Chennai Super Kings seal comfortable win over Kings XI Punjab
Chennai Super Kings outplayed their opponents in every department as they batted first to post a mammoth total of 192 runs for the loss of three wickets. Kings were restricted to 95 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs.
For CSK, Brendon McCullum scored 66 runs off 44 balls which included 3 sixes and 8 fours.
Captain MS Dhoni chipped in with a quickfire 41 n.o. off 27 balls towards later stages of the innings.
Kings XI Punjab made a disastrous start to their run-chase as they lost opener Virender Sehwag in just the 5th ball of the innings.
Thereafter, the Punjab batting line-up fell like a house of cards as no batsman could settle down and score big.
Murali Vijay(34) was the highest scorer for the side.
Ravindra Jadeja picked up 3 wickets for CSK and Ravichandran Ashwin notched up 2 wickets by conceding just 14 runs in four overs.
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