Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings, 12th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Indian Premier League, 2018 Venue: Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Date & Time: Apr 15, 08:00 PM LOCAL
MS Dhoni finished with 79* but couldn't see CSK over the line.
MS Dhoni finished with 79* but couldn't see CSK over the line. © BCCI

KXIP win by 4 runs

Dhoni finishes with a six. But CSK finish 4 short. What a thrilling finale. Shades of the old Dhoni, the Dhoni everyone loves. Dhoni finishes with 79* but Mohit Sharma crucially bowled those two deliveries on the tramlines. Those were the key.

If only they'd been quicker through the middle, CSK may have gone three from three! But well... they have played three thrillers. Today the last word, rightfully, must belong to Ashwin and his KXIP boys. Top stuff!

17 off 6

Holy Moly! MS Dhoni. Nails a six over deep mid-wicket, upper cuts a four and then swings, one handed, for another six. 19 off Andrew Tye's over. Can Bravo and Dhoni finish this!

36 off 12

Dhoni gets a 34-ball 50 after smoking Mohit SHarma over the long-on fence. He could have been out first ball off the over but a dropped catch allows the CSK skipper to go on. Outside chance but still the middle-overs are likely to cost the visitors here.

This version of MS Dhoni...

is just not fun to watch. Today he may have been hampered by back spasms. But his innings just don't seem to be going anywhere. Striking at 110 in such big chases while consuming a bulk of the balls in the middle-overs will not cut it. He may have to reassess. It may not make for pretty reading, but the game may have gone too ahead even for his fast self.

67 off 24!

This is getting worse for CSK

A run out now. Rayudu hits a six and is run-out two balls later. Ashwin can do no wrong today. Gets his man with a direct hit from extra cover. Rayudu gone for 49 off 35. And with him CSK's hopes?

Not completely but this is too high a target, even for CSK!

What to do we have here?

Dhoni appears to have some lower back issue. Did it while running a second in the 12th over. Little treatment from the physio in the over break.

CSK not getting the boundaries. The push MUST begin now!

113 to win from 60

Remember KXIP got 115 in their first 10. Bit it comes down to how long Rayudu can bat. Dhoni will just hold one end up, one believes. But if this rate balloons up any further, CSK will need ammunition from both end. Only Bravo and Jadeja to come from here.

Ashwin strikes...

... with the legspinner and a clever use of the DRS. It's a full delivery but Billings has premeditated a sweep shot. He's missed the sweep but the ball tickles to the fence. The umpire thinks he's got some bat on that and gives four even as Ashwin is appealing for the LBW. Since he's the captain here, he goes for the review. As soon as that happens, Billings starts walking.

No bat on that. Billings is a goner. 56/3 . Here's MS Dhoni.

^^ Ouch. But true.

End of powerplay: CSK 53/2

Mujeeb Ur Rahman concedes 7 in his first. Here's Ashwin. Watch out folks! Crucial phase coming up. Two good players of spin! Yes Billings is twinkle-toed!

Tye gets Vijay

That's both the openers back in the hut inside the powerplay. Vijay doesn't wait to get a sighter from Tye. Steps out first ball and it's a slower one. Horrible miscue and Vijay is caught at mid-off. Needlessly thrown away.

Here's CSK's newest hero, Sam Billings at No.4

Rayudu at 3

And he gets going with a deliciously timed off drive that beats R Ashwin's dive. Murali Vijay then pulls Sran beyond the midwicket fence. They're going at 10 an over, at least after 3 overs. Will be fun to watch Vijay. Very fluent batsman.

^^ Has timed nearly every ball this IPL. Just doesn't have a big score yet

Mohit Sharma strikes

Shane Watson finds two boundaries in the over. Looks to get another one by flicking the ball around the corner past the short-fine fielder. But it's the slower one from Mohit. The top-edge is taken with ease by Barinder Sran.

Alright here's the chase

CSK break up the opening pair of Rayudu and Watson to reinstate Vijay at the top. Rayudu should take Raina's place I'm guessing! Here's Barinder Sran. Oh false start. it's a wide+2 to start.

He recovers well to concede just 9 off the first. How important is spin to this defence! I'd say the 8 overs between Mujeeb and Ashwin may well decide this game.

Mohit Sharma from the other end!

Superb second half keeps KXIP down to 197/7

If ever there was an innings of two halves, this was it. After 10 overs, KXIP had motored to 115/1. They should hav had 230 but CSK have hit back admirably to keep the hosts down to 197/7. Bravo bowls a four-run last over. Just 43 in the final 5! All those wickets in the middle help. Can CSK fancy another big chase?

And there goes Yuvraj

Excellent comeback from CSK, this. Yuvraj Singh attempts the ramp but doesn't accound for the extra bounce that Thakur gets on this ball. Feathers a nick to Dhoni and walks!

KXIP have gone from 127/1 in the 12th over to 157/5 in the 16th

Two in two for Tahir

A little window that should gladden CSK hearts. Imran Tahir first gets Mayank Agarwal to mistime a loft straight to long on. Then Aaron Finch gets a second successive first-baller. Quick googly from Tahir. Finch doesn't pick it, looks to DRS for some favours. He isn't getting any. He's faced two balls in IPL 2018 and has been LBW off both! Ouch!

Aaron Finch has played for six other franchises (IPL record), including the cursed Pune Warriors India. I'm not sure he's had a worse start anywhere else. I'll have to run the stats on this for sure.

Meanwhile. What's Ravindra Jadeja's role in the team? Bat at 6 and bowl only when required. He hasn't been required to turn his hand over today, so far!

Oh what an innocuous end for Gayle

How many times have you seen Shane Watson strike with his short ball. This one isn't great. Just rises to chest level for Gayle, who plays a half-hearted pull. The ball balloons off his glove to short-fine leg. Gone for 63 off 33. Respite at last for CSK! What a debut for Gayle in KXIP colours. Not quite like what he did for RCB but just as entertaining! After all these years!

A brief lull and here we go again

Here's Mayank Agarwal showing his bat makers' name. Some seriously good hits straight down the ground and he's off to a flying start as well. Meanwhile Dwayne Bravo has bowled a tidy five-run first over.

The break does Rahul in

It's a low full-toss from Harbhajan and KL could have put that anywhere. He decides instead to put the ball in those bucket hands of Dwayne Bravo at extra cover. A quiet 22-ball 37 for Rahul.

96 runs for the first wicket! 8 overs gone. Finally time for Shane Watson!

Chris Gayle scored 63 off 33 on his KXIP debut
Chris Gayle scored 63 off 33 on his KXIP debut ©BCCI

A 22-ball half-century

A strategic time-out has never been more welcoming. Chris Gayle is turning it on on his KXIP debut. It's a 22-ball half-century and Imran Tahir has gone for 17 in his first. A six and two fours in that. And Gayle brings out the rock the baby celebration. . Rahul is striking at 189 mind you and he's been put in the shade. We know what Gayle did on his RCB debut. Is it happening again. Stern words from Stephen Fleming!

^^ That's comparing apples to well... custard apples. But hey, Gayle did go unsold in the first round! That's the point to note.

Pandemonium!

75 from the powerplay. Gayle has hit 46 from 21 off those and even the usually cool MS Dhoni is resorted to some mildly angry gesturing. After the openers pick 14 off Shardul Thakur's first (the game's fifth) , Dhoni decides to stay with pace for the final over of the powerplay.

Poor Deepak Chahar tries to go short, full, slower faster and it doesn't matter one bit. Gayle's gone 6, 4, 4, 6!

The Harbhajan punt doesn't work

It's a 19-run fourth over. Gayle goes back to punch one through extra cover, forcing Bhajji to toss the next one up. That's sent into the stands behind long off. When the strike is turned over, KL Rahul hits two more through covers! Wow!

Steady start

Harbhajan gets the second over and Gayle begins his KXIP sojourn by leaning into drive first ball and hitting the extra cover fence. Harbhajan keeps him quiet thereafter. 15 from 2 overs for KXIP. Should settle those nerves!

No, Goks! It's Chahar to begin and he is driven over the top of extra cover for four by KL Rahul, a shot so crisp that Virender Sehwag resorts to whistling from the dug-out. Whistle Podu is a universal emotion.

Chahar gets one back on him by getting a short ball to hit KL in the unmentionables. Understandably Rahul is winded, but recovers admirably to cream another drive past the fielders in the off-side ring. 10 off the first. Here's Harbhajan to Gayle!

warmup!
warmup! ©BCCI

Prediction from the ground: Gokul Gopal expects Harbhajan to open to Gayle! A new franchise for the Universe Boss. He lords into the field and gets his boot laces tied by Dwayne Bravo. No, really!

Good news for all you #UniverseBoss fans. #KingsXI playing Gayle today. Will we see some catching practice in the stands today?
15 Apr 2018

Team changes:Gayle, Sran come in for KXIP. Murali Vijay replaces Raina in CSK line-up. Loud cheers from the crowd as soon as Gayle's name came up!

TOSS: CSK have won the toss and elected to field first.

Both the teams have played two games so far in IPL 2018. But while CSK have won on both occasions - last-over thrillers and all - KXIP lost in Bangalore after opening their campaign with a convincing win against Delhi Daredevils at home. Here's the match preview as we wait for the toss to happen.

"Decent crowd at the moment, plenty of yellow jerseys with Dhoni's No. 7 inscribed," pings our man from the venue, Gokul.

A lot has happened since CSK last took field.Their home games were moved out of Chennai, to Pune. But for now,CSK are playing in Punjab, a team that's been captained by one of their own, R Ashiwn. More importantly, CSK are struggling with injuries to some of its key players, including Suresh Raina. Plenty to look forward to. Stay with us!

Hello and welcome! Second game of the Sunday double-header is between KXIP and CSK.

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