IPL 2025: Priyansh Aryas Maiden Century Powers Punjab Kings To 18-Run Win Over CSK

Rookie opener Priyansh Arya delivered on his excessive promise with a sensational hundred earlier than the bowlers survived MS Dhoni’s late onslaught to script an 18-run win for Punjab Kings over Chennai Tremendous Kings within the IPL in Mullanpur on Tuesday. 

Priyansh (103 off 42) powered Punjab Kings to 219 for six, the very best whole on the venue, after the hosts misplaced half their facet inside the primary eight overs.

CSK batters haven’t been adequate to date within the season however the likes of Devon Conway (69 off 49 retired out), Rachin Ravindra (36 off 23) and Shivam Dube (42 off 27) have been capable of take the sport deep on this event. Nevertheless, CSK fell brief and ended at 201 for 5.

It was CSK’s fourth loss in 5 video games whereas Punjab Kings recorded their third win in 4 matches.

The equation for CSK got here all the way down to 75 runs off the final 30 balls. A lot to the delight of followers current on the venue, Dhoni (27 off 12) got here to bat at quantity 5 after Dube’s fall within the sixteenth over.

With Dube going ballistic within the center overs, Punjab Kings needed to wait until the seventeenth over to get their most important spinner Yuzvendra Chahal into operation.

It was Lockie Ferguson’s flip to bowl the 18th over and that was when Dhoni supplied a glimmer of hope for CSK with two sixes off as many balls. Nevertheless, 43 off the final 12 balls ended up being an excessive amount of for the away group.

Punjab Kings have been poor within the discipline, dropping as many as 4 catches however have been nonetheless capable of recover from the road.The evening belonged to Priyansh, the 24-year-old from Delhi who rose to prominence with six sixes in an over in an area league final 12 months.

He flaunted his particular six-hitting abilities on the nationwide stage to carry Punjab Kings to an above par whole. His knock included seven boundaries and 9 hits over the fence.

The commendable restoration was additionally made potential by Shashank Singh (52 not out off 36 balls) who made certain Punjab Kings cashed in on the platform laid by Arya. Quantity eight Marco Jansen (34 not out off 19) additionally performed his half to perfection.

Head coach Ricky Ponting had spoken extremely of Priyansh firstly of the season and on Tuesday, the left-hander repaid the immense religion which the Australian legend confirmed on him.

After two successive failures, Priyansh was underneath strain however the best way he began his innings, slaying pacer Khaleel Ahmed for six over level, set the tone for his memorable effort.

Priyansh loves smashing sixes down the bottom however after choosing Ponting’s brains, he appears to have upped his sport sq. of the wicket. With the convenience he deposited Matheesha Pathirana’s brief balls within the thirteenth over was a testomony to that.

After three straight sixes off the Sri Lanka pacer, the following one was a 4 in the direction of third man off a mis-hit that took him to 3 figures.

What additionally stood out in Priyansh’s stellar knock was the way through which he performed veteran spinner R Ashwin. He collected three sixes off Ashwin although one in all them ought to have been a catch on the boundary.

CSK’s main wicket taker Noor Ahmed was launched within the eleventh over and Shahank welcomed him into the assault with a large six over vast long-on. Whereas Arya stole the present, Shashank struck the ball crisply constructing on his breakaway final season.

An unusual bowling effort from CSK allowed Punjab Kings to come back again within the sport and ultimately acquire the upperhand. Ashwin leaked 48 runs in his 4 overs and Pathirana 52 runs in his quota of overs.