Abu Dhabi: Chennai Super Kings end their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 on a winning note as Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by nine wickets in 53rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. With this win, Chennai Super Kings have knocked out Kings XI Punjab from the tournament.
Batting first, KXIP were off to a shaky start as they lost openers KL Rahul (29 off 27 balls) and Mayank Agarwal (26 off 15 balls) after a solid first few overs. In-form players in Chris Gayle and Nicholas Pooran failed to fire in the do-or-die match as they could manage 12 and 2 respectively. Mandeep Singh was dismissed for 14 off 15 balls but an unbeaten 62 off 30 balls by Deepak Hooda gave KXIP a late push to finish with a competitive total of 153 for the loss of six wickets.
However, Chennai Super Kings openers started brilliantly as openers Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad utilized the powerplay overs to their best and scored 57 runs. Even though du Plessis departed at 48 off 34 balls, Gaikwad (62 not out off 49 balls) carried on with the momentum and chased down the target with the help of Ambati Rayudu (30 off 30 balls) to take Chennai Super Kings home in their final match of IPL 2020.
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