IPL 2020, KXIP vs CSK Live ScoreIPL 2020, KXIP vs CSK Live Cricket Score Online Updates: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are chasing 179 for victory against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the Indian Premier League at the Dubai International Stadium. Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis got the chase off to a great start.
Batting first, KXIP put up 178/4 in 20 overs. KL Rahul (63) and Mayank Agarwal (26) got them off to a good start before CSK’s spinners struck once each. Rahul shifted gears at the halfway mark, with Mandeep Singh (27) and Nicholas Pooran (33) playing cameos around him. Shardul Thakur (2/39) removed both Pooran and Rahil in the 18th over to slow them down.
Watson gets a four to fine leg as Bishno continues in the 9th. Smashes a six, the first six of the chase, over cow corner. A 101-metre six! Shami back in the 10th over with things heading south for KXIP. A good over. No boundaries come off it. But CSK's 100 does come up. Faf on 49, Watson on 45
Bishnoi bowls the 7th over. Du Plessis pulls him for four but there are just two singles in the rest of the over. KXIP continue with spin. Brar to bowl from the other end. Watson paddle scoops for four. A lot of runs have come in front of and behind the wicket in this innings. A misfield by Shami at short fine leg gives Watson another four. Du Plessis crashes another four through the covers. Faf on 43, Watson on 32
Shami back to bowl the 5th. Watson works it away on to the leg side over the infield for what is his first boundary of the night. Chris Jordan, back in the XI today, bowls the 6th over. And it's an expensive over. Du Plessis ramps for four. Follows with a pulled four which brings up the 50 partnership. Four more for Faf to deep point. Fourth four of the over. To long on. 19 runs off the 6th over. Faf on 32, Watson on 22
Watson hits an overpitched delivery from Cottrell for a four down the ground again. Left arm spinner Harpreet Brar into the attack in the 4th over. Watson gives him similar treatment. Watson on 20, Faf on 7
Watson muscles CSK off to a flier. A four flicked off the hips. A strong shot that goes to long on to four. Lofts the next shot too and lands just out of reach of mid off. 9 from the first over. Shami bowls the 2nd over. Gets the ball to whizz past Watson's bat.
Watson and Faf du Plessis open the CSK innings in this chase of 179. KL Rahul has a word with the men in red. Pooran pitches in in the team huddle too. Pooran will be keeping wickets today for KXIP. Sheldon Cottrell bowls the 1st over.
Shardul bowls the 20th. Sarfaraz ramps him for four first ball. Piereces the field with a cut for four next ball. Maxwell on strike for the second half of the over. Maxwell tries the ramp too. Fails. Falls on his back. The good old fashioned heaved off the fifth ball. Just a single. Maxwell reacts by throwing his bat up in the air. And fails to catch his bat too. Sarfaraz gets a single to long on to end the innings. 12 runs off the last over. Shardul finishes with 2/39.
Sarfaraz Khan and Glenn Maxwell have the responsibility of finishing this innings after that double blow. Shardul does almost get a hat-trick, as Sarfaraz edges but the ball lands short of the fly slip fielder. Just 3 runs off Shardul's over. And the two wickets. It's Bravo for the 19th. Maxwell flt bats him for a four.
Two in two! KL Rahul is caught by MS Dhoni. A 100th catch in the IPL for Dhoni. Rahul goes for 63 off 52. Shardul has taken two wickets in two balls and will be on a hat-trick.
Pooran is out after an etertaining 33 off 17 balls. Shardul bowls the 18th. Pooran pulls with power but Jadeja comes under the catch at square leg.
Sam Curran bowls the 16th. Pooran hits a monstrous six! Swivelled and pulled. Bravo bowls an eventful 17th over. Classic death over bowling. Yorkers and cutters. Pooran gets ahold of the 4th ball, and again pulls and deposits into the empty stands. Rahul on 63, Pooran on 33
KL Rahul hits his first six. And he gets to his 50 with that. Off 46 balls. That is the slowest 50 of IPL 2020. Rahul follows with a slash through the off side for four. Makes room and cuts for four in the middle of two fielders in the circle. KL Rahul has shifted gears.
Bravo bowls the 13th. Rahul gets an edge that runs down for four. Jadeja's last over of the day is an expensive one. KL Rahul, the new man in to join Rahul, smashes him to end the over - a four over covers and a huge pull for six. Rahul on 46, Pooran on 12
Both batsmen take the aerial route. Mandeep hits his first big shot, smashes Chawla for a six, forcing him to quicken his pace. And he does it again a few balls later. Another six on the leg side. Jadeja bowls the 12th. Mandeep is caught at cover by Rayudu off the last ball of the over. He is out for 27 off 16. Both CSK's spinners have struck once each.
Mandeep Singh is in at 3. Joins KL with CSK's spinners keeping things tight. No boundaries have been hit for 3 overs now. 10 runs from the last 2 overs with Jadeja and Chawla operating from either end.
Ravindra Jadeja bowls the 8th over. He's not had the best of seasons with the ball so far. A tight over to start from him. 6 runs off it. Piyush Chawla bowls the 9th. And gets the breakthrough straightaway. He's been CSK's breakthrough bowler this year so many times already. Mayank is caught in the deep for 26 off 19 balls.
Shardul Thakur bowls the 6th. Mayank welcomes him into the attack with a pull off the front foot for four. Dwayne Bravo bowls the 7th. The 50 partnership comes up with a single. KXIP have had the best opening partnership in IPL 2020 by far. They average over 70. The next best batting average for the opening pair is 26, by RR. Rahul ends the 7th over with a four to backward point. Rahul on 30, Mayank on 22
Agarwal gets his first boundary. Slashes at a Curran delivery, the ball flies over the infield and goes to third man for four. Rahul times a shot to get another boundary slightly more squarer. Chahar bowls his 3rd over on the trot. Mayank smashes him over the covers for four.
Sam Curran bowls the 2nd over. KL Rahul gets the first boundary of the match with a powerful drive past sweeper cover. KL keeps attacking in the next over too, cuts Deepak Chahar for another four.
KL Rahul and Mayank begin the KXIP innings. Deepak Chahar bowls the 1st over. KL gets off the mark first ball with a couple of runs. Meanwhile, MI have won the first match of the day, against SRH and have gone up to top spot on the table.