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IPL 2022: Liam Livingstone’s all-spherical ticket helps PBKS thrash CSK, jump to 4th in points desk

Punjab Kings’ Liam Livingstone smashed 60 runs off 32 balls after which picked up two wickets at a in point of fact fundamental stage of the sport as kings from Punjab beat the kings from Chennai by 54 runs to resigter their second lift of IPL 2022. 

Batting first, PBKS posted 180/8 from their 20 overs, thanks mostly to Livingstone’s blistering knock. He furthermore recorded the longest six hit on this IPL when he smashed the ball to 108m all throughout the inning. 

Chasing the target, CSK could perhaps handiest organize 126. 

Livingstone lives up to his tag

Livingstone, sold for Rs 11.50 crore, with a 32-ball-60 laid the platform but Chennai Mountainous Kings bowlers made a intellectual comeback at the death, proscribing Mayank Agarwal led facet to 180 for 8 after 20 overs.

Later, miniature known Himachal Pradesh seam bowler Arora (4-0-21-2) performed as if he owned the stage, brushing aside Robin Uthappa and Moeen Ali with CSK managing handiest 126 in 18 overs at the tip of the race.

After his batting, Livingstone (3-0-25-2) then became man with a “golden wrist” as his leg breaks obtained him a couple of wickets and he furthermore took the final accumulate to cap off a dream night.

Right here’s CSK’s third defeat in as many games and except Deepak Chahar makes a rapid comeback, issues usually are now not taking a behold broad for the ‘Yellow Brigade’ and its de-facto skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

A pair of further defeats could perhaps if truth be told put them below broad stress and inner a sniffing distance of point of no return.

Arora obtained honest proper pork up from his frail SD College Chandigarh teammate Arshdeep Singh (2/13 in 2 overs) all throughout the initial period in which his skipper Agarwal bowled him out. Rahul Chahar (3/25 in 4 overs) was as soon as stylish all through relief-10 and his three wickets incorporated the wicket of Dhoni.

Arora did now not manufacture the rest fancy other than pitching it fuller with the hint of away seam lunge from time to time.

Uthappa tried a flick whereas Moeen with out any distinct footwork dragged a provide effectively outside the off onto his stumps. Skipper Ravindra Jadeja furthermore met the identical destiny attributable to lack of feet lunge.

In a couple of minutes, CSK had been 36 for 5 earlier than Dhoni (23 off 28 balls) joined Shivam Dube (57 off 30 balls), who did entertain the Brabourne crowd with lusty blows but it no doubt was as soon as frequently a game of accumulate-up for them.

Dhoni’s oft-documented struggles did now not manufacture any honest proper for CSK either as Dube had too grand to manufacture in too miniature time.

Fittingly, it was as soon as Livingstone, who capped off a handsome day, removing Dube with an away going provide after which dived elephantine stretched off his hold bowling to lift away Dwayne Bravo.

#SherSquad, this one’s 4_ you! _#PunjabKings #SaddaPunjab #IPL2022 #_________ #CSKvPBKS pic.twitter.com/qOXedibcOC

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 3, 2022

Forward of his exploits with the ball, Livingstone, indubitably one of potentially the most unfavourable T20 batters all through world leagues, at final came honest proper with 5 fours and an equal selection of sixes, sending the CSK bowlers on a leather-essentially essentially based-hunt all throughout the initial overs.

Deepak Chahar’s absence has severely handicapped Dhoni’s (the ‘real skipper’) alternate choices as rookie left-arm seamer Mukesh Choudhary (4-0-52-1) paid dearly for his inexperience coupled with jangling nerves.

There beget been 100 metre plus sixes off length balls and Livingstone would in most cases shimmy down the note to disturb the length as he did with the wily Bravo. Even the thick edges went for six with CSK bowlers taking a behold clueless till he was as soon as there at the crease.

In actuality, Bravo, below stress, forced Dhoni to withstand the stumps in uncover to forestall Livingstone from charging down the note but that no longer frequently deterred him from playing his strokes.

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Liam residing no stone unturned tonight! #PunjabKings #SaddaPunjab #IPL2022 #_________ #CSKvPBKS @liaml4893 pic.twitter.com/KuSRwur5mL

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 3, 2022

What would disappoint Dhoni extra is the truth that CSK gave away handiest 71 runs in the aid-10 with quite a bit of credit going to their troika of in one more country pacers — Dwaine Pretorius (4-0-30-2), Dwayne Bravo (3-0-32-1) and Chris Jordan (4-0-23-2), who used diversifications to honest proper perform.

In actuality, bulk of the 55 dot balls came in the second half of of the Punjab innings.

Livingstone and Shikhar Dhawan (33 off 24 balls) added 95 for the third wicket in beautiful 8.4 overs and it gave the impression that one more 200 plus total was as soon as on the cards.

By the purpose Dhawan was as soon as fooled by a Bravo slower, Punjab had laid the platform, scoring 109 in the first 10 overs, which sadly the later batters could perhaps now not capitalise on.

But as soon as Livingstone was as soon as out, the ‘Reds’ could perhaps now not abet the momentum even supposing Vidarbha’s Jitesh Sharma (26 off 17 balls) along with his heroic strokeplay confirmed why he is so extremely rated. 

With PTI inputs

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