CSK vs KXIP, IPL 2018 Live Cricket Score: Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 5 wickets

A Patel to S Raina, Full on middle, pushed through to long on for a single.

R Ashwin to D Chahar, The batsman has played it towards mid-wicket. Two runs added to the total. The people in the Pink City can start to celebrate now. RAJASTHAN ARE THROUGH TO THE PLAYOFFS ALONG WITH HYDERABAD, CHENNAI AND KOLKATA! This match is now a formality. Can Punjab at least end their season with a win?

R Ashwin to D Chahar, FOUR! Sliced away! A short ball outside off, Deepak slices this over cover and gets a boundary!

R Ashwin to S Raina, Driven through long off by the batsman. They pick up a single.

R Ashwin to D Chahar, Full and outside off, pushed towards long on for a single.

R Ashwin to D Chahar, WIDE. Goes even wider than the previous one and Deepak lets it be.

R Ashwin to D Chahar, SIX! Another one! Full and outside off, a bit wide, Chahar reaches out and lofts it with ease over long off!

R Ashwin to D Chahar, SIX! THWACK! Full and outside off, Chahar finally attacks and slog sweeps this over square leg for half a dozen.

A Patel to D Chahar, Played to the mid-wicket region by the batsman. One run added to the total.

A Patel to D Chahar, Full and outside off, Deepak swings hard and gets a thick inside edge onto his pads.

A Patel to D Chahar, Excellent effort! Full and outside off, Chahar swings it towards deep mid-wicket. Mohit Sharma has to take a split-second decision whether to go for the catch or save the boundary. He chooses the first option and dives in front. But because he took that extra second to decide, he gets late and the ball lands in front of him. Still, he does exceedingly well to prevent the boundary. Two runs taken.

A Patel to D Chahar, Short and outside off, cut straight to short third man.

A Patel to S Raina, On middle and leg, flicked through mid-wicket for one.

A Patel to S Raina, Full on middle, Raina clips it through mid-wicket and hares back for the second.

Axar Patel is back on.

Final strategic break of the innings, match and night. Punjab are making things interesting in terms of this match. Not quite enough to make things interesting in terms of the Playoffs though. The rope to the final four is getting thinner and thinner and Chennai are rubbing salt on their wounds by sending in pinch-hitters. Clearly, Chennai are focussed on giving batting practice to all the players rather than try and win this game comprehensively.

R Ashwin to S Raina, Outside off, tapped towards point for an easy single.

R Ashwin to S Raina, On middle and leg, clipped towards short mid-wicket.

R Ashwin to S Raina, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.