Date: Sunday, October 04, 2020
Toss: Kings XI Punjab won the toss and opt to bat
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai
Punjab 178/4 (20)
Chennai 181/0 (17.4)
Chennai won by 10 wkts
Player Of the Match - Shane Watson
In the 18th match of the Indian T20 League, Chennai defeated Punjab by 10 wickets. Winning the toss, Punjab captain KL Rahul decided to bat first, Punjab scored 178 runs in the scheduled 20 overs. In reply, Chennai achieved the target in 17.4 overs without losing any wicket.
Punjab Team:
Looking at the batting of both, it seemed that Punjab would score more than 200 but Shardul Thakur sent Puran and KL Rahul to the pavilion on two consecutive balls. In the end, a 26-run partnership between Maxwell and Sarfraz Khan led Punjab to a score of 178.
Playing:
KL Rahul (c), Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Sarfaraz Khan, Chris Jordan, Harpreet Brar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Sheldon Cottrell
Chennai Team:
A target of 179 is also very difficult on the Dubai pitch, but the goal proved dwarfed by the pair of Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis and the biggest opening partnership for Chennai between the two. The two had an unbeaten partnership of 181 runs. While Shane Watson scored 83 off 53 balls, Du Plessis scored an outstanding knock of 87 off 53 balls.
Playing:
Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Piyush Chawla, Deepak Chahar
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