Harpreet Brar of Punjab Kings celebrating the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane of Chennai Super Kings throughout match the IPL match between CSK and PBKS held on the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on May 01, 2024.
Punjab Kings left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar opened up in regards to the areas he tries to intention for whereas bowling towards a number of the greatest hitters of the event within the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.
After CSK opener Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ajinkya Rahane fended off PBKS bowlers within the powerplay, Harpreet bowled the ninth over and altered the complexion of the sport in two deliveries.
In the ninth over, he despatched Rahane again to the dressing room, and on the following supply, he trapped in-form batter Shivam Dube proper in entrance of the stumps. Rahul Chahar backed him up on the opposite finish by making CSK batters toil laborious for every run.
Harpreet was adjudged Man of the Match for his game-changing spell that opened the floodgates and laid the muse for Punjab’s triumph.
“It was a good wicket to bowl on, and even Rahul bowled really well. I have been playing for 6 years, so my confidence has been pretty high. Now bowling to these legends of the game feels normal, I just bowl to my strengths. To be honest, I don’t think wickets, my aim is only to bowl lots of dot balls and dot balls create the wickets. When there is spin in the wicket, the bowlers’ confidence goes up and it is a bit helpful,” Harpreet mentioned after the sport.
Both spinners mixed to produce an influential spell of 4/33 in 8 overs. Overall, Harpreet has six scalps to his identify in 10 matches at an economic system of seven.21.
Harpreet’s efforts performed a serious position as PBKS clinched their fifth win at Chepauk towards CSK within the IPL. They went stage with five-time champion Mumbai Indians for essentially the most variety of wins towards CSK at Chepauk within the cash-rich league.
Coming to the match, the colourful yellow wave within the stands of Chepauk was lowered to silence after PBKS effortlessly chased down 163 with greater than two overs to spare.
Stand-in skipper Sam Curran’s resolution to put CSK to bat turned out to be the perfect one because the dew issue kicked in to change into a hindrance for CSK bowlers within the second half of the match.
Ruturaj Gaikwad led from the entrance and scored 62 off 48 deliveries and MS Dhoni offered the ending touches on the demise to energy CSK to an unlikely 162/7.
In reply, PBKS batters hardly broke a sweat whereas chasing 163. Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw cast a 64-run stand to fully shift the momentum of their favour.
Curran and Shashank Singh utilized the ending touches to seal a 7-wicket win for PBKS.
