Du Plessis made 87* and Watson remained unbeaten on 83 runs, adding 181* runs.
Out went K Gowtham, Jimmy Neesham, and Karun Nair, and in came Harpreet Brar, Chris Jordan, and Mandeep Singh. The openers Rahul and Mayank (26) gave them a decent start of 61 runs in 8 overs.
But then CSK bowling started tightening the screws around the KXIP batting as the batsmen got starts, but couldn’t capitalize. Rahul top-scored with 63 in 52 balls, while Mandeep made 27, Pooran hit a quick 33, Sarfaraz made 14* and Maxwell made 11* runs. The Punjab outfit ended up making 178/4 in 20 overs, as CSK gave just 37 runs in the last 4 overs.
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Shardul Thakur picked 2/39 in his four overs.
In reply, it was just the Shane Watson- Faf du Plessis show as the duo smashed the KXIP bowlers all around the Dubai ground. The duo added an IPL record opening partnership for CSK and remained unbeaten. Watson made 83* with 11 fours and 3 sixes, while Du Plessis made 87* with 11 fours and 1 six to his name.
They added 181 unbeaten runs and won CSK the game by 10 wickets, the second-highest such chase in IPL history.
The cricket fraternity was elated to see the three-time champion side return to form and especially their senior players like Shane Watson doing amazingly well in a chase.
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