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Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings by four wickets in a thrilling contest on the last ball of the game. CSK batting first posted 200/4 in 20 overs, with Devon Conway scoring the majority of runs (92*) for his side and skipper MS Dhoni smashing two sixes in the last two balls of CSK's innings played a crucial role for their team in reaching the total of 200 runs.
Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh gave a fantastic start for Punjab Kings during the chase, and Liam Livingstone played a blinder of a knock to accelerate Punjab's scoring rate. In the end, it came down to Sikandar Raza to chase down three runs off the last ball, and he placed it down beautifully despite terrific bowling from Matheesha Pathirana, who almost went on to defend nine runs in the final over for his side.
Numbers and Stats from CSK vs PBKS:
3 - Devon Conway became the joint-third fastest to complete 5000 runs in T20 cricket from 144 innings.
Fastest to complete 5000 runs in T20 cricket by innings batted:
Chris Gayle - 132
KL Rahul - 143
Shaun Marsh / Devon Conway - 144
4 - For the fourth time, CSK have lost a match despite scoring 200 runs in the first innings.
Teams to lose most times after scoring 200 (or more) in the first innings of an IPL match:
RCB - 5
CSK - 4
PBKS / KKR - 2
Instances of CSK losing an IPL match despite scoring 200 (or more) in the first innings:
205/4 vs PBKS in Abu Dhabi, 2014
218/4 vs MI in Delhi, 2021
210/7 vs LSG in Mumbai-BS, 2022
200/4 vs PBKS in Chennai, 2023
4 - For the fourth time, PBKS have won an IPL match in the last ball of the game.
Instances of PBKS winning the match in the last ball of the game:
vs KKR in Gqeberha, 2009
vs Dec in Mohali, 2012
vs RCB in Sharjah, 2020
vs CSK in Chennai, 2023
5 - Punjab Kings have chased down 200-plus total for the fifth time in the IPL.
Teams to chase down 200 (or) more most times in the IPL:
PBKS - 5
CSK / KKR - 3
RR / LSG / MI - 2
Highest total chased down by PBKS in the IPL:
206 vs CSK in Abu Dhabi, 2014
206 vs SRH in Hyderabad, 2014
206 vs RCB in Navi Mumbai, 2022
201 vs KKR in Kolkata, 2010
201 vs CSK in Chennai, 2023
13 - PBKS have won 13 games against CSK in the IPL.
Most wins against CSK in the IPL:
MI - 20
RR - 13
PBKS - 13
Teams to win most IPL matches against CSK in Chennai:
MI - 5
PBKS - 3
DC / KKR / RR - 2
92 - Devon Conway (92*) recorded his highest score in the IPL.
Devon Conway's highest score in the IPL:
92*(52) vs PBKS in Chennai, 2023
87(49) vs DC in Navi Mumbai, 2022
85*(55) vs SRH in Pune, 2022
1057 - Shikhar Dhawan has scored 1057 runs against CSK in the IPL.
Most runs against opposition in the IPL:
David Warner - 1075
Shikhar Dhawan - 1057
Rohit Sharma - 1040
Dhawan also became the second batsman to complete 6500 runs in the IPL history.