चेन्नई vs पंजाब, मैच 7, एमए चिदंबरम स्टेडियम, चेन्नई, 03 April 2026 - कमेंट्री

FOUR! Superb placement! Anshul Kamboj goes searching for the wide yorker but it comes out as a low full toss, outside off. Singh extends his hands and angles the bat face to place the drive to the right of the man at deep point for a four.

Full and on middle. Shashank brings his wrists into play and flicks it to the left of deep square leg for a brace.

Wide! Kamboj varies his length as he bangs it in short. The line is a bit too straight and he is lucky to get away with it. Shashank Singh walks inside the line of the ball and swings to get it away behind square leg but misses. Wide given by the umpire, but Ruturaj Gaikwad reviews the on-field call after consultation with Sanju Samson. The UltraEdge shows a flat line. The wide call stays.

Full, on the pads. Shashank Singh nurdles it behind square leg for a single. 4 more required for PBKS.

FOUR! Hit with real authority! Punjab Kings ace the chase of 210 with 8 balls to spare. Full and on the off stump, Stoinis uses the depth of the crease to get under the ball. He swings through the line and drills it back over the bowler's head. The long off fielder stands no chance of cutting it off as the ball skips across the turf.

OUT! CAUGHT! Two wickets in two balls and two set batters are gone. Henry delivers it on a wide line, far outside off, full in length. Nehal Wadhera takes a couple of baby steps forward and tries to slap it over covers, but ends up mistiming it off the toe end. Slices the ball flatly to the cover fielder, where Noor Ahmad takes a fine catch. PBKS are 186/5. 

FOUR! Streaky, but they all count! Running across the right-hander, on a length. Stoinis gets low and looks to smash it through the off side. The ball leaves him with the angle to take the outside edge but it goes well wide of the man at short third and the fielder at deep backward point is also beaten.

Very full, outside off. Stoinis digs it out. Henry gets across to his left on the follow-through but fails to cut it off. They cross.

Falls safely between the two fielders! Henry continues the wide line ploy on a length. Shashank Singh, predicting the line, walks across the stumps and swings at it. Gets it right off the toe end of the blade over cover. The deep point fielder runs across to his right, and the fielder inside the circle also converges, but the ball drops between them. Two runs taken.

FOUR! That's the risk involved with the wide line. On a length, going across. Shashank Singh flashes and flashes hard. The ball flies off the outer half over the man at short third for a boundary.

Low full toss, on off, this is carved to deep point for one.

FOUR! In the gap! Anshul Kamboj begins from over the wicket, full and on middle. Iyer plays the lofted hit whilst holding his shape. Smears it to the left of the man at deep mid-wicket for a four.

Wide not given and Shreyas Iyer has taken the review. Anshul Kamboj gets the wide yorker in. Iyer reaches out but fails to connect. Iyer is standing a bit outside the off stump and so the guideline moves with him. The ball is well within the revised tramline and it is a dot.

Did that carry? Just about did. Another wide yorker, outside off, Iyer drops his bat down on the ball. Slices it with an open bat face to short third, where Matt Henry gets low and gets his hands out in front.

FOUR! Not where Iyer intended but he will take it. That brings up the 28th IPL half-century for the PBKS skipper. He gets there in 26 balls. Full and wide on off. Iyer throws his hands at the ball. Get a thickish outside edge that flies fine of the man at deep backward point. Shreyas has looked in complete control tonight.

Oh, not far away from crashing into the leg stump. It would not have mattered even if the ball had hit the timber as Anshul Kamboj has overstepped. Around leg, very full, Iyer walks inside the line but misses out on the glance. NO BALL called. Free Hit coming up.

Full again, around off. Shreyas goes deep in the crease and has a swipe across the line but connects with thin air.

OUT! TAKEN! The wide line finally works for Anshul Kamboj. Full and pushed across the right-hander. Iyer reaches out to go big on the off side. He does not get the desired distance and hits it down the throat of deep cover, where Rahul Chahar runs in off the ropes and takes the catch. The Punjab Kings are 186/4, needing 24 runs from 18 balls.

FOUR! All too easy for Iyer! Too short, too wide by Chahar, Shreyas presses back and cuts it late to beat the fielder in the deep. Sarfaraz Khan sprints to his left and dives but the ball goes under his hands and into the fence.

Floated up now, fuller and on middle. Shreyas pushes it to long on and rotates the strike.

SIX! Clean as a whistle! Fired in at 93.7 kph, too full now, on middle. Nehal Wadhera gets the front leg out of the way and collapses his back knee to smoke it over long on for a biggie.

Chahar drags the length back now, on off. Nehal punches it from the crease to long on for a run.

Wide! This is sprayed beyond the tramline, on a length. Iyer lets it be.

Closer to the off pole, a flighted delivery. Shreyas eases it towards wide long off for a run. The 50-run stand comes up in 24 balls.

A swing and a miss! Out comes the googly from Chahar, turning away from the left-hander, sneaking just inside the tramline. Nehal Wadhera goes for the slog sweep, but the ball spins away to beat him. Sanju Samson whips the bails off. The background check confirms that Wadhera's back leg was grounded when the bails came off. 14 runs off Chahar's final over.

Short and slow, outside off, Shreyas Iyer hangs deep and pulls it to the right of long on for two runs. 150 up for Punjab Kings!

Overpitched around off, Shreyas Iyer carves it to deep cover for a single, but a fumble by Shivam Dube in the deep allows them to pinch in the second.

Very full again, outside off, driven straight to the cover fielder by Iyer.

 FOUR! Easy pickings! Goes pace off and way too short and way too wide outside off. Not an ideal length with third man inside the ring. Shreyas Iyer gets too much width and ramps it comfortably over short third for a boundary.

 SIX! PUNISHED! Goes pace off again, slightly short and around off. Shreyas Iyer picks the length in a trice and nails the pull shot towards deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

A low full toss on middle, Iyer looks to flick but closes the bat face a touch too early, getting a leading edge out to deep cover for a single.

A direct hit would have been curtains for Wadhera! Full and spinning away, outside off. Wadhera goes for the big-booming cover drive, but slices it to backward point. Shreyas is more than halfway through the run, but Wadhera stays put and seeing the fielder fumbling to pick it up, he starts off. However, the throw goes wide of the bowler, which allows Nehal to get home.

Quicker and flatter, outside off, on a length. Shreyas Iyer misses to cut it away.

WIDE! Tries the googly, on a length, outside off, but it breaches the tramline. Wided.

Full on leg, nicely flicked into the deep square leg region for a single.

Skids through from a length, outside off, Wadhera cuts it wide of short third for a single.

Flighted full and outside off, pushed behind point for a single.

Dishes out the googly, on middle, slightly full. Nehal Wadhera plays from the crease and tucks it to the leg side with soft hands. Excellent over from Noor, given the context of the game. Just 5 runs off it. 62 runs needed from 36 balls for PBKS.

A slider on a length, on middle. Iyer rocks back and punches it to the left of mid-wicket. Sarfaraz Khan moves across and dives to stop it.

Full now, on off. Iyer takes a big stride forward and heaves it on the bounce to long on for a couple.

 SIX! All class! Full again, outside off. Shreyas Iyer lets the ball dip and gets under it, nailing the inside-out shot nicely over deep extra cover for a huge six.

Grips away from off, on a fuller length. Shreyas Iyer is sucked on the front foot, and tries to drive through cover, but outside edges it to the left of Matt Henry at short third. The Kiwi stumbles on the dive, but the ball spins back towards him and he manages to get his body behind the ball. The batters cross for a single.

Full, on off, Nehal Wadhera runs it to long off for a single.

 SIX! Too easy for the skipper! Chahar drops it short, on leg. Shreyas Iyer is quick to pivot on the back foot and pulls it cleanly into the stands behind deep square leg. 16 runs from the over.

 FOUR! Loose ball and gets the treatment! Short and slow, outside off, sitting up nicely for the Aussie. Cooper Connolly stands tall and slices it over backward point for a boundary.

Hits the hard length, around off, Cooper Connolly smacks it to the right of long off for a single.

A slight nip back in from off, on a length. Shreyas Iyer lifts the front leg up and pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

 FOUR! Extraordinary batting! Very full by Kamboj, wide outside off. Cooper Connolly shuffles far outside off, uses the pace and scoops it between short fine leg and square leg for a boundary. Connolly moves to 36 from 21 balls.

OUT! CAUGHT! Kamboj strikes and strikes big. Attempts the yorker around off but gets it wrong, ending up with a low full toss at 136.6 kph. Connolly swings hard by staying deep in the crease, aiming to go straight down the ground, but mistimes it and slices it straight to Henry at long off, who makes no mistake. Punjab Kings are 127/3, needing 83 runs from 49 balls.

Short of a good length, outside off, Nehal Wadhera dabs it to backward point. A wicket and 10 runs from the over.

 FOUR! Quick hands! Flat and short, outside off, Cooper Connolly rocks back and cuts it past backward point and it blazes away to the fence in a flash.

Too full in front of the sticks, Cooper gets down on his knee and slogs it on the bounce to long on for a single.

Slowish one, short in length, on leg. Shreyas hangs deep in the crease and nudges it to the right of mid-wicket for a single.

 NO BALL, FOUR! Beats the fielder again, and that's a cardinal sin from a spinner. Noor has overstepped. Quicker short ball, on middle. Cooper Connolly hangs deep and cuts it to the right of Khaleel Ahmed at deep backward point. Khaleel puts in a slide to flick the ball back in, but is a bit late to do so. Free Hit coming up.

Quicker and flatter on the stumps at 96.8 kph, Connolly lofts it straight down the ground. Mhatre moves across to his left from long off and cuts it off. Two runs taken.

Short on middle and leg, a googly. Cooper pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Flat and quick, full and on middle. Shreyas presses forward and smothers it to the mid-wicket region.

Full and on off, this is driven through covers for a single.

Beaten! Googly, on off. Cooper Connolly flashes but is beaten as the ball kicks up a bit.

There comes the broom and the ball is swept away for a run by Cooper.

Angled into the pads, on a good length. Iyer nurdles it behind square leg for a single.

FOUR! Good shot! Floated up, full and on middle and leg. Cooper Connolly gets down on a knee and swings through the line. Launches it back over the bowler's head and to the right of long on for a four. 100 up for the Punjab Kings!

Googly, full and on middle. Cooper checks his drive wide of cover for one.

Three runs! Noor serves a half-tracker, outside off. Prabhsimran Singh stands tall and slaps it past the diving man at cover-point. Anshul Kamboj gets around in the deep and dives to prevent the boundary. He ends up deflecting the ball away from him, and that allows the batters to take the third run.

Nearly dragged it back onto the stumps! On a nagging length, on off. Cooper Connolly has a big swing at it. Gets an inside edge past the leg stump for one.

Short and around off. Singh clips it to deep mid-wicket for one.

Noor sticks to the short length, on middle. Cooper flat bats it to long on for another single.

OUT! PRABHSIMRAN SINGH IS RUN OUT! A wicket against the run of play for the Chennai Super Kings. Flat and short, on middle. Prabhsimran plays it off the back foot towards the vacant mid-wicket region. Noor goes after it and slides to prevent the second run. Seeing Ahmad losing his balance while getting back up, Prabhsimran senses an opportunity to sneak in the second run but there was never a second there. Sarfaraz Khan swoops in off the ropes, picks the ball up and fires in a throw at the bowling end. Ruturaj Gaikwad does well to get behind the stumps and collects the throw on the bounce. A loud call of 'no' from Cooper Connolly but Prabhsimran Singh keeps running before returning halfway through the run. He is late by then and Gaikwad breaks the stumps with Singh well short.

On a length and on off. Cooper Connolly firms the drive to cover.

Dropped short, on off, Cooper Connolly hits it down to long on for one.

A loud shout for LBW! Turned down by the umpire. Is the impact outside the line? That is what Sanju Samson is asking the bowler. CSK don't go for the review eventually. Very full, landing around the off stump line. Prabhsimran Singh premeditates as he goes for the reverse, but the ball is too full for that shot and he wears it on the boot. The replays show that the impact was indeed outside the line.

Googly, short and on middle. Prabhsimran Singh turns it in front of deep mid-wicket for a single.

Keeps it short, on middle. Cooper Connolly works it off the back foot towards mid-wicket for another single.

In the air...but safe! Tossed up, on a length, outside off. Prabhsimran Singh looks to go big on the off side with an open bat face. Slices it off the outer half in front of the man at deep point. Just a single.

FOUR! Nicely put away! Wrong'un by Chahar, a bit too short, outside off. Cooper Connolly waits on the back foot and pumps it towards wide long off for a boundary.

A bit of turn, into the pads, on the shorter side. Prabhsimran Singh nudges it from the crease towards square leg for a single.

Too short again, on middle and leg. Cooper Connolly knocks it to long on. They cross.

SIX! Into the stands! Noor Ahmad drops it short again, on middle and leg. Prabhsimran Singh picks up the length quickly and presses back to nail the pull over deep square leg for a six.

Flighted delivery, outside off. It is the googly, Prabhsimran Singh shuffles across and goes hard on the sweep but misses. The ball catches him on the strap of the glove and deflects onto the helmet.

Tossed up, on off. Prabhsimran reaches out in front and taps it to cover.

FOUR! Innovative and effective! This is bowled full and quick by Noor, on off and middle. Fast hands from Prabhsimran Singh as he brings out the reverse and hits it to the left of the diving backward point fielder for a boundary. Hands on head for Noor as Singh would have been trapped in front had he missed.

Across off, on a good length, Prabhsimran Singh dances down the track and flays at it. A bit of lift off the deck and the ball sails over the blade.

FOUR! Width offered and Prabhsimran Singh cashes in. This is fuller in length, wide on off. Singh takes a step back in the crease and carves it over cover for a one-bounce boundary.

A swing and a miss! Slower one, full and outside off. Prabhsimran Singh has a heave across the line but is undone by the slowness of the ball and it sneaks under the blade.

And again! Hang on, Khaleel Ahmed has heard something. Ruturaj Gaikwad has a word with the keeper and eventually decides against taking the review. Pace on, running across the batter, on a good length. A bit too close to his body for the cut.

Outside off, on a length. Prabhsmiran pushes it wide of cover for a single.

Tucking the batter up for room, on a good length, on middle. Cooper Connolly stabs it down on the off side.

 SIX! Goodness me, that's out of the top drawer! A length ball by Henry, on the stumps. Priyansh Arya picks it up and over the bowler's head for a cracking six. He didn't try to hit it hard, just kept his head still and timed it to perfection.

OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! Henry lets out a huge roar. Back of a length on middle and leg, and it just nips away a touch. Arya charges down the track, exposing the stumps and swings wildly. He misses it completely, and the off stump is sent cartwheeling. PBKS are 61/1, needing 149 more runs from 94 balls.

Swings in from middle to leg, on a length. Cooper misses the flick shot and the ball rolls off the front pad to backward point for a leg bye.

 Huge swing and a miss! This one is hurled fuller and it stays low on the bounce as well. Full and outside off. Prabhsimran Singh swings across the line to smoke it into the stands, but it shapes away a touch to zip past the outside edge.

Huge shout for LBW! Skids through from a good length, nipping back into the batter, on the leg stump. Prabhsimran Singh plays all around it and gets struck on the back thigh. A big appeal for LBW, but the umpire stays put. Matt Henry is really confident and convinces his skipper to take the review, challenging the on-field decision. But is that doing a bit too much? UltraEdge comes up with a flat line. Ball Tracking saves Singh as the ball is projected to clip the leg stump on umpire's call. So, the on-field decision is upheld.

Just short of mid off! At 134.4 kph, very full on the line of middle. Prabhsimran goes for the lofted drive without any foot movement, sending it to the right of mid off. There’s a slight fumble, and the batters sneak in a quick single.

FOUR! Straight as an arrow! Full from Kamboj, on off. Prabhsimran Singh bumps the ball straight back to the bowler and it bursts right through the bowler's hands before racing to the fence behind.

 FOUR! Top shot! Around off, on a fuller length. Singh picks it up nicely and hits it over mid on for a boundary. 50 UP FOR THE PUNJAB KINGS!

Back of a length, nipping back in and around off. Prabhsimran Singh hangs back and dabs it straight to backward point.

 FOUR! Runs are flowing far too easily here. Not good bowling with two fielders in the deep on the leg side. Full and wide outside off, Prabhsimran Singh needs no second invitation as he slices it over point for a boundary.

Just past the bowler! Full and straight, around off. Prabhsimran Singh plays with a straight bat and spanks it to the left of the bowler. Kamboj tries to pluck it, but it evades him to race past mid off.

 An absolute ripper of a ball! Back of a length outside off, it kisses the surface and zips through. Prabhsimran has a loose waft at it and is beaten for pace. Still, this over goes for 12 runs.

Much fuller, on middle and leg, with a slight inward curve. Prabhsimran Singh flicks it straight to Noor Ahmad at mid-wicket. A yard or two either side and that would have kissed the fence.

Shapes in again, on a good length, on middle. Singh brings the bat in front, and eases it to the right of cover for a single.

Short of a length, coming in with the angle on middle. Arya taps it to mid-wicket and charges across for a single.

A slower one by Khaleel this time around, on a good length, at just 119 kph, angling across the batter. Prabhsimran Singh throws the kitchen sink at it, trying to smoke it downtown, but loses his shape and gets beaten by the lack of pace.

Around off, on a length, Prabhsimran Singh cuts the slower ball to deep backward point for a single.

 SIX! Just long enough for Priyansh to get his third six. Hard length into the batter. Priyansh Arya presses back and pulls it aerially, more off the top edge. He gets enough distance on it to clear the deep mid-wicket fence for half a dozen runs. Arya moves to 33 off just 9 balls.

 EDGED, FOUR! Bashes the length hard, outside off. Priyansh Arya slashes hard at it off the back foot, looking to hit it over cover-point. Gets a thick outside edge instead and the ball shoots between the keeper and the short third fielder for a boundary.

 SIX! KABOOM! Short in length, on middle. Priyansh Arya presses back and nails the pull shot, clearing the deep mid-wicket fence with comfort for a six.

 FOUR! Spanked! Touch fuller, on off, Arya gets on the front foot and cracks the drive uppishly between cover and mid off for a boundary.

Back of a length, on top of middle. Priyansh nudges it in front of mid-wicket and steals a run.

 FOUR! Henry is struggling to find his length! Way too short and on the leg stump. Prabhsimran Singh takes a step back in the crease and wrists it behind square on the leg side for a boundary.

Fractionally full, nipping away from outside off. Prabhsimran scythes it to deep backward point for a single. 20 runs from Henry's first over.

WIDE! A bit of an iffy start by Khaleel. Too straight down leg, on a hard length. Arya gets on the back foot, tries to glance it to the leg side, but misses. 

 FOUR! Gorgeous stroke! An inswinger on a fuller length, on middle. Arya lets the ball curve and then commits on the front foot. Presents the full face and drives it gun-barrel straight down the ground for a boundary.

 SIX! Clears the fence with absolute ease and will! Back of a length, on middle, Priyansh Arya pivots on the back foot and pulls it behind deep mid-wicket for a cracking six.

Short of a good length, shaping in on the pads. Arya tucks it to the right of deep square leg for a single.

A little bit of away shape, full and outside off. Prabhsimran Singh presses forward and taps it to the point fielder.

 Fantastic delivery! Very full and leaving the batter from the off stump. Singh's feet go nowhere as he tries to drive it straight, but gets beaten on the outside edge by a whisker.

WIDE! Far across the guideline, on a good length. Singh leaves and Samson puts in a full-length dive to his right. Half stops with his right hand as the ball rolls to Sarfaraz Khan at first slip.

WIDE! Gets the ball to shape well beyond the tramline, full in length. Prabhsimran Singh tries to smash it past cover, but misses to connect.

 BEATEN! A good ball to wrap the over. Pulls the length, does Khaleel. Gets the ball to shape away from the right-hander, outside off. Prabhsimran Singh goes fishing at it, trying to punch it through cover. Gets beaten on the outside edge.