PBKS win!
Punjab Kings 219 for 6 (Arya 103, Shashank 52*, Khaleel 2-45) beat Chennai Super Kings 201 for 5 (Conway 69, Dube 42, Ferguson 2-40) by 18 runs
Priyansh Arya announced his arrival in the IPL with a 39-ball century, the fastest by an uncapped Indian and joint fourth-fastest by anyone, as Punjab Kings (PBKS) consigned Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to their fourth successive defeat in IPL 2025.
Only Chris Gayle (30), Yusuf Pathan (37), David Miller (38) have scored faster hundreds than Arya, in terms of balls, in the IPL.
CSK didn’t help themselves in the field, dropping as many as five catches, including two offered by Arya. The 24-year-old rookie capitalised on those chances to charge to his hundred as early as the 13th over. He holed out for 103 off 42 balls in the next over, but Shashank Singh (52*) and Marco Jansen (34*) provided the finishing kick for PBKS.
CSK started well in the powerplay – Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra added 59 in the powerplay – in their pursuit of 220, but their soft underbelly was exposed once again in a chase. Conway retired out on 69 off 49 balls, with CSK needing 49 off 13 balls, but MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja couldn’t get the job done.
CSK have now failed to chase a 180-plus target in their last 11 attempts, stretching back to 2020.
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Tough ask for CSK
28 Runs needed by CSK off the last over
Yash Thakur will bowl the final over to Dhoni. He operates from round the wicket and has Dhoni popping a full-toss to short fine leg, where Chahal takes it on the rebound. Iyer can't believe it. Dhoni gone for 27 off 12 balls. His magic is fading. CSK are on the verge of their fourth successive defeat
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Conway retires out
Conway retires out on 69 off 49 balls in the 18th over. Jadeja joins Dhoni in the middle. CSK left needing 49 off 13 balls
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Chahal vs Dhoni
128.2 Dhoni's strike rate against Chahal in T20 cricket. Before today, he had scored 100 off 78 balls while being dismissed three times
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The Chahal question
Should PBKS give Chahal the ball?
259 votesYes, he has the experience to bowl to Dube
No, just shut Dube down with pace
Never mind. Ferguson brings out the knuckle ball. Dube does not pick it. Gone for 42 off 27 balls. Dhoni in at No.5, with CSK needing 69 off 25 balls. Well, PBKS might match Chahal up with Dhoni soon.
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Jansen travels
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Conway and Dube take 19 from the 14th over bowled by Jansen. Along the way, Conway gets to a half-century. CSK need 81 off 36 balls. With Dube still in the middle, PBKS are now throwing spinners at him. Chahal is yet to bowl tonight.
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Conway gets two lives off two balls
When Jansen speared one into Conway's legs at the start of the 12th over, he glances it to short fine leg, where Chahal drops it.
The next ball is short and wide of off, Conway reaches out and ramps it in the air. Thakur runs in from deep third and shells it.
Conway is struggling to get the big hits away as the asking rate nudges 14.
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Dube vs pace
Gaikwad's dismissal brought Dube to the middle. He's CSK's designated spin-hitter, and PBKS don't give spin to him. Chahal, PBKS' premier spinner, hasn't bowled yet. Maxwell hasn't bowled to Dube yet.
Dube, though, has done well against the express pace of Ferguson, scoring 15 off eight balls from him so far. When Ferguson dug one into Dube's body, the batter got into position and pulled him away for six. CSK's first six comes in the tenth over. They need a whole lot more if CSK are to chase down 220.
Mike Hussey, CSK's batting coach, says that there is dew and that they are hopeful of chasing down this target.
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Gaikwad in 180-plus chases
13.45 Gaikwad's average in 11 innings in 180-plus chases in the IPL. It's the second lowest among top-seven batters for a minimum of ten innings
Only Narine (11.66) has a lower average than Gaikwad in 180-plus chases under this condition
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Butter-fingered CSK
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Ferguson snares Gaikwad
After a good start, CSK have lost two in two overs.
In his first over, Lockie Ferguson pounds it on a heavy length at 143kph and bests Gaikwad. It's on the stumps. Neither cuttable or pullable.
Gaikwad has a jab at it and drags an inside edge in the air. Shashank dives to his left from short midwicket and pouches a smart catch. Gaikwad gone for 1 off 3 balls.
PBKS can now have Ferguson bowling to CSK's Impact Player Dube.
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Maxwell gets rid of Ravindra
Ravindra showed attacking intent in the powerplay, hitting 36 off 21 balls during that phase. He, however, falls to Maxwell in the seventh over of the chase.
Ravindra steps out a bit too early. Maxwell spots it, so he drags his length back and gets his offbreak to turn away from the advancing batter. The keeper does the rest. Captain Gaikwad joins Conway in the middle.
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Conway, Ravindra start well in big chase
59 Runs scored by CSK in the powerplay
This is CSK's second-highest powerplay score in five attempts in IPL 2025. However, it's still 16 runs fewer than PBKS' 75 for 3 on the day. In their season-opener against MI at Chepauk, CSK had made 62 for 1 at Chepauk. They've lost three games in a row since winning against MI
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Hello, Yash Thakur
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Yash Thakur has been picked as PBKS' Impact Player, ahead of Vyshak Vijaykumar, and starts with a tight four run-over. When Conway advanced at him, Thakur was wary of it and banged the ball into the middle of the pitch, forcing Conway to duck underneath it. This is Thakur's first match in IPL 2025 and first for PBKS. The rookie takes the new ball ahead of powerplay specialist Marco Jansen.
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Deja vu for CSK
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Chawla, Jaffer and Roller on Arya's ton
Priyansh Arya, 24, smashed a 39-ball half-century, the joint fourth-fastest in the IPL, to lead Punjab Kings (PBKS) to 219 for 6 in Mullanpur. While Arya finished with 103 off 42 balls, the rest of the top six had a combined 32 off 25 balls in a bizarre scorecard. No.7 Shashank Singh then contributed an unbeaten 52 off 36 balls to power PBKS past 200.
Arya had triggered a bidding war at the IPL 2025 auction after hitting six sixes in an over in the inaugural Delhi Premier League (DPL). Brad Haddin, PBKS' assistant coach, said that the team management was convinced of Arya's potential after just one practice session. Arya translated that potential into a sensational performance on Tuesday.
Arya is a bit like a left-handed version of Virender Sehwag. He sees the ball. He whacks the ball. He also has the gift of timing. When Matheesha Pathirana marginally missed a wide yorker and bowled a full-toss - it was still a hard-to-hit full-toss - Arya carved it over point for six. He sent the next three balls off Pathirana for 6,6,4 to charge to a 39-ball hundred. Only Chris Gayle (30), Yusuf Pathan (37) and David Miller (38) have scored faster hundreds (in terms of balls) in the IPL.
After bringing up his ton in the 13th over, Arya holed out in the next over, dragging a wrong'un from left-arm wristspinner Noor Ahmad to long-on. Arya could've been dismissed in the very first over had Khaleel Ahmed held onto a fairly straightforward return catch. Arya was on 6 at that point, having scythed the first ball over point for six.
Arya then got another life on 35 when Vijay Shankar dropped a more difficult catch at midwicket. He moved to his half-century, off 19 balls, when he backed away and cracked R Ashwin over mid-off in the last over of the powerplay. In all he took Ashwin for 28 off ten balls.
After Arya fell, Shashank struck up an unbroken 65-run seventh-wicket stand off 38 balls to deflate CSK even further. Ravindra Jadeja was the only CSK bowler to concede at under ten an over.
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Noor ends Arya's blitz
An over after bringing up his hundred, Arya holes out. He shapes to slog-sweep a wrong'un from Noor, the left-arm wristspinner, but can't clear Vijay Shankar at long-on. He seemed to have picked the variation, but couldn't find enough elevation to clear Vijay. Gone for 103 off 42 balls.
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Arya hundred
39 Balls faced by Arya for his maiden IPL hundred
He gets there in style with a sequence of 6,6,6,4 from Matheesha Pathirana, no less. Arya pumps his fist and gets a hug from Shashank. His captain Iyer is just as pumped in the dugout.
Arya's is the joint-fourth-fastest century in the IPL. Only Gayle (30), Yusuf Pathan (37), Miller (38) have hit faster tons in the IPL.
Sampath Bandarupalli, our stats king: Paul Valthaty (in 2011) and Priyansh Arya (in 2025) are the only batters to score an IPL century before their FC debut. Both have done it for Punjab franchise vs CSK
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Arya, Shashank keep attacking
Despite losing a cluster of wickets, Arya and Shashank keep attacking. The pair take 14 off Noor's opening over and then 20 off Ashwin's final over.
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This is the final over, bowled by Ashwin. He created a chance with his second ball, drawing a mis-hit from Arya, but Choudhary's misjudgment at the long-off boundary costs him another wicket. Choudhary's foot was in contact with the ad board while taking the catch.
Arya doesn't move his feet a whole lot. He sees the ball. He whacks the ball.
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Ashwin bounces back
After giving up 21 runs in the final over of the powerplay, Ashwin hits back with the wickets of Wadhera and Maxwell in the eighth over. PBKS are 83 for 5 in the eighth over. It will be interesting to see if Arya can keep up his attacking intent in the middle overs against the three CSK spinners. No sign of Noor or Pathirana yet with the ball.
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Ashwin's powerplay troubles
78 Runs conceded by Ashwin off 30 balls in the powerplay for just one wicket. His economy rate is over 15 in the powerplay in this IPL
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Arya attacks Ashwin
Arya continues to attack despite wickets falling at the other end.
He storms to a 19-ball half-century by backing away and carting Ashwin over mid-off for six.
PBKS are 75 for 3 in six overs, with Arya scoring 53 of those.
He emerged on the IPL's radar after smashing six sixes in an over in the Delhi Premier League. He has now seamlessly levelled up to the biggest league.
Shashank Kishore caught up with the big-hitting Arya in the lead-up to his maiden IPL season.
Matt Roller, meanwhile, notes that PBKS' 75 is the second-highest powerplay score while losing three or more wickets in the IPL.
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Khaleel strikes again in the powerplay
Marcus Stoinis could've been out on 1 but Vijay Shankar dropped a fairly difficult overhead catch at midwicket. Four balls later, Khaleel darts a back-of-a-length delivery into the pitch, gets it to leave Stoinis and square him up. The leading edge loops to point, where Conway makes no mistake. Khaleel draws level with Siraj as the joint-highest wicket-taker in powerplay in IPL 2025
Stoinis gone for 4 off 7 balls. PBKS are 54 for 3 in 5 overs, with Arya claiming 40 of those runs.
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Khaleel gets Iyer
Having bowled the most expensive opening over of IPL 2025, Khaleel responds with the big wicket of PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer in his second over.
Nice and full, angling away from left-arm over, and swinging back in late to breach the defences of Iyer and have the offstump cartwheeling. He seems like a upgrade over CSK's previous powerplay specialist Deepak Chahar
5 No of wickets taken by Khaleel in the powerplay in this IPL. Only GT's Siraj (6) has more wickets than Khaleel during this period.
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Choudhary knocks over Prabhsimran
Mukesh Choudhary looked undercooked during the last weekend against DC at Chepauk, giving up 50 runs in his four overs for no wickets. The chorus for the inclusion of Anshul Kamboj, who recently took all ten wickets in an innings in the Ranji Trophy, got louder after Choudhary's poor start.
CSK kept their faith in Choudhary and he has struck with his second ball, having an advancing Prabhsimran chopping on for a duck. Choudhary was the third-highest wicket-taker in the SMAT with 15 strikes in six games at an economy rate of 8.01 and average of 12.93.
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Arya: six and dropped
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The first ball from Khaleel is on a back of a length and he gets it to swing away from left-arm over the wicket. Arya stays leg-side of the ball and scythes it over point for six.
Khaleel responds with a fuller one that veers back into Arya and stops on him. Arya spoons a leading edge back to Khaleel, but he drops it. All Khaleel can do is afford a wry smile.
He has been CSK's trump card in the powerplay, but today he has already conceded 17 in the opening over.
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Rayudu, Bangar weigh in on CSK's shortcomings
Unchanged PBKS opt to bat in Mullanpur
Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bat, suggesting that dew might not have a big impact during their defence later in the evening.
Gaikwad said that CSK were looking to bat first as well on what he called a "dry" pitch. Both teams made no changes. CSK, who have lost three in a row, have already cycled through 17 players in IPL 2025.
After their defeat to Delhi Capitals (DC) at Chepauk, CSK coach Stephen Fleming said that the team management would revisit Gaikwad's batting position. At the toss, Gaikwad said that he will continue to bat at No.3, with the New Zealand pair of Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway opening for CSK. They also kept their faith in Mukesh Choudhary though the left-arm seamer had leaked 50 runs in four overs at Chepauk during the weekend.
PBKS bat-first XI: 1 Prabhsimran Singh (wk), 2 Priyansh Arya, 3 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 4 Nehal Wadhera, 5 Shashank Singh, 6 Glenn Maxwell, 7 Marcus Stoinis, 8 Marco Jansen, 9 Yuzvendra Chahal, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Lockie Ferguson
Impact subs: Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Praveen Dubey, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vyshak Vijaykumar
CSK bowl-first XI: 1 Rachin Ravindra, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Ruturaj Gaikwad(capt), 4 Vijay Shankar, 5 Ravindra Jadeja, 6 MS Dhoni(wk), 7 R Ashwin, 8 Noor Ahmad, 9 Mukesh Choudhary, 10 Khaleel Ahmed, 11 Matheesha Pathirana
Impact subs: Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj
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Home disadvantage
PBKS have played six games at Mullanpur and have won just one, losing five. Their only win at this venue was against DC in what was the first-ever IPL fixture in Mullanpur.
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In the spotlight: Gaikwad's batting position
Where should Gaikwad bat for CSK?
9.4K votesMove up to open
Stay at No.3
Drop down to No.4
After the defeat to RR in Guwahati, Gaikwad said that CSK's team management had decided that Gaikwad would bat at No.3 during the action. They saw him as the bridge between the top and middle. They still haven't found a replacement for Rayudu, so they tried having Gaikwad at No.3. Though Gaikwad has scored two half-centuries at the position, wouldn't he be better off batting in his natural position at the top?
Following the loss to DC at Chepauk, coach Fleming said that they would revisit Gaikwad's position before this game. Let's see where he bats today.
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Welcome!
Having lost three in a row, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are on shaky ground. They're losing control of their fortress at home and now they will run into Punjab Kings (PBKS), who have hit the ground running in IPL 2025, on the road. PBKS have a more balanced squad and have found ways to win with little contributions from their overseas players. They did lose to Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Mullanpur on Saturday, but they will start as favourites at the same venue against CSK who have cycled through as many as 17 players so far. Will CSK shake things up once again today?
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