A solid knock from Ayush Mhatre has powered CSK to 209 runs against Punjab Kings in the IPL 2026 clash played on April 04 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

Mhatre made a 73 run knock and a cameo from Shivam Dube and Sarfaraz Khan has set up Chennai Super Kings to cross 200 run mark.

After invited to bat first, Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad opened the innings for CSK while Arshdeep Singh opened the bowling attack.

Xavier Bartlett brought the first breakthrough dismissing Sanju Samson for 7 runs. Ayush Mhatre who came to bat showed intent from the first ball. With Mhatre and Ruturaj at crease, CSK made a decent score of 57 runs in the powerplay.

With Ruturaj played a supportive innings, Ayush Mhatre smashed a fifty. Chahal brought the second breakthrough dismissing CSK captain Ruturaj for 28 runs.

After Shivam Dube joined the side, Ayush Mhatre lost his wicket on a wide yorker delivery where he gave the ball in hands of Yuzvendra Chahal.

Karthik Sharma who came to bat got dismssed on a lbw from Marco Jansen’s delivery. Sarfaraz Khan who came to bat added 32 runs off 12 deliveries before being dimissed by Vijaykumar Vyshak.

With Shivam Dube and Prashant Veer at Crease, Chennai Super Kings scored 209 runs in 20 over innings.

Shivam Dube scored unbeaten 45* with Vijaykumar Vyshak bagging two wickets while Xavier Bartlett, Marco Jansen and Yuzvendra Chahal bagged one wicket each.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11: Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Matt Henry, Khaleel Ahmed

Punjab Kings Playing 11: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal