CSK vs PBKS IPL 2022 Highlights: Livingstone and Vaibhav star in Punjab win

CSK vs PBKS Highlights: Punjab Kings registered a great win by 54 runs against the Chennai Super Kings at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Liam Livingstone with his all-round performance of  60 off 32 with the bat and 2-25 in three overs with the ball was the star of the show for the Punjab team. Debutant speedster Vaibhav Arora was amazing with the bat too as he finished with figures of 2-21 in the four overs that he bowled in one spell. 

CSK vs PBKS Player of the Match: Liam Livingstone

The Englishman, who was brilliant with the bat and the ball was awarded the Player of the Match. He came in a tricky situation when the Kings had lost two early wickets in Mayank Agarwal and Bhanuka Rajapaksa and turned the game on its head with his 32 balls 60 runs. Then in the field again, he spelt the doom of big-hitting Shivam Dube who was trying to bloom a glimmer of hope for the Super Kings with his 26 balls 50 and in the very next ball, Livingstone also took a brilliant caught and bowled to send Dwayne Bravo packing. 

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CSK vs PBKS Match Summary 

Chasing a target of 180 termed out very difficult for the Super Kings as they lost five wickets including Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja for a duck on the score of 37 in the first 8 overs only. 

Shivam Dube got going and hit a 26 ball 50 but MS Dhoni at the other end was just not scoring quickly enough and the pressure was transferred to Dube who perished at 57 off 30 balls. In the same over, Dwayne Bravo departed too and Pretorious said good bey after hitting just one six. 

In the last three overs, 60 runs were needed and MS Dhoni was caught brilliantly by Jitesh Sharma off the bowling of Rahul Chahar to dash all hopes of the Super Kings in the same over, Chris Jordan was out of the very last ball and thus ended the CSK innings at 126. 

Earlier in the evening, after being asked to bat first having lost two quick wickets at 14 in only the second over, Liam Livingstone and Shikhar Dhawan stitched together a 95 run stand in just 52 balls before both of them departed in quick succession and the Punjab team could add only 71 more to the total in next 60 balls, after losing 6 wickets. 

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CSK vs PBKS Team Changes 

England fast bowler Chris Jordan has come in for Tushar Deshpande and it was the only change in the Playing 11 as far as CSK was concerned

On the other hand, Mayank Agarwal brought in two changes as well and brought in Himachal Pradesh all-rounder Vaibhav Arora in place of Raj Bawa and big hitter Jitesh Sharma in place of Harpreet Brar

CSK Playing 11

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja(c), MS Dhoni(w), Shivam Dube, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Jordan, Dwaine Pretorius, Mukesh Chaudhary

PBKS Playing 11

Mayank Agarwal(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Bhanuka Rajapaksa(w), Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar

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