But once Curran brought in the spinners, PBKS was able to put immense pressure on CSK, who could not find boundaries in the middle overs. Rahane was caught at deep midwicket off the bowling of Brar, who trapped Shivam Dubey LBW for a golden duck. Chahar trapped Ravindra Jadeja LBW, who was looking to play it down the leg-side.
Impact player Sameer Rizvi’s tough innings ended when he was caught by a sliding third man while trying to ramp up the ball from Harshal Patel. But Gaikwad continued to hold on, hitting Curran for a six over long-on to bring up his half-century in 44 balls and pulling the left-arm pacer for another maximum of 15 runs in the 16th over.
Moeen Ali dismissed Arshdeep for six and four respectively, before the fast bowler made a comeback by dismissing Gaikwad with a yorker. The call for Chahar to bowl the 19th over was successful when the leg spinner dismissed Moeen. MS Dhoni hit a four and a six off Arshdeep in the final over to take CSK past 160 before being run out on the last ball, ending his streak of seven unbeaten innings in the competition.
