Punjab Kings (PBKS) batsman Shahrukh Khan saved his side from getting bundled out under 100 runs against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Friday (April 16). He added 47 runs off 36 deliveries as Punjab posted a below-par 106/8 in 20 overs.
The target of 107 wasn't enough to restrict a batting-heavy CSK side. They chased it down in just 15.4 overs and won the match by 6 wickets.
If not for Shahrukh's knock, PBKS would have got all-out too early but they managed to play out their full quota of overs. Despite having a strong batting unit, Punjab lost five wickets for just 26 runs.
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CSK pacer Deepak Chahar picked up 4 wickets in his four overs and gave away just 13 runs. Seeing the domination of Chahar, skipper MS Dhoni bowled him out very early in the innings.
Shahrukh didn't get any support from the other end apart from a short partnership with Jhye Richardson where they added 31 runs for the 6th wicket. The Punjab fans recalled the famous on-screen Bollywood pair of PBKS owner Preity Zinta and actor Shah Rukh Khan.
Twitterati joked that it wasn't the first time 'Shahrukh' was coming to the rescue of Zinta.
Here are the tweets:
