55th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs CSK in Punjab

55th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs CSK in Punjab

The 55th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs CSK was played on Super Sun 5th May 2019 in Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. Punjab won the toss and elected to bowl first. 

CSK'S Inning in 55th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs CSK in Punjab

Faf du Plessis gave a decent start even after losing the wicket of Watson early and scored 42-1 in the powerplay along with Raina. They started slow but matched it up later on and built a partnership of 120 runs in 12.3 overs where du Plessis completed his fifty in 37 balls and Raina after completing his another half-century once again thrown his wicket where he scored 53 runs (5 fours, 2 sixes) of 38 balls and was departed by Sam Curran. Sam Curran took another wicket of du Plessis in his very next over where du Plessis scored 96 runs (10 fours, 4 sixes) of 55 balls. The innings played by Raina and du Plessis helped the team to set a competitive total of 170-5 in 20 overs after a slow start.

The bowlers bowled really well to restrict CSK after a huge partnership especially Sam Curran who picked 3 important wickets conceding 35 runs in his 4 overs and M Shami picked 2 wickets conceding just 17 runs in 3 overs.

KXIP'S Inning in 55th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs CSK in Punjab

KL Rahul once again played a brilliant inning and gave a very good start to the team by scoring 68 runs in the powerplay along with Chris Gayle without losing any wicket and built a partnership of 108 runs and completed his half-century in  19 balls and scored 71 runs (7 fours, 5 sixes) of 36 balls and unfortunately got out to Harbhajan Singh and in very next ball picked the wicket of Chris Gayle in the 11th over who scored 28 runs (2 fours, 2 sixes) of 28 balls. And then Nicholas Pooran helped the team to get a comfortable win against CSK by 6 wickets where Punjab scored 173-4 in 18 overs in their last match of the season as they couldn't qualify for the Playoffs due to their poor run rate in the season. Harbhajan Singh picked 3 wickets but was too expensive for the team as he conceded 57 runs in 4 overs and Ravindra Jadeja got 1 wicket.

KL Rahul once again the rockstar for the team and got the Player of the Match award for his magnificent inning in 55th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs CSK in Punjab.