Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 22 runs in the first of two IPL 2019 matches on Saturday. Chennai Super Kings posted a total of 160/3 in their stipulated 20 overs. CSK captain MS Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat first. Openers Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis gave the home team a good start. However, KXIP spinners - with Ravichandran Ashwin being the destructor-in-chief - bogged down the scoring rate in the middle overs. MS Dhoni came up with a good finish at the end, however, as 44 runs were scored off the final three overs to get the score up to 160. The KXIP innings got off to a rocky start, with Harbhajan Singh capturing the wickets of Chris Gayle and Mayank Agarwal in the same over. KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan consolidate in the middle part of the innings but ran out of ideas as the spinners choked the scoring rate. With this, CSK have 8 points from 5 matches and KXIP continue to have 6 points, also having played 5 matches. (SCORECARD)
IPL 2019 Highlights Updates Between Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab, straight from MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
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Sarfaraz gone for 67
Sarfaraz gone for 67
Kuggeleijn bowls the final over
Bowled! Miller is gone!
Deepak Chahar with another no ball!
What a shot that was though
End of over. KXIP 122/3 after 18
Tahir foxes Sarfaraz again
Tahir to bowl the 17th
Harbhajan 2/17 in 4 overs
Rahul also brings up his fifty
Harbhajan into his final over
KXIP 105/2 after 15 overs
Stars not aligned for CSK today
KXIP 101/2 after 14 overs
KXIP 96/2 after 13 overs
KXIP 91/2 after 12 overs
Beautiful shot for six!
Four! Sarfaraz tricks Kuggeleijn
KXIP 75/2 after 11 overs
Jadeja bowls his third over
KXIP 71/2 after 10 overs
KXIP 67/2 after 9 overs
KXIP 55/2 after 8 overs
Big shout! Tahir wants a review
KXIP 49/2 after 7 overs
KXIP 46/2 after 6 overs
Six! Sarfaraz gets in on the act too
KL Rahul pulls Chahar for six!
Jadeja saves three runs
KL Rahul hits his first four
KXIP 19/2 after 4 overs
Punjab shell-shocked
KXIP 11/2 after 3 overs
Sarfaraz Khan comes out at No.4 for KXIP
Mayank Agarwal gone! KXIP 7/2 after 2 overs
Gayle is gone! Harbhajan Singh with the wicket
Junior Watson and Junior Tahir having a ball
KXIP 7/0 after 1 over
Cheerleader interrupts proceedings
Deepak Chahar starts off for CSK
Gayle and Rahul step out
Umpires have a word with Dhoni
CSK 159/3 after 19.5 overs
Six! The CSK lion finally roars!
CSK 146/3 after 19 overs
Six! Dhoni getting into his stride now
Special effort by Sam Curran in the field today
Dhoni! Four! Finally!
CSK 116/3 after 17 overs
CSK struggling to connect bat and ball
2 runs off the 16th over. CSK 110/3
One undisputed star of the match so far
Guess whose name Chepauk is chanting
Chepauk landmark for Ashwin
CSK 101/3 after 14 overs
Talk about strong statements
CSK 98/1 after 13 overs
Six! Fifty for Du Plessis
CSK 87/1 after 12 overs
Six! Faf du Plessis to Ashwin
This is getting worrying for CSK
CSK 78/1 after 11 overs
Andrew Tye bowls his 2nd over
CSK 64/1 after 9 overs
Raina joins Du Plessis
Ashwin from either end
Brilliant over by Murugan Ashwin
Highest opening stand for CSK this season
Murugan Ashwin to bowl the 7th over
Can CSK score big today?
CSK 54/0 after 6 overs
Watson slams ball straight back to Curran
CSK 47/0 after 5 overs
Another six! Du Plessis this time
Watson welcomes Tye with 4,6!
CSK 29/0 after 4 overs
Sam Curran bowls the 4th over
Six! CSK 26/0 after 3 overs
CSK 10/0 after 2 overs
Watson hits first four of day
CSK 4/0 after 1 over
Players are in the middle! Fasten your seat belts
Can CSK's top order fire?
Wishes from the KXIP queens
A look at today's IPL debutant
Two changes for KXIP
Ashwin's emotional homecoming
Three changes for CSK
Another landmark for Dhoni
CSK win toss and opt to bat
Watson junior doing his bit for CSK
Chennai Super Kings
Kings XI Punjab
MS Dhoni
Ravichandran Ashwin
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai