He may be out of favour from the India set-up, but Yuzvendra Chahal continues to make heads turn in the Indian Premier League. The leg-spinner picked up his second hat-trick in the tournament's history during Punjab Kings' face-off against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday, April 30. (Match Blog | Streaming | Full Coverage)
After getting hit by MS Dhoni for a six, Chahal responded with his wicket and three more off successive deliveries later in the 19th over. He got rid of Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj and then Noor Ahmad to delight the home camp and end up with figures of 4/32 in three overs.
The leg-spinner was then subbed out in favour of opener Prabhsimran Singh, but Chahal had done his job by then. He continues to be the all-time leading wicket in Indian Premier League with 218 scalps from 170 games.
Earlier, his captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to field first. Chennai Super Kings are at the bottom of the points table with four points from nine games, and defeat against Punjab Kings would officially knock them out of playoffs reckoning. As for Punjab, they are fifth with 11 points and a victory tonight would take them back to the top four.
Playing XIs
Chennai Super Kings: Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Mhatre, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana
Impact Sub: Anshul Kamboj
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Josh Inglis (wk), Marco Jansen, Suryansh Shedge, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh
Impact Sub: Prabhsimran Singh
