New Delhi: An all-round performance from Liam Livingstone helped Punjab Kings beat defending champions Chennai Super Kings by 54 runs on Sunday at Brabourne stadium in Mumbai. After playing a breathtaking 60-run innings off just 32 deliveries, Livingstone took two wickets in his two overs. Tonight was CSK’s third straight loss in IPL 2022. For the first time ever in history of IPL, Chennai have now lost its first three games in a row.
Put to bat first after losing the toss, Punjab was off to a poor start. Their skipper Mayank Agarwal lost his wicket in just the second ball of the match. CSK put themselves on top by taking another wicket in the next over as Chris Jordan was run out by Dhoni.
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Punjab was left reeling at 14/2. Liam Livingstone then not only notched up a quick half-century but also stitched a 95-run stand with Shikhar Dhawan to pull his team back into the match and post a respectable 180/8 against Chennai.
During his remarkable knock, Livingstone hit the longest six of IPL 2022. In the 5th over of the innings, he hit a 108 meter long six over mid-wicket. This is so far the longest six of this season. In the very same over, he scored 26 runs with the help of three sixes and two fours.
Liam Livingston hits 108m six #livingston #PBKSvCSK pic.twitter.com/9KPVCL9jch
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Liam Livingstone broke his own record for the biggest six in IPL 2022. pic.twitter.com/lue5Bn0VRj
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Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (wk), Liam Livingstone, Shah Rukh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Odeon Smith, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Shivam Dube, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Jordan, Dwayne Pretorius, Mukesh Choudhary