Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings, 7th Match, Indian Premier League 2026 - Player HighlightsCSK vs PBKS, 7th Match, Indian Premier League 2026 - Player Highlights

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Ayush Mhatre, out Caught by Yuzvendra Chahal!! Vyshak strikes back! Chahal hangs on. A fine knock comes to an end. Both set batters sent back in successive overs. Punjab Kings fighting back. Another very full delivery, close to yorker length and Mhatre tries to repeat his sliced shot, opens the bat face and picks out short third. The ball was travelling but Chahal does well to take it calmly with his fingers pointing upwards. Ayush Mhatre c Yuzvendra Chahal b Vijaykumar Vyshak 73(43) [4s-6 6s-5]

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR, in the air and wide of backward point. Very full delivery outside off, Mhatre reaches and slices the drive behind square. He evades the diving fielder and the ball races away..

Yuzvendra Chahal to Ayush Mhatre, no ball, 1 run, flighted delivery around off, Mhatre eases it to extra cover and Chahal runs behind it, they manage to keep it down to a single. But Chahal has overstepped. Free-hit coming up..

Yuzvendra Chahal to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, dropped! Tough chance and Shashank can't hold on. Second let off for Mhatre against Chahal. Tosses it up and invites the youngster for the big shot, Mhatre shimmies down and looks to go down the ground, but the ball spins away and Mhatre ends up slicing it over extra cover. Shashank runs in, slides and gets both hands but does not hold on. Was the slide needed? Shashank was charging in and could have got there, but the slide takes him off-balance

Yuzvendra Chahal to Ayush Mhatre, no run, uhhh! Nice drift and turn - lands outside leg and turns across, Mhatre stays back and defends it down the pitch

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Ayush Mhatre, no run, 136.2ks full and outside off, Mhatre walks across and adjusts to play the reverse lap, but does not connect. Vyshak went wider as he saw Mhatre shuffle across and hence no wide call

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR, neatly done! Low full toss outside off, Mhatre reaches for it and opens the bat face, uses the pace on the ball and guides it behind square on the off-side, beats deep backward point comfortably

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, 134.7ks very full delivery, close to yorker length, Mhatre jams it to the off-side and the pair quickly cross over

Yuzvendra Chahal to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, slower and at the stumps - Mhatre goes hard on the sweep and drags an inside edge, to the right of short fine

Yuzvendra Chahal to Ayush Mhatre, 2 runs, a loopy delivery wide of off, thrown wide and Mhatre reaches out on the drive, carts it over cover for a couple

Yuzvendra Chahal to Ayush Mhatre, no run, a chance and Vyshak has fumbled it, was late to react, runs forward and then dives. He did get to the ball, but it pops out as he hits the ground. Was a lovely leg-break, dropped and turned across the right-hander, Mhatre was shaping for the slog-sweep and only got a top-edge

Marcus Stoinis to Ayush Mhatre, no run, banged in short by Stoinis - Mhatre swivels across on the pull and misses, 17 off the over

Marcus Stoinis to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, a low full-toss and Mhatre doesn't get the cross-batted swipe right, came right off the toe-end and plugged in front of long-on

Marcus Stoinis to Ayush Mhatre, wide, Stoinis shortens the length and pushes one across the right-hander, past the tramlines and has been wided

Marcus Stoinis to Ayush Mhatre, SIX, back-to-back sixes for Mhatre, he's on a roll now - pitched up by Stoinis and Mhatre got under it, might've sliced it slightly, but he's always looking to go straight and over the bowler's head, sails over the ropes for a maximum

Marcus Stoinis to Ayush Mhatre, SIX, a maximum and Mhatre gets to a fifty. Stoinis starts with a slower ball, but it's too full and right in the slot, lets Mhatre get forward and then hammer the drive over long-off

Yuzvendra Chahal to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, Chahal slows down the pace on off - Mhatre backs away and cuts it square on the off-side for a single

Yuzvendra Chahal to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, Chahal slows down the pace around off, punched off the back-foot to deep cover

Yuzvendra Chahal to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, tossed up on middle and leg, chipped down to long-on for a single

Marco Jansen to Ayush Mhatre, no run, Jansen goes full and just outside off - Mhatre jams the bat down and toe-ends it to the off-side

Marco Jansen to Ayush Mhatre, SIX, plenty of height and Mhatre has the distance as well, pitched up anbd angling into the right-hander, was a floaty slower ball, but it's right in the slot and Mhatre heaves it over wide mid-on - drops over the ropes for a maximum

Marco Jansen to Ayush Mhatre, no run, on a good length and angling into the right-hander, turned onto the on-side

Marco Jansen to Ayush Mhatre, 2 runs, fraction fuller and just outside off, hit slightly high on Mhatre's bat as he looked to drive. He finds the gap wide of cover though and comes back for the second

Marco Jansen to Ayush Mhatre, no run, a heave and a miss, fuller length delivery and shaping across the right-hander, Mhatre's feet doesn't move as he swung across the line and missed

Marco Jansen to Ayush Mhatre, SIX, massive, banged in short and Mhatre takes on Jansen - stays on the front-foot, swivels across and then hammers the pull over square leg, went sailing a long way into the stands

Arshdeep Singh to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, Arshdeep keeps it very full and on off, jammed in front of mid-on and they're off for a quick single

Arshdeep Singh to Ayush Mhatre, no run, yorker length delivery outside off - Mhatre jams the bat down and gets an inside edge onto the on-side

Arshdeep Singh to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, the inswinging yorker, Mhatre squeezes it in front of mid-off for a quick single

Arshdeep Singh to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR, drilled, tad too full from Arshdeep, it's right in the slot and he bludgeons it straight of mid-off, bounces away to the ropes

Arshdeep Singh to Ayush Mhatre, wide, back of a length and angling well down leg, past Mhatre's pull and has been wided

Arshdeep Singh to Ayush Mhatre, no run, fuller length delivery on off, Mhatre goes hard on the slog and gets a thick inside edge to mid-wicket

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, short of a good length and at the stumps - Mhatre swivels across and pulls it past square leg for a single

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Ayush Mhatre, no run, on a good length and just outside off - Mhatre stays leg-sided and then slogs across the line, misses and the ball bounces through to the keeper

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Ayush Mhatre, 2 runs, on a good length and at the stumps, Mhatre swings through the line and places it wide of mid-wicket, the fielder in the deep gets across and keeps them down to a couple

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Ayush Mhatre, SIX, slugged, back of a length and at the stumps, looked like the slower off-cutter from Vyshak. Mhatre gets his left leg out of the way and then hoists it high over wide long-on, sailed over the ropes for a maximum

Vijaykumar Vyshak to Ayush Mhatre, no run, on a good length and angling back into the right-hander, Mhatre swings across the line and misses. Comes off the pad and rolls to the off-side

Xavier Bartlett to Ayush Mhatre, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, an open-faced drive, but straight to the fielder at backward point, 15 off the over

Xavier Bartlett to Ayush Mhatre, 2 runs, back of a length and just outside off - Mhatre swivels across and then clubs the pull wide of mid-on - Arshdeep gets across to his left at long-on, puts in a clumsy slide and makes the stop

Xavier Bartlett to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR, a miscue, but Mhatre has three fours in a row - Bartlett dragged the length back and Mhatre wasn't in a great position on the pull, slightly muscled and he clears square leg with ease, one bounce and over the ropes

Xavier Bartlett to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR, much better from Mhatre - too full and too straight from Bartlett, Mhatre lets the ball come, held his shape and then whipped it over mid-wicket for a boundary

Xavier Bartlett to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR, an agricultural heave and Mhatre gets off the mark with a boundary, pitched up by Bartlett - Mhatre gets his left leg out of the way and heaves it over mid-on, came off the inner half, but clears the fielder in the ring with ease

Marco Jansen to Ayush Mhatre, no run, fuller length delivery outside off - Mhatre clears his front-leg on the drive and finds mid-off, on the bounce to the fielder

Marco Jansen to Ayush Mhatre, no run, short of a good length and well wide of off, stabbed away from his body and Mhatre picks out cover

Marco Jansen to Ayush Mhatre, 5 wides, Jansen loses his line and spills one down leg - the swing takes it further away and Prabhsimran Singh can only palm it away, runs away to the ropes for extra wides

Marco Jansen to Ayush Mhatre, no run, change of pace from Jansen - slower ball at 119 kmph, Mhatre prods half-forward and inside edges halves it back at the bowler

Marco Jansen to Ayush Mhatre, no run, short of a good length and at the stumps, Mhatre prods across defensively