- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.6 nicked and gone this time! Samson falls for 7 on his home debut! Length ball on middle and off, and this swerves away at the last moment. Samson backs away, looking to go inside-out but the ball is not full enough to drive. Gets a healthy nick and Prabhsimran does the rest behind the stumps. Chepauk is shocked, and CSK lose a wicket early in the piece yet again! 14/111.1 Gaikwad perishes trying to attack! On a length and sliding down leg. Gaikwad brings out the sweep but cannot quite free his arms as much as he would have wanted. Hits it well but straight to Wadhera at deep backward square leg. Gaikwad throws his head back in disappointment, and it is that man Chahal with the breakthrough again! 110/212.3 goneski! Straight to short third, and Mhatre departs! Very full and very wide again. Mhatre jams down on it, while opening his bat face. Gets under this one, though, and the ball flies through to Chahal. Mhatre is livid with himself; Vyshak, absolutely delighted. PBKS with two wickets in quick succession! 123/313.4 big lbw appeal, and Jansen wants the review. And he gets the review too! Speared in full on middle stump. Kartik gets down low and swipes across the line. Gets rapped in front and this could spell trouble for him. Was it doing too much, though, especially with the angle from around the wicket? Flat line on UltraEdge. Ball Tracking comes up and...it shows the ball to be thundering into the inside of leg stump. Kartik has to go, and PBKS keep chipping away! 130/416.4 and the change in plan works! Hard length just outside off. Sarfaraz, aware of the field change, tries to muscle it down the ground. Cannot get the purchase he wants, though, and only musters the height he desires. Wadhera back-pedals from mid on and snares the chance. An enterprising cameo, but CSK will now need someone else to take them to 200! 168/5Extras17 (b 1, nb 1, w 15)TOTAL209/5 (20 Overs, RR: 10.45)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Sanju Samson, 1.6 ov), 2-110 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 11.1 ov), 3-123 (Ayush Mhatre, 12.3 ov), 4-130 (Kartik Sharma, 13.4 ov), 5-168 (Sarfaraz Khan, 16.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Arshdeep Singh 4 0 41 0 10.25 9 7 0 3 0 XC Bartlett 4 0 48 1 12 7 7 1 2 0 M Jansen 4 0 43 1 10.75 11 2 3 2 0 V Vyshak 4 0 38 2 9.5 8 5 1 0 0 YS Chahal 3 0 21 1 7 4 0 0 2 1 MP Stoinis 1 0 17 0 17 1 0 2 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.2 off stump flat on the ground! Henry roars, and Chepauk roars in unison! Hard length on middle and leg, and this seems to nip away a shade. Arya hares down and swipes at it without a care in the world. Misses the ball completely and sees his off stump in a mess. An 11-ball 39 for Arya, but CSK finally have the wicket they were craving! 61/18.5 oh dear - that is a terrible mix-up and CSK have a wicket out of nothing! Back of a length on off. Prabhsimran dinks it into the mid wicket region. Prabhsimran wants two and sets off, even with Noor chasing after it. In the end, Noor fumbles and that allows Sarfaraz to walk onto the ball and hurl a throw at the bowler's end. Prabhsimran, in the meantime, has run half-way down the track, only to be sent back. Nowhere in the frame, and PBKS have lost both their openers! 95/211.5 holes out to long off, and the crowd comes alive again! Full toss just outside off. Connolly tries to smash it down the ground but the bat face opens upon contact. A bit of a slice in the end and Connolly could not have picked out Henry better. CSK still in this! 127/316.6 straight to the sweeper, and Kamboj has another! Is it too little, too late, though? Full and wide outside off. Shreyas reaches out and gets a good chunk of it too. Not a good enough chunk to clear the fence, however, and Chahar accepts the offering with glee at sweeper cover! 186/417.1 oh, hello! Oh, hello! This game may not be done just yet! Hung up full and wide. Wadhera skips down and throws his hands at it. Cannot control his waft, though, and he slices it straight to Noor at extra cover. Chepauk erupts, and CSK may just have a sniff here! 186/5Extras9 (lb 1, nb 2, w 6)TOTAL210/5 (18.4 Overs, RR: 11.25)Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Priyansh Arya, 4.2 ov), 2-95 (Prabhsimran Singh, 8.5 ov), 3-127 (Cooper Connolly, 11.5 ov), 4-186 (Shreyas Iyer, 16.6 ov), 5-186 (Nehal Wadhera, 17.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KK Ahmed 3 0 28 0 9.33 9 2 2 3 0 MJ Henry 4 0 54 2 13.5 6 6 3 0 0 A Kamboj 3.4 0 43 2 11.72 9 9 0 1 1 Noor Ahmad 4 0 38 0 9.5 6 3 1 1 1 RD Chahar 4 0 46 0 11.5 4 3 3 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Punjab Kings , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45
Match days
3 April 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Punjab Kings 2, Chennai Super Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 1 wicket)
- Chennai Super Kings Impact Player Subs: Matthew Short, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Rahul Chahar and Gurjapneet Singh
- Punjab Kings Impact Player Subs: Priyansh Arya, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Harpreet Brar and Praveen Dubey
- Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 7
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 57/1 in 6.0 overs (RD Gaikwad 14, A Mhatre 29)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (RD Gaikwad 8, A Mhatre 37, Ex 6)
- A Mhatre: 50 off 29 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 8
- Over 12.4: Review by Chennai Super Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - A Totre, Batter - Kartik Sharma (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 125/3 in 13.0 overs (S Dube 4, Kartik Sharma 1)
- Over 13.4: Review by Punjab Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Abhijit Bhattacharya, Batter - Kartik Sharma (Upheld)
- Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 15.5 overs (96 balls), Extras 13
- Over 17.4: Review by Punjab Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Abhijit Bhattacharya, Batter - PR Veer (Struck down)
- Slow over-rate Penalty: Overs 18.1 - 20.0 (extra fielder inside the circle)
- Punjab Kings Impact Player Sub: Priyansh Arya for Yuzvendra Chahal (Chennai Super Kings innings, 17.6 ov)
- Over 18.6: Review by Punjab Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - A Totre, Batter - S Dube (Upheld)
- Over 19.1: Review by Punjab Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - Abhijit Bhattacharya, Batter - S Dube (Struck down)
- Chennai Super Kings: 200 runs in 19.2 overs (117 balls), Extras 17
- Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings - 209/5 in 20.0 overs (S Dube 45, PR Veer 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 68 runs, 1 wicket)
- Chennai Super Kings Impact Player Sub: Rahul Chahar in for Kartik Sharma (Chennai Super Kings innings, 19.6 ov)
- Punjab Kings: 50 runs in 3.2 overs (20 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 20 balls (P Arya 33, Prabhsimran Singh 15, Ex 3)
- Over 4.5: Review by Chennai Super Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Abhijit Bhattacharya, Batter - Prabhsimran Singh (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 88/1 in 8.0 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 38, CPL Connolly 7)
- Punjab Kings: 100 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 4
- Punjab Kings: 150 runs in 14.1 overs (86 balls), Extras 6
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (SS Iyer 38, N Wadhera 10, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 177/3 in 16.0 overs (SS Iyer 42, N Wadhera 10)
- Over 16.2: Review by Punjab Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - Abhijit Bhattacharya, Batter - SS Iyer (Struck down)
- SS Iyer: 50 off 26 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Punjab Kings: 200 runs in 18.1 overs (111 balls), Extras 8
- Over 18.2: Review by Chennai Super Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - Abhijit Bhattacharya, Batter - Shashank Singh (Struck down)
Match Coverage
All Match News23 balls, 71 runs - Sarfaraz and Arya provide peek into future of T20 batting
Priyansh Arya stole the thunder from Sarfaraz Khan despite playing just 11 balls - never before in men's T20s has an opening batter won the match award despite playing that low a number of deliveries
Karim on Iyer: 'He looks so flawless, he has so much time'
Shreyas Iyer smashed 50 off 29 balls in successful chase of 210 against CSK to continue his rise in T20s since IPL 2024
'Everyone is going at a rate of knots'; CSK still in the noughts
After CSK's second successive loss in IPL 2026, Stephen Fleming looks back at the auction strategy, the players they have let go of, and where the team might be lagging behind
Arya and Shreyas star as PBKS breach CSK's fortress again
Mhatre and Sarfaraz led CSK to 209 but that total didn't prove enough to test PBKS' chase masters
Unchanged PBKS bowl, Prashant Veer debuts for CSK
CSK have left out Matthew Short


