RESULT
53rd Match (D/N), Dharamsala, May 05, 2024, Indian Premier League
Chennai Super Kings 167 for 9 (Jadeja 43, Chahar 3-23, Harshal 3-24) beat Punjab Kings 139 for 9 (Prabhsimran 30, Jadeja 3-20, Deshpande 2-35) by 28 runs
Punjab Kings showcased their very best and their very worst selves all in the course of about 45 minutes and in the end the bad outweighed the good as they lost to Chennai Super Kings by 28 runs.
Sam Curran's men had dominated proceedings right from the toss. A target of 168 should've been well within their reach, especially when they were strung together a period of play where they hit six boundaries in 18 balls between the fifth and the seventh overs.
The equation at that point was 112 off 78 with eight wickets in hand. This was not the time to collapse but collapse they did, losing both their set batters, their captain and their finisher. They tumbled from 62 for 2 to 78 for 7.