PBKS vs CSK Highlights: For the five-time champion Chennai Super Kings (CSK), the 18th season of the IPL has not been particularly noteworthy thus far. The squad lost to the Punjab Kings, marking their fourth straight loss of the season. With an 18-run victory over CSK, Punjab Kings got back on the winning track. In their five games thus far, CSK has only managed one victory. However, after a victory over CSK, Punjab has moved back into the top four in the standings. With three victories and one defeat from four games, Punjab has six points and is now ranked fourth. Punjab lost six wickets in 20 overs to score 219 runs in this Mullanpur encounter. As a reaction, CSK could score only 201 runs after losing five wickets in the scheduled overs.
Lost four Straight Games
CSK has now lost four straight IPL games for the fourth time in the league’s history. In the seasons of 2010, 2022, 2022–2023 and 2025, he suffered four straight defeats. The team suffered defeats against Punjab, RCB, Mumbai, and Rajasthan in 2010. At the same time, CSK was defeated by KKR, Hyderabad, Lucknow, and Punjab in 2022. The team was defeated in 2022–2023 by Gujarat, Rajasthan, Mumbai, and Gujarat. In actuality, CSK lost the first game of the 2023 season and the final three games of the 2022 campaign. He had therefore dropped four straight games. This season, CSK has now lost to RCB, Gujarat, Delhi, and Punjab.
The Battle Between CSK and the Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings are the team that CSK has lost the most IPL games since 2022. Since 2022, Punjab has triumphed five times over CSK. The Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals, who had each defeated CSK four times, were overtaken by Punjab in this instance. Meanwhile, Chennai has suffered three losses to the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and the Lucknow Super Giants.
Conway left Sai Sudarshan behind
Against Punjab, Devon Conway gave CSK a half-century. For the third wicket, Devon Conway and Shivam Dubey combined for 89 runs in 51 balls. Conway put up a solid 69-run innings in this game. He reached his half-century in just 37 balls during this period. Conway also scored 1000 runs in the IPL in addition to this. In the shortest innings, he became the third batsman to reach 1000 runs. In this sense, he outperformed Matthew Hayden and Sai Sudarshan. Conway scored 1000 runs in 24 IPL innings, compared to 25 innings for Sudarshan and Hayden.
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