keep Dhoni in the dugout.

That should be CSK's plan A to win.

Nah,Jadhav is worse

Dhoni would be useful after a good start

 

[Saurav]

If Mujeeb is in form, he should have part of the XI too.

Too bad Kings XI have no pacers.

They have young Ishan Porel who did well in U19 WC

Maybe try him and replace a foreign pacer with Mujeeb

 

[Varun]

Nah,Jadhav is worse

Dhoni would be useful after a good start

You're right. Check this out:

CSK saw this and probably showed it to Watto and Faf. One of Dhoni's pals so he'll get a free ride until the end of time.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

If Mujeeb is in form, he should have part of the XI too.

Too bad Kings XI have no pacers.

Mujeeb was the second highest wicket taker in CPL just before IPL taking 16 wickets in 11 games. Economy of 5.29.

I think Rahul is not the brightest captain. He made a spinner bowl the last over in previus game just because Cottrel went for many in the game against Rajastan. He captaincy is all over the place. No consistency at all. Jordan was dropped after just 1 game. And will be dropped again for next game. You need to give a chance to players consistently to perform.

Also I think they should have played Mujeeb in all games. He is by far the best spinner they have and maybe overall the best bowler along with Shami. He is so underrated. In my opinion he is better then Rashid.

 

[tyron_woodley]

We'll see.

haha. told ya.

I would hate versing teams when they badly need a win like csk. They always show up and play like their lives depend on the outcome of the game.

 

[JaDed]

Punjab should lose extra points for getting thrashed by Chennai retired Kings ..

 

[Ab Fan]

Ab yaha se CSK saare matches jeetegi.

 

[JattMaula]

Punjab will concede 100 runs in 4 overseas every but will not debut Porel.

KL has learned captaincy in Kaptaan's school. Hopeless.

 

[naseem]

Punjab will concede 100 runs in 4 overseas every but will not debut Porel.

KL has learned captaincy in Kaptaan's school. Hopeless.

Porel is in KXIP then ......which team is Tyagi in