In the match against Punjab Kings on Wednesday, Chennai Super Kings player Dewald Brevis took a stunning catch, which was one of the best catches taken in the 18th season of IPL. On the third ball of the 18th over bowled by Ravindra Jadeja, Shashank Singh hit a powerful shot, which was going for a six but Brevis standing on the boundary took a brilliant catch and sent the batsman to the pavilion.
Had to jump 3 times
Shashank Singh hit a sweep shot in the air towards mid-wicket on this ball coming on the wicket. Dewald Brevis standing there had to run to his right, he reached the ball and caught the catch but lost his balance and started going across the boundary line. He went out but he tossed the ball in the air. He jumped but still could not come inside, so he again tossed the ball in the air but did not take his eyes off the ball. He had to jump 3 times across the boundary, finally he caught this catch.
Before this wicket, Shashank Singh had hit a four and a six consecutively on the first and second balls. However, Chennai Super Kings could not save this match and Punjab achieved the target with 2 balls to spare and won by 4 wickets.
CSK had scored 190 runs while batting first, this score would have been close to 220 if Yuzvendra Chahal had not taken a hat-trick in the 19th over. In this over, he dismissed MS Dhoni on the second ball. After this, he took a hat-trick by dismissing Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj and Noor Ahmed on the fourth, fifth and sixth balls.
CSK out of the race for IPL 2025 playoffs
Chasing the target, Prabhsimran Singh scored 54 runs in 36 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 5 fours. Shreyas Iyer played a captaincy innings, he scored 72 runs in 41 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 5 fours. With this win, Punjab has come to second place in the points table while Dhoni-led CSK has become the first team to be eliminated from the playoff race.
