Punjab Kings secured a four-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2023’s 41st match, held at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday. PBKS chased down a target of 201 runs, reaching 201/6 in 20 overs, thanks to good innings from Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, and Sam Curran. Sikandar Raza’s final over heroics, scoring 13 runs, sealed the win for PBKS. Tushar Deshpande took three wickets for CSK, while Ravindra Jadeja dismissed two players. CSK reached 200/4 in 20 overs, with an unbeaten 92-run knock from a 52-ball innings featuring 16 fours and a six. In the final over, MS Dhoni contributed 13 runs, hitting two sixes. PBKS’ bowling unit, comprising Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran, Rahul Chahar, and Sikandar Raza, took one wicket each.
Sikandar Raza: Everytime you win a match for your team it’s a good feeling. I was just looking at a lot of arms being raised in the dressing room (discussion with umpires before final ball). No idea. Maybe it was about retiring one of the guys. I don’t know. We said we were one boundary away from run a ball (in the final over), and if we can’t get that, we’ll run well. That over where Livi took charge and took 20 off one over, that changed momentum. When I went, I just wanted to run as hard as I can. I was trying to hit a six but wasn’t succeeding.
