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Du Plessis and Shane Watson
Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis would have had to score just four more runs to break a record set by Gautam Gambhir and Chris Lin three years ago. But they couldn’t do that, but the Chennai Super Kings won in an incredible starting pair.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team won by 10 wickets without losing a wicket on Sunday night (October 4) at Dubai International Stadium, batting for the 189-run goal set by Kings XI Punjab. Chennai scored 171 no-outs in 18.4 overs in an unbroken partnership between the two starters Watson and Du Plessis. Before that, Punjab scored 16 runs for 4 wickets.
Gambhir and Lin are the highest opening pair in IPL history so far. The two Kolkata Knight Riders stars scored 164 runs in the opening match against the Gujarat Lions in Rajkot in 2016. This time, Watson-du Plessis failed to take the record as he came too close to the opponent’s run.
Punjab also got off to a great start in the opening after winning the draw in Dubai. Although Mayank Agarwal (26) returned to the locker room for 61 races, Mandeep Singh (26) and Nicholas Puran (33) collected a five-wicket course. He returned as the last field with 63 runs of 52 balls. His entries were classified into 6 fours and 1 six. Glenn Maxwell and Sarfaraz Khan were unbeaten with 14 in the last over.
Watson-du Plessis did not allow the Punjab bowlers to take advantage to chase runs. Watson was undefeated at 63 of 53 balls with 11 fours and 3 sixes. Du Plessis was undefeated in 7 runs with 11 fours and 1 six.
Bangladesh time: 1020 hours, October 5, 2020
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