IPL 2020: CSK vs KXIP, Match 18 Highlights: Watson, Du Plessis propel Super Kings to an emphatic 10-wicket win

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Dubai, Oct 4: Chennai Super Kings returned to winning ways and they did it in some style as they thrashed Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 match here on Sunday (October 4).

Chasing a target of 175, Super Kings' openers Shane Watson (83 not out) and Faf du Plessis (87 not out) took their team home without any trouble. The senior-pros played an equal number of deliveries (53) in the run chase and registered the second 10-wicket win for Super Kings in the tournament and interestingly both have come against Kings XI Punjab. Punjab have now lost 4 matches by 10 wickets - most by any side in IPL.

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The unbeaten 181-run stand between Watson and Du Plessis is the highest opening stand for CSK in the history of IPL. No Punjab bowler had any answer to these two as they failed to break their partnership which will force the team management to make some changes in their strategy in the upcoming game.

With this win, the MS Dhoni-led side jumped to the sixth spot in the points table and also improved their net run rate. KL Rahul's Punjab has now hit rock bottom.

Earlier, Rahul top-scored with 61 and valuable some cameos from Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh and Nicholas Pooran helped Kings XI Punjab post a respectable 178/4. Rahul and Mayank opened the innings on a positive note but Mayank was removed by Piyush Chawla to break the opening stand.

Later, Dhoni rotated his bowlers really well and after some sloppy misfields, Super Kings players produced some spectacular catches to arrest the flow of runs. Ravindra Jadeja took a wonderful catch apart from picking up Mandeep Singh's wicket. But it was pacer Shardul Thakur who brought his team back into the game by removing dangerous Nicholas Pooran and KL Rahul off consecutive deliveries.

CSK needed their top-order batsmen to put runs on the board and they did it in style and made look the run chase ridiculously easy.