Remember, CSK do not have Pathirana (niggle) and Deshpande (illness) and have already used their impact player. It is also their last game with Mustafizur and up against them stand an opening pair high on confidence after their Kolkata outing. On the other side, Ashish Pant will bring the chase.

Gaikwad's 62 aside, which was slow in part due to the wickets falling at the other end, the other CSK batters failed to get on top of this bowling attack. Rahane and Rizvi struggled, Dube and Jadeja lasted five balls between them, and Dhoni finishes with a strike-rate of under 120. Big-hitting Daryl Mitchell faced only one ball, walking in at No. 8.

As for the PBKS bowlers, the spinners excelled. Brar and R Chahar combined to bowl 8-0-33-4 with an economy of 4.25 and Rabada's control with the new ball and then later ensured he conceded only 23. Arshdeep was expensive but in every game there will always be one expensive bowler, and interestingly, Curran opted for only one over of Harshal.

Rahul Chahar: The ball was holding when dew wasn't there. Now dew is present. The speed I bowl in, the faster ones, I knew it would be tough to him that. (Bowling the 19th) I was backing myself that if I bowl my best ball then they can't hit me. (Plan against Dhoni) Wanted to ensure I don't pitch it up to him or not near his face. Otherwise it would've gone. (One of his best spells?) I think, yes. Even last time I had got it against CSK. So I do well against CSK. (Target) The way they finished, we gave a few extra runs, but the score isn't much."

Most overs bowled by spinners in an IPL innings without conceding a boundary:
8.0 - SRH vs RR, Ahmedabad 2014 (Mishra 4 & Karn 4)
8.0 - RR vs CSK, Abu Dhabi 2020 (Gopal 4 & Tewatia 4)
8.0 - DC vs CSK, Dubai 2021 (Axar 4 & Ashwin 4)
8.0 - PBKS vs CSK, Chepauk 2024 (Brar 4 & Chahar 4)

kelvin: "that was non sense from MSD! Darryl can hit long too.."

deep cover, long off, long on, deep midwicket in place