Deepak Chahar returned with impressive figures of four for 13 as Chennai Super Kings dished out a clinical bowling and fielding display to restrict Punjab Kings to a below-par 106 for eight in an IPL match here on Friday.
Opting to bowl, CSK bowlers were on the job from the word go, picking up Punjab wickets at regular intervals to take the upper hand.
Shahrukh Khan top-scored for Punjab with a 36-ball 47.
Both the sides are playing an unchanged XI.
Scoreboard
Punjab Kings: KL Rahul run out (Ravindra Jadeja) 5; Mayank Agarwal b D Chahar 0; Chris Gayle c Ravindra Jadeja b D Chahar 10; Deepak Hooda c du Plessis b D Chahar 10; Nicholas Pooran c Thakur b D Chahar 0; Shahrukh Khan c Ravindra Jadeja b Sam Curran 47; Jhye Richardson b Moeen 15; Murugan Ashwin c du Plessis b DJ Bravo 6; Mohammed Shami not out 9; Riley Meredith not out 0. Extras: (W-4) 4
Total: (For 8 wickets in 20 Overs) 106
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-15, 3-19, 4-19, 5-26, 6-57, 7-87 , 8-101.
Chennai Super Kings bowling: Deepak Chahar 4-1-13-4, Sam Curran 3-0-12-1, Shardul Thakur 4-0-35-0, Ravindra Jadeja 4-0-19-0, Moeen Ali 3-0-17-1, Dwayne Bravo 2-0-10-1.