Sam Curran: On Wednesday, a match was played between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings (CSK vs PBKS) in IPL 2024, which Punjab easily won by 7 wickets. Host Chennai, batting first, scored 162/7 runs in 20 overs. In response, the Red Harki team registered an easy victory by scoring 163/3 runs in just 17.5 overs. Captain Sam Curran is very happy to see this brilliant performance of his team and he praised his players profusely after the end of the match. Let us also tell you what he said –

What did Sam Curran say after defeating Chennai?

After the spectacular win against Chennai Super Kings, Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran said during the post match presentation,

“I am very happy. Whenever you come to Chennai and win, it is always a special feeling. Like last year, this time too we have lost a lot of matches at home and won away. We are in a situation right now where we have to win all our matches.”

“I think when you come to Chennai, you realize how hot it is and how much dew there is going to be. Today we wanted to do something different by trying Rabada in the powerplay. We wanted to use our spinners later on, so tried to try Kagiso within the powerplay.”

“Chahar made a good comeback and when we conceded 260 runs, he was our best bowler. He is bowling with a lot of confidence. When I asked him to bowl against MSD in the 19th over, he did not hold back.”

Sam Curran praised his players

When Sam Curran was pressed as to why the 19th spinner was made, he said, “The fast bowlers were a bit expensive towards the end, and I wanted to try something different. I asked Riley Rossouw what he thought and we tried our luck with a spin. In this game where everyone is going for runs, you need to take such gambles. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.”

“Today was a new match, new conditions and this win will give us a lot of confidence. I think our bowlers were brilliant, the spinners were played very well by Jonny, even the way we chased the target was brilliant. There is a need to increase this confidence further.”

This was the condition of the competition

In this match played in Chepauk, Punjab Kings won the toss and decided to bowl first and this decision was right. They restricted Chennai Super Kings to a score of 162/7. For CSK, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad played an inning of 62 runs in 48 balls. Apart from them, Ajinkya Rahane scored 29 (24) runs and Sameer Rizvi scored 21 (23) runs. Moeen Ali and MS Dhoni also played innings of 15 (9) and 14 (11) runs respectively.

Chasing this target, Punjab Kings registered an easy victory. Jonny Bairstow scored 46 runs in 30 balls with the help of 7 fours and 1 six. At the same time, Riley Rossouw scored 43 (23), Shashank Singh scored 25* (26) and captain Sam Curran scored 26 (20) to help his team win by 7 wickets.