Chennai gave a target of 210 to Punjab, Ayush Mhatre, Shivam Dubey and Sarfaraz Khan created havoc with the bat.

CSK vs PBKS : The seventh match of IPL 2026 is being played between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings at MA Chidambaram Stadium. In this match, batting first after losing the toss, CSK scored 202 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs, thanks to the explosive innings of Ayush Mhatre, Shivam Dubey and Sarfaraz Khan. Now Punjab Kings will have to score 203 runs to win this match. Vijay Kumar Vaishakh took the most wickets in this match for Punjab Kings.

CSK’s start was disappointing

In this match, Sanju Samson and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad came to open the innings for Chennai Super Kings. The team had a disappointing start and star batsman Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion after scoring 7 runs in 7 balls. After this the team got the second blow in the form of Gaikwad. He was out after scoring 22 runs in 28 balls.

Ayush Mhatre played a stormy innings

18 year old Ayush Mhatre scored the most runs for the team. He played a brilliant half-century and scored 73 runs in 43 balls with 6 fours and 5 sixes. Apart from them, Shivam Dubey and Sarfaraz Khan made for the team. Sarfaraz scored 32 runs in 12 balls for CSK. He hit 6 fours and 1 six in this innings.

After this, Shivam Dubey created havoc and played an inning of 41 runs in 26 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from these two, Karthik Sharma scored 1,

For Punjab Kings, Vijay Kumar Vaishakh took 2 wickets for 38 runs in 4 overs.

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