‘Beating Chennai in Chennai is a large factor’ – Shikhar Dhawan thrilled with PBKS’ exciting last-ball win over CSK

PBKS captain Shikhar Dhawan was once thrilled together with his crew’s exciting last-ball victory over Chennai Tremendous Kings in Fit 41 of IPL 2023 on Sunday, April 30. On a brilliant sunny afternoon on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, CSK captain MS Dhoni received the toss and elected to bat first. The verdict was once vindicated by means of his facet as they posted a large 200/4 within the first innings, courtesy of an excellent 92* run knock by means of Devon Conway.

In answer, PBKS controlled to chase down the large goal at the final ball of the event as all of the batting unit chipped in with good cameos. Following his facet’s exciting victory, Dhawan mentioned that beating CSK in Chennai was once a large factor and credited his crew for bouncing again after a 56-run hammering in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants within the final sport.

“It feels very particular, beating Chennai in Chennai is a large factor, more than happy with the crew. It displays nice persona to bop again from that loss and arising with a favorable mindset, all credit score is going to the crew and the enhance team of workers,” Dhawan mentioned within the post-match presentation rite.

The southpaw additional expressed his pleasure on the efficiency of his bowlers. He additionally lauded Liam Livingstone and mentioned that he sought after to look him play extra overs right through their chase.

“I used to be more than happy with the best way the bowlers bowled. I assumed the wicket was once too dry however it had the leap to enhance. They have got been very very constant, and I sought after them to play extra overs. Liam has were given his contact again and you could need him to bat up to conceivable, everyone seems to be acting smartly,” Dhawan added.

After 15 overs, PBKS have been 129/3 and wanted 82 runs off the final 5 overs with Liam Livingstone (22* off 19) and Sam Curran (19* off 15) on the crease. Within the 16^th over bowled by means of Tushar Deshpande, Livingstone introduced an onslaught and smashed 3 sixes and a 4 within the first 4 balls of the over earlier than in spite of everything getting out at the 5th ball after scoring 40 off 24 balls.

Sikandar Raza ran 3 runs at the ultimate ball to seal the win for PBKS

The 24-run over tilted the stability in Punjab’s favour and from there on, Sam Curran (29 off 20), Jitesh Sharma (21 off 10) and Sikandar Raza (13* off 7) performed helpful cameos to steer PBKS to their 5th victory of the season.

Punjab required 9 runs off the final over which was once bowled by means of Matheesha Pathirana. The Sri Lankan seamer most effective gave six runs off the primary 5 balls, one in all which was once a leg-bye. With 3 wanted off the general ball of the event, Raza cleverly guided the ball to the empty house at deep backward sq. leg and ran his middle out at the side of Shahrukh Khan to finish 3 runs, serving to his facet execute the absolute best a success run chase in opposition to CSK at Chepauk.