IPL 2026, CSK vs PBKS: In the seventh match of IPL 2026, Punjab Kings registered a thrilling win at MA Chidambaram Stadium, the home ground of Chennai Super Kings. After losing the toss and opting to bat first, Chennai made a strong score of 209 in 20 overs, but chasing the target, Punjab Kings scored 210 in 18.4 overs and won the match by 5 wickets. During this, Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Cooper Connelly and captain Shreyas Iyer played brilliant innings.
Chennai put a big score on the board
Chennai Super Kings batsmen were also successful in this match. Young batsman Ayush Mhatre played a brilliant inning of 73 runs. Apart from them, Shivam Dubey scored unbeaten 45 runs and Sarfaraz Khan played a stormy innings of 32 runs in 12 balls, taking the team beyond 200. Whereas, Vijaykumar Vaishak took maximum 2 wickets from Punjab side. Whereas, Xavier Bartlett, Marco Janson and Yuzvendra Chahal got 1 success each.
Punjab’s exciting run chase
Punjab Kings’ chase was quite aggressive. Openers Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya gave a good start and made a partnership of 61 runs. Priyansh Arya gave the team the lead in the beginning by scoring 39 runs in just 11 balls. At the same time, Prabhsimran Singh also managed to score 43 runs in 34 balls. After this, Cooper Conley played an important inning of 36 runs in 22 balls. Captain Shreyas Iyer also played an important innings and scored 50 runs in 29 balls, which included 4 fours and 3 sixes.
Punjab Kings created history
This victory was special for Punjab Kings in many ways. Actually, for the second time they chased the target of 200 runs at MA Chidambaram Stadium. Punjab team is the first team to achieve this feat. Before this, no team could chase 200 runs twice at home against Chennai.