CSK middle order fails, what was the turning point against Punjab Kings?

Today i.e. on 8 April, the best match of IPL 2025 was played between Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings. Punjab Kings won this match with 18 runs. All the players from Punjab Kings played a key role in their team’s victory by performing tremendously. Chennai Super Kings once again performed disappointing. In this match, Punjab Kings batted first and scored 219 runs losing six wickets in 20 overs.

On behalf of the team, young opener Priyansh Arya batted aggressively, scoring a record -breaking innings of 103 runs with the help of 7 fours and 9 sixes off 42 balls. During this innings, the young batsman did not leave any bowler of Chennai Super Kings and hit a strong attack against all. This innings has been praised by all the people.

Apart from Priyansh Arya, Shashank Singh also contributed 52* runs while batting explosives while Marco Jansen contributed 34* runs. However, apart from these three players, no other batsman could leave his mark in this match for Punjab Kings. Captain Shreyas Iyer was dismissed for 9 runs while Glenn Maxwell was also able to score the same run.

Chennai Super Kings started chasing the target very well but he batted disappointing in the middle order. The team also lost the boundary in the middle order and also lost wickets. This was the turning point of this match.

Chennai Super Kings’s batting lineup once again flopped

Opener Dewon Conway played a valuable innings of 69* runs for the team. However, he failed to win his team. Shivam Dubey also contributed 42 runs from Chennai Super Kings while Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 27 runs. Loki Fergusan took 2 wickets from Punjab Kings.