9.35pm Sam Curran played a blinder, and CSK were on course for 200-plus, but a four-wicket 19th over that included a hat-trick, courtesy Yuzvendra Chahal -- who didn't get the chance to bowl out today -- definitely stopped CSK well short of the total they would have been eyeing. Punjab Kings made some questionable decisions, like not giving Chahal the chance to bowl four overs, and giving a third over to Shedge -- who Curran hammered for 26 runs in that over, but they will feel that Chahal has massively reprieved them. Chahal had to bowl with only four fielders outside the circle, and he did brilliantly under pressure. And now PBKS need 191 to knock CSK out of contention, and push themselves back into the top four.
CSK have got all out in consecutive matches for the first time in IPL, Namooh Shah informs me. He's also told me that Chahal is only the third player with multiple IPL hat-tricks. Amit Mishra has three, while Chahal and Yuvraj Singh have two each! Chahal is also the first bowler to take a hat-trick against CSK in the IPL. Parvinder Awana took a hat-trick against them while playing for KXIP in 2014, but during CLT20. Join Vishal in just a bit for the start of the chase.
Hat-trick hero, Yuzvendra Chahal: "It felt good. It was the 19th over and Mahi bhai so it could have gone either way but I was thinking about taking wickets. There were five fielders inside so I was just ensuring the batters don't get settled. Wanted to play with the batters' minds. [On his celebration] That came from a meme so I thought that any time I get a five-wicket haul or a hat-trick I will celebrate with that. It looked like 190 was a good total to chase and when the ball got older, it started to turn a little, but I think this is a good total to chase still."
S Dube c Shashank Singh b Arshdeep Singh 6 (39m 6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100
Amol: "Shivam Dube is at the crease for almost 5 overs now and has played only 4 balls!! How has he managed to avoid the strike for so long??"
Arshdeep to bowl the last one
END OF OVER:19 | 9 Runs 4 Wkts | CSK: 186/9 | RR: 9.78
- Shivam Dube2 (4b)
- Yuzvendra Chahal3-0-32-4
- Marco Jansen4-0-30-2
Noor Ahmad c Jansen b Chahal 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Noor Ahmad will be tasked with preventing a Yuzi Chahal hat-trick. Slip in place
lakesidey: "And the CaSKade is on!"
