PBKS vs CSK Highlights: The 18th season of the IPL has not been anything special so far for five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The team suffered a defeat against Punjab Kings which is their fourth consecutive defeat this season. Punjab Kings returned to the winning track by defeating CSK by 18 runs. CSK have played five matches so far and have won only one match. On the other hand, Punjab have returned to the top four in the points table with a win over CSK. Punjab has six points from four matches with three wins and one loss and is in the fourth position. In this match played in Mullanpur, Punjab scored 219 runs by losing six wickets in 20 overs. In response, CSK could score only 201 runs after losing five wickets in the scheduled overs.
Lost four matches in a row
This is the fourth time in IPL history that CSK have lost four consecutive matches in an IPL season. He lost four consecutive matches in 2010, 2022, 2022-23 and now 2025 season. In 2010, the team lost to Punjab, RCB, Mumbai and Rajasthan. At the same time, in 2022, KKR, Lucknow, Punjab and Hyderabad defeated CSK. In 2022-23, Mumbai, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Gujarat defeated the team. Actually, CSK lost the last three matches of the 2022 season and the team also lost the opening match of the 2023 season. In this way, he had lost four matches in a row. Now CSK had to face defeats to RCB, Gujarat, Delhi and Punjab this season.
CSK’s Struggle Against Punjab Kings
If CSK has suffered the most defeats in IPL since 2022, then it is Punjab Kings. Punjab have defeated CSK five times since 2022. In this case, Punjab left behind Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans who have defeated CSK four times each. At the same time, Chennai has faced three defeats against Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
Conway left behind Sai Sudarshan
Devon Conway scored a half-century for CSK against Punjab. Shivam Dubey and Devon Conway added 89 runs in 51 balls for the third wicket. Conway played a strong innings of 69 runs in this match. During this time he completed his half century in just 37 balls. Along with this, Conway also completed 1000 runs in IPL. He became the third batsman to complete 1000 runs in the shortest innings. He surpassed Sai Sudarshan and Matthew Hayden in this regard. Sudarshan and Hayden completed 1000 runs in IPL in 25 innings, while Conway did it in 24 innings.
