IPL: Chennai Super Kings thrash Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) thrashed Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets in the Indian Premier League on Sunday.

In the first match of the day, New Zealand’s Trent Boult returned figures of 2-28 as he overcame hot UAE weather to help holders Mumbai Indians reach top of the IPL table.

Shane Watson, who smashed 11 fours and three sixes in his 53-ball knock, for CSK said Chennai’s policy is to never panic.

“With so much experience and success the franchise’s had, they believe in the players,” he said. “Never any panic stations with CSK,” he was quoted as saying by AFP.

Watson, 39, struck form with a blazing 83 in an unbeaten opening partnership of 181 with Faf du Plessis.

“Watson was looking good in the nets. But what you want is to replicate that. It was just a matter of time that he gets going,” captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said of the veteran Australian, who had scores of four, 33, 14 and one coming into the game.

“Faf is like a sheet anchor for us. He can always confuse the bowlers with shots like the lap shot. They compliment each other well.”