The home team, CSK, made one change after their first match loss to the Rajasthan Royals (RR); Mathew Short was replaced by Prashant Veer. Yet again, a tough start for Sanju Samson as he was back in the pavilion after scoring just 7 runs. He did not have the best of starts in the first two games.
A few overs later, Ayush Mhatre was not the lucky third time, after two drop catches as Yuzvendra Chahal took the catch, and the former was dismissed on the score of 73 off 43 balls. It was an excellent innings from the young batter. After that, the pace of runs slowed down.
Priyansh Arya was off to a flyer
While chasing 210, PBKS came out all guns blazing, thanks to Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya. The two batters scored fifty inside three overs and were all over the CSK bowlers. Priyansh decimated the bowling attack of the Yellow Army as he was dismissed after scoring 39 off 11 balls.
Iyer scored a half-century in a run chase, as the Punjab skipper showcased his calm nature to score runs under pressure; however was dismissed on 50 off 29 balls. As PBKS wins two out of the two games in IPL 2026. This is the first time that Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK has lost 6 consecutive games at home. Ruturaj Gaikwad, as a captain, has been below par so far this season.
I feel it was a really good score- Ruturaj Gaikwad
"Off-day for both of them and that is what cost us. (On the bowling in general) Mixture of both - sometimes, we executed well, sometimes, we did not execute well. The pressure did not build. There was a point when it (required run-rate) went to 11, and a couple of good overs would have taken it to 12-13. We just did not get momentum in the middle (with the ball)."
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