PBKS vs CSK IPL 2022: Who won today's IPL match? Man of the Match, Point Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap

Who won today’s IPL match?: Punjab Kings (PBKS) locked horns with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the match 38th of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. It was a high-scoring thriller that made many go bonkers. While it was Shikhar Dhawan who shined for his side, Ambati Rayudu stole the limelight in the second innings. But in the, it was the Mayank Agarwal-led side who had a last laugh and registered their fourth win of the season.

Today’s IPL match result

Invited to bat first, PBKS lost skipper Mayank Agarwal early for just 18 runs. However after, that Shikhar Dhawan carried his bat and scored masterful 88* runs. He was well complimented by Bhanuka Rajapksa (44) and a finish by Liam Livingstone (17) in the end helped PBKS post a big total of 187 runs on the board. For CSK, Dwayne Bravo was the pick of the bowlers and returned with the figures of 2/42.

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It got as worse as it could for CSK as chasing the target they found themselves tumbling at 40/4 at 7 overs. Ruturaj Gaikwad held one end and scored 30 runs. Ambati Rayudu took charge to PBKS bowlers and scored his first half-century of the season. He took his team close to the target by scoring 78 runs but fell to Kagiso Rabada in 18th over. With 35 runs needed off the last two years, Arshdeep Singh bowled a brilliant over against MS Dhoni and Jadeja as he conceded only 8 runs. The keeper-batsman then put pressure on PBKS by smashing six on the first ball of last over but Rishi Dhawan came back and and removed him on the third ball for 12 runs and then closed the game for his side to win the match by 11 runs.

Man of the match today IPL

Punjab Kings opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan was awarded Man of the Match in today’s encounter against Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai. The southpaw batted throughout the entire innings and helped his side post a mammoth total of 187 runs on the board. His knock was laced with 9 fours and 2 maximums. He also stitched crucial partnerships with Mayank Agarwal and Bhanaunka Rajapaksa.

Today IPL highlights

You can catch highlights of today’s IPL 2022 encounter between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on official website of IPL. Here’s the link to the same:

IPL schedule

The next match of the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is slated to take place between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at MCA Stadium in Pune.

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IPL 2022 Point Table

Teams	P	W	L	Pts	Nrr
Gujarat Titans	7	6	1	12	+0.396
Sunrisers Hyderabad	7	5	2	10	+0.691
Rajasthan Royals	7	5	2	10	+0.432
Lucknow Super Giants	8	5	3	10	+0.334
Royal Challengers Bangalore	8	5	3	10	-0.472
Punjab Kings	8	4	4	8	-0.419
Delhi Capitals	7	3	4	6	+0.715
Kolkata Knight Riders	8	3	5	6	+0.080
Chennai Super Kings	8	2	6	4	-0.538
Mumbai Indians	8	0	8	0	-1.000

IPL 2022 Orange Cap

POS	Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
1	Jos Buttler	7	7	491	116	81.83	161.51	3	2
2	KL Rahul	8	8	368	103*	61.33	147.79	2	1
3	Shikhar Dhawan	8	8	302	88*	43.14	132.45	0	2
4	Hardik Pandya	6	6	295	87*	73.75	136.57	0	3
5	Tilak Varma	8	8	272	61	45.33	140.20	0	2

IPL 2022 Purple Cap

POS	Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
1	Yuzvendra Chahal	7	7	204	18	40/5	11.33	7.28	9.33
2	T Natarajan	7	7	218	15	10/3	14.53	8.07	10.80
3	Dwayne Bravo	8	8	259	14	20/3	18.50	8.73	12.71
4	Kuldeep Yadav	7	7	226	13	35/4	17.38	8.47	12.30
5	Umesh Yadav	8	8	238	11	23/4	21.63	7.43	17.45