Chahar and Brar lead Punjab to 7

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CHENNAI, India (AP) — Punjab spinners Rahul Chahar and Harpreet Brar stifled Chennai Super Kings batters as they led the Kings to a seven-wicket win in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday.

Chahar and Brar didn’t concede a boundary and picked up four wickets for just 33 runs off their eight overs to restrict Chennai to 162-7 after captain Ruturaj Gaikwad lost his ninth toss in 10 games and Punjab opted to field.

Punjab cruised to 163-3 with 13 balls to spare for its fourth win of the season with Jonny Bairstow (46) and Rilee Rossouw (43) leading the chase against a depleted Chennai pace attack under dewy conditions.

Despite the loss, Chennai stayed at No. 4 with 10 points on superior net run-rate ahead of Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals. Punjab is seventh with eight points.

Chennai fast bowler Richard Gleeson, playing his first IPL game, provided an early breakthrough when he got a leading edge of Prabhsimran Singh’s (13) bat in his second over.