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Punjab Kings defeat Chennai Super Kings by 54 runs in a lop-sided encounter at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday, Hindustan Times of reported.

Seeking first win of the season, Chennai Super Kings got off to a disastrous start by losing four wickets within the powerplay against Punjab Kings. Rayudu also departed after scoring 13, leaving Chennai tottering at 38 for five after eight overs.

Shivam Dube scored a fifty before the defending champions got bowled out for 126. Earlier, Liam Livingstone smashed 60 off 32 balls, while Shikhar Dhawan (33) and Jitesh Sharma (26) chipped in with useful contributions to help Punjab score 180 for 8 in 20 overs. For CSK, Chris Jordon (2/23) Mukesh Choudhary (1/52), Dwayne Bravo (1/32), Ravindra Jadeja (1/34) and Dwaine Pretorius (2/30) were among the wickets.

CSK gave away only 71 runs in the back-10 with a lot of credit going to their troika of overseas pacers -- Pretorius, Bravo and Jordan, according to Hindustan Times.

All three players used variations to good effect, strangling the opposition batters in the final overs.

Gujarat Titans defeated Delhi Capitals by 14 runs in their IPL match here on Saturday, The Indian Express reported. 

Sent in to bat, Shubman Gill smashed 84 off 46 balls to guide Gujarat Titans to 171 for 6.

Besides Gill, skipper Hardik Pandya made 31 off 27 balls after being asked to bat. David Miller remained unbeaten on 20 off 15 balls.

Mustafizur Rahman scalped three wickets for 23 runs, while Khaleel Ahmed picked up two wickets giving away 34 runs for DC, according to The Indian Express.

Jos Buttler smashed the first century of IPL 2022 to power Rajasthan Royals to 23-run win over five-time champions Mumbai Indians, who slumped to their second consecutive defeat on Saturday, The Indian Express reported.

Opening the innings after being sent into bat, Buttler hit a whirlwind 100 off 68 balls, only his second ton in the history of the IPL. He struck 11 boundaries and five sixes during his knock. Besides Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer (35 off 14) looked in destructive form while skipper Sanju Samson (30 off 21) too got a start. Jasprit Bumrah (3/17) was the pick of the bowlers for MI.

Chasing the total, Tilak Verma smashed 61 off 33 balls, while opener Ishan Kishan made 54 off 43 balls but it was not enough to guide MI home as they finished at 170 for eight. Yuzvendra Chahal once again shone bright with the ball picking up two wickets for 26 runs from his four overs, according to The Indian Express.

The Lucknow Super Giants made a terrific comeback on Thursday to defeat defending champions Chennai Super Kings in a high-scoring thriller at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, Hindustan Times reported.

Chasing a target of 211, LSG batters Evin Lewis and Ayush Badoni scored 25 runs in Shivam Dube's 19th over of the game to take the game away from CSK, as the tournament debutants registered a six-wicket victory.

CSK rode on contributions from Robin Uthappa (50), Moeen Ali (35), and Dube (49), as the Super Kings reached 210/7 with former captain MS Dhoni making a strong cameo (16* off 6 balls).

In reply, Lucknow got off to a fantastic start with De Kock and Lokesh Rahul (40) putting on 99 runs for the first wicket. The CSK did grab quick wickets in the middle overs but Evin Lewis continued to score at a brisk rate to keep LSG within the target distance.

Lewis smacked six fours and three sixes to help Lucknow close the gap as Shivam Dube’s penultimate over went for 25 runs. Young Ayush Badoni once again stole the show with two sixes in the final over, taking Lucknow across the finish line with three balls to spare, according to Hindustan Times.

The LSG are mentored by former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir and following a close finish, he was seen interacting with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, under whose captaincy Gambhir has played a large part of his international career.

He also posted a heartwarming picture with Dhoni after the game that went viral on social media.

“It was nice catching up skipper!” Gambhir wrote, as he was seen talking to Dhoni in the picture, Hindustan Times reported.