Chahar also handed Shivam Dube a king pair in the game-changing over. Pacer Harshal Patel, who outsmarted Daryl Mitchell in the 8th over, handed a golden duck to MS Dhoni to silence the packed crowd in Dharamsala. This was the first time that Dhoni batted at No. 9 position in his T20 career. Harshal bagged three wickets and leaked 24 runs as the PBKS bowlers ended up restricting CSK to 167-9 in 20 overs.Top-scoring for Chennai with the bat (43 off 26 balls), all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja bagged three wickets to set up Chennai's comfortable win over Punjab.
Tushar Deshpande helped CSK set the tone, scalping two wickets in his first over to instantly pile the pressure on the Punjab Kings. Whilst a spirited fight from Shashank Singh ensued for a little while, the bowling brilliance from the likes of spinners Mitchell Santner and Ravindra Jadeja ensured that wickets fell in regular intervals.
Impact Substitute Simarjeet Singh then joined in on the party to claim two wickets of his own, and there seemed to be no answer from the hosts whatsoever.In the end, the only saving face for PBKS was in ensuring they were not bowled out, but slumped to a disappointing 28-run defeat against visitors CSK.
