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Live Cricket Score of Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab, 24th Match, IPL 2015

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Punjab Kings 95-9 (20 Ovs)
Chennai Super Kings 192-3
Chennai Super Kings won by 97 runs
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In each of their three games against the CSK last season, KXIP notched up scores in excess of 200. CSK, not used to copping a battering in IPL, faced crushing defeats in each of their three games. KXIP were on a roll then. Things are different this season. Carrying a mis-firing middle-order, KXIP haven't been at their dominant best and currently occupy the seventh spot. CSK however, like only they can do, continue to defy the law of averages and look primed to reserve another playoff berth.

However an interesting sub-plot defines this game. Glenn Maxwell hasn't been himself since the end of the World Cup. Ravichandran Ashwin, ditto! Will the presence of the other in the opposite dug-out inspire each to lift their games? Will Ashish Nehra continue his fine form and snatch back the purple cap from Tahir?

Welcome to Chepauk for Game 24 for the IPL. This should be fun.

MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first at Chepauk. CSK will stick to the formula that has served them well in the two games played at this venue. After Gayle at RCB, it's Maxwell's turn to sit out of this one as Kings XI will play Shaun Marsh, their super-over hero. Bailey of-course returns as captain.

So much for my pre-match build up about Ashwin and Maxwell! Big call from the KXIP management but one that needed to be taken, in retrospect. Also missing this one is Shivam Sharma and Karanveer takes place.

Chennai, of course are playing an unchanged eleven.

KXIP: M Vijay, V Sehwag, S Marsh, G Bailey, D Miller, W Saha, A Patel, M Johnson, K Singh, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma
KXIP: M Vijay, V Sehwag, S Marsh, G Bailey, D Miller, W Saha, A Patel, M Johnson, K Singh, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma

You can always count on a South African to hold on to a catch. Well they have their bad days, but David Miller wasn't going to drop that. McCullum's blitz ended after 66 runs when he hit an Axar delivery straight down Miller's throat at long-off. Raina however continued to enjoy a charmed stay at the crease. He picked up two boundaries off outside edges to move to 24 off 20. My colleague is happy, Raina is his Power Player. Who is yours?

Raina continued to struggle in Karanveer's next over, even falling over attempting a slog sweep. Haven't seen Raina this fidgety at the crease in coloured clothing.

Over to you guys? Do you think the KXIP management were right in benching Maxwell? Considering the record he has against CSK. Players like those usually need just the one game to turn it around. And what better than to use your bunny team to get going.

Tweet your responses @kausheikh and we'll feature a selection. While you are at it, fasten your seat belts for here come the McCullum and Smith!

Remember those good old days of Pongal Tests in Chennai when the ball would turn square on Day 4? Karanveer Singh helped me reminisce with a fine display of classical leg-spin. Lots of turn on offer as Dwayne Smith played and missed at a few after hitting a first-ball four.

Sandeep Sharma then found the outside edge of McCullum's bat with his first delivery but the first slip fielder was blinded by the keeper, Saha, standing up to the stumps - a ploy to keep McCullum rooted to the crease. Good captaincy. Unfortunate not to reap rewards as McCullum proceeded to crunch a four through covers to get going.

Alright! Time for sweepstakes. How much do you think CSK will make? I'm going with 202. Tweet your responses @kausheikh. I see a lot of you are going close to 200. A word of caution - CSK started brightly against RCB as well but lost their way in the middle. Just so you know!

Vishaal: 174Sonali: 188Sriram: 198Mani: 210Maheshwari: 211Pradeep: 192Akshay: 205
Vishaal: 174Sonali: 188Sriram: 198Mani: 210Maheshwari: 211Pradeep: 192Akshay: 205

Karanveer's first over was soon forgotten as Dwayne Smith tore into him in his second and went 4, 6, 6, 2, 4 after playing a dot-ball first up. Brutal, just brutal from Smith. Full or shot, everything was dispatched with utter disdain. Not too long ago, he was struggling to get bat on ball in the World Cup. Time, thou art a wonderful healer.

McCullum, not one to be left out, picked up a four and an 86-metre six and CSK reached 47/0 after 4 overs.

Anureet Singh should have had McCullum but got Smith instead. The Punjab pacer got McCullum to miscue a shot but Mitchell Johnson clanged the first chance, tried to juggle the ball with his feet but botched the attempt and gave the Kiwi a reprieve. Two balls later however, lady luck smiled on the young Anureet when Smith dragged the ball back on to the stumps attempting a pull. Big breakthrough.

Mitchell Johnson was brought onto the attack straight after Raina walked in. The speedster bowled a tidy first over and gave away just 3 as CSK reached 54/1 after 6!

#SRH drops Steyn#RCB drops Gayle#KXIP drops Maxwell#IPL is no more same#CSKvKXIP #eit20 @kausheikh
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After Karanveer, it was Anureet's turn to feel the wrath of the 'second over syndrome'. The medium-pacer started with 5 Wides and then followed it up with a no-ball before Raina and McCullum teed off and picked up a 4 and 6. 20 came off that over with CSK returning to their high-flying mode after a brief lull.

Mitch Johnson was held back for the death overs and Bailey bowled Sandeep Sharma. Sandeep started fairly well but had to watch in dismay as Baz pulled off an incredible scoop behind the keeper off a 141kmph delivery. Raina was given a life when the ump failed to pick up a nick. How costly would that be?! Just the 7 runs from Sandeep's over. We will see if the second over bug bites him.

Axar Patel brought back a semblance of control in his first over. His mix of left-arm orthodox spin with varying pace had both Raina and McCullum play watchfully. Just four runs were conceded in the over, one of which was a wide.

Brendon McCullum then reached his half-century, off 32 balls, with a pulled six off Johnson. 97/1 after 10. If they double this score from here, they will reach close to 200. They'll want to get a little more than that!

After spending all of last season trying and failing to solve the Kings XI puzzle, CSK bounced back in resounding style and handed out a 97-run hammering to George Bailey's men. By virtue of the win, CSK propelled themselves to the top of the table dislodging Rajasthan Royals. More importantly they have a game in a hand. CSK received an early boost in the game when bogey man Glenn Maxwell was dropped by Kings XI. They carried their confidence onto the field and amassed a mammoth 192 thanks to a blistering 66 by Brendon McCullum.

Kings XI's chase would have largely depended on how they played CSK's struggling spin duo of Ashwin and Jadeja. Unfortunately they floundered in that regard and conceded 5 wickets to Ashwin and Jadeja. Nehra picked up 2 himself to go one behind Tahir in the purple cap list.

Sanjay Bangar and George Bailey have much to think in the coming days. After a hugely successful 2014, they've fallen very early in 2015. Lots of catching up to do. All smiles in the CSK camp however.

Thanks for tuning in. Until next time, Ta ta!

Brendon McCullum and Suresh Raina brought up the 50 run stand with a fiercely struck four. He repeated that shot a couple of balls later before Mitchell Johnson dropped a second catch of the match, a simple one this time, when Raina picked him out to a nicety. Axar Patel looked disconsolate.

Clearly rattled after the dropping the catch, Johnson was handed the responsibility of bowling at the belligerent McCullum and was duly smacked for a four first up. To his credit, he came back pretty well to keep down the batsmen down to singles.

Dhoni and Raina milked 9 runs of Anureet's over despite failing to get a decent connection. CSK however need to get 12 runs per over to get to that 200 mark.

Dhoni then proceeded to hit a big six off Karanveer in the next over before playing a part in Raina's dismissal. Dhoni muscled a delivery straight back and the ball ricocheted off the bowler onto the stumps with Raina backing up too far. After all the luck he's had in the innings, it was perhaps only fair (for KXIP) to see Raina go off in that fashion.

KXIP have not allowed to get CSK out of control. Despite the occasional boundary, Anureet Singh and Axar Patel combined to give away just 18 runs in their overs as CSK reached 171/3 after 18. At one point 200 looked certain but ever since McCullum fell, CSK have visibly slowed down. Can they pick it up at the end?

Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni went after Mitchell Johnson in the 19th over. The walrus conceded 17 before Sandeep Sharma bowled a brilliant final over, giving away just 4 bowling successive yorkers. Pradeep wins the prediction contest. Take a bow, son! 192 it is! I'd say they are eight runs short. KXIP can chase this but it'll depend on how CSK's spinners go. Join us for the chase in just a bit.

KXIP suffered a big blow early in their chase of 193 when Virender Sehwag tried to lift Pandey over mid-off without any foot movement and offered du Plessis a simple catch. He's not going to drop those. Not du Plessis. In-form Nehra conceded a boundary early in his over before bowling five consecutive dot-balls. Shaun Marsh is in. He will have to bat deep into this chase!

Harsh Pithawala - KXIP Poor Show from Fielders today! Marsh and Miller is the key to win for KXIP tonight.

Tahir Ali - Kings XI will win by 5 wickets.

KXIP suffered a big blow early in their chase of 193 when Virender Sehwag tried to lift Pandey over mid-off without any foot movement and offered du Plessis a simple catch. He's not going to drop those. Not du Plessis. In-form Nehra conceded a boundary early in his over before bowling five consecutive dot-balls. Shaun Marsh is in. He will have to bat deep into this chase!

Harsh Pithawala - KXIP Poor Show from Fielders today! Marsh and Miller is the key to win for KXIP tonight.

Tahir Ali - Kings XI will win by 5 wickets.

Chennai boy Murali Vijay picked up a four, a pick up shot towards mid-wicket and a six, backward of square, to give the KXIP chase much needed impetus. He knows this ground and the opposition inside out. He's timing them well.

Unfortunately for CSK, Ashish Nehra couldn't provide them the early breakthroughs he's been giving them. Vijay added another four of Nehra's second over as KXIP reached 28/1 after 4 overs. Ashwin and Jadeja crucial.

After conceding a four off his first ball, Mohit Sharma was assisted by some astute field placement by MS Dhoni and conceded only 3 more runs in the over. Nehra returned to his wicket-taking mode when he got the dangerous Shaun Marsh leg before wicket. Big blow this for KXIP. In comes George Bailey. 39/2 after 6!

Captain Obvious: One of these two batsmen should play a big innings if KXIP are to win from here.

Ravi Jadeja sent back Captain George Bailey out in his first over to put CSK firmly in control of the game. The Bailey attempted to go big over the off-side, got a nick and Dhoni completed a sharp catch. Huge confidence boost for Jaddu. Whoever said CSK spinners are struggling!

Ravi Jadeja sent back Captain George Bailey out in his first over to put CSK firmly in control of the game. The Bailey attempted to go big over the off-side, got a nick and Dhoni completed a sharp catch. Huge confidence boost for Jaddu. Whoever said CSK spinners are struggling!

Ravi Jadeja sent back Captain George Bailey out in his first over to put CSK firmly in control of the game. The Bailey attempted to go big over the off-side, got a nick and Dhoni completed a sharp catch. Huge confidence boost for Jaddu. Whoever said CSK spinners are struggling!

Ravi Jadeja sent back Captain George Bailey out in his first over to put CSK firmly in control of the game. The Bailey attempted to go big over the off-side, got a nick and Dhoni completed a sharp catch. Huge confidence boost for Jaddu. Whoever said CSK spinners are struggling!

Ravi Jadeja sent back Captain George Bailey out in his first over to put CSK firmly in control of the game. The Bailey attempted to go big over the off-side, got a nick and Dhoni completed a sharp catch. Huge confidence boost for Jaddu. Whoever said CSK spinners are struggling!

Ashwin too, despite starting with a wide down the leg side, started tidily and gave away just the six runs away. KXIP have reached 48/3 after 8 overs. Need to up the scoring rate. Target is not small!

Axar Patel hit a lusty six off Jadeja before attempting a repeat of the shot in the next over off Ashwin and was out stumped. This is going away very quickly. Sometimes teams need to be told that Net Run Rate can play a vital role in determining final table positions. Ashwin bowling with his tail up now! Considerably turn on offer!

Ravindra Jadeja sent back David Miller thanks to a superb piece of fielding by Raina at leg-slip. Miller glanced a leg-side delivery and Raina's quick reflexes sprung into action and he plucked off a blinder. Super catch. Kings XI slip further. Bad chase. Unless... Vijay can turn it around.

Murali Vijay became Ashwin's first victim when he flicked a full delivery straight down the throat of Dwayne Bravo in the deep. Surely no way back now for Kings XI. A very flat performance by them. In the field and with the bat.

Mitchell Johnson was the next to go when he slept Ravindra Jadeja straight down the throat off backward square leg fielder. The end is nigh for Punjab. We predicted that the CSK spinner would be key to this chase and they've literally ripped apart the Punjab batting order.

Mohit Sharma bowled a tidy over as Anureet and Saha looked to ensure no further wickets fell down. How will they play now knowing that the match is virtually done and dusted.

Dwayne Bravo was introduced into the attack as late as the 15th over. It's clear who the death bowler in CSK's lineup is. But unlike other bowlers who operate at the death, Bravo bowls only in the second half of the innings. Here he started off with a gentle five-run winner.

Ashwin's next over featured an outstanding attempt by Ravindra Jadeja to complete a catch at long off. He ran in, put in a full stretch dive got the ball but it popped out when he thudded on to the carpet. Excellent attempt.

110 off 24 required. Mathematically possible says my colleague, the eternally optimistic Kings XI Punjab fan.

Nehra picked up his second wicket of the match, this one of Wriddhiman Saha who pulled a short delivery straight to the long-leg fielder. Some season, Nehra is having. One wicket short of Imran Tahir's tally of 13. KXIP 90/8!

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