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A tragic incident occurred on Sunday morning when a woman took the life of her young daughter following her husband’s failure to return home.

The deceased is identified as Isabella Dabadial, aged 7, a student at Cooper Primary School.

According to reports, Sarah Elizabeth Shivpersaud, aged 26, a ten-day worker residing on Fyrish Road, Corentyne, Berbice, committed the act around 11:30 hours on Sunday.

Shivpersaud confided to investigators that she was experiencing emotional distress after her husband had left the residence several days prior and had refused to return. The woman stated that upon waking on Sunday, having had no food, she suffocated Isabella. She also admitted to having attempted to strangulate or otherwise suffocate her son, Ethan, who is 1 year and 9 months old, but was unsuccessful.

Following the incident, Shivpersaud attempted suicide but failed.

An alarm was raised, and several individuals intervened. Shivpersaud and her children were transported to the Port Mourant Public Hospital. Isabella was pronounced dead upon arrival.

Shivpersaud was admitted, treated, and sutured; she is currently in a stable condition under police guard.

Investigations are ongoing.

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Defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore razed Chennai Super Kings‘ attack and the record books, in front of their beloved fans at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

After being on 91-1 in 10 overs, RCB nearly tripled that in the last 10, pushing the limits of T20 power-hitting. RCB’s 250-3 was their third-highest total in the IPL and the highest ever by any team against CSK in the league.

In response, CSK lost their top three inside three overs and eventually slid to their third successive defeat in IPL 2026.

The Chinnaswamy surface was tacky in the early exchanges, according to Devdutt Padikkal who scored 50 off 29 balls, and the outfield was unusually slow, with quite a few strong hits plugging in the outfield.

While the surface settled later in the innings, the outfield remained slow. Tim David and Rajat Patidar didn’t feel the need to hit the ball into the outfield, especially when they had the power to keep launching the ball into the night sky.

David and Patidar faced 44 balls between them and sent 14 of those disappearing over the boundary. The entire CSK batting line-up could manage only 11 sixes.

The storm

David and Patidar came together at 151-3 at the start of the 15th over after Overton had knocked Padikkal over by cranking it up to 148kph. The carnage created by David and Patidar turned out to be the story of the day.

With only 35 balls left in the innings, David took strike for 25 of those and crashed an unbeaten 70. Only one other batter has scored as many or more without facing a ball in the first 14 overs of a T20 innings (where ball-by-ball data is available).

David was particularly brutal on Overton, taking him for a sequence 6,4,6,6,6 in the 19th over that yielded 30 runs. All of those hits had the Chinnaswamy in a frenzy.

One of those even had Kohli off his seat in the dressing room and applauding David. The last of that sequence was a 106-metre monster six that disappeared out of the ground.

At the other end, Patidar had the best seat to this six-hitting show. He didn’t face a single ball for almost three overs between overs 17 and 20. In all, he faced just five balls since the 16th over.

Prior to that, he had played some special shots of his own. Like the cover-driven six off Noor Ahmad in the 12th over. Like the scythed six over the same region off a low full-toss from Khaleel four overs later. Patidar finished with an unbeaten 48 off 19 balls.

CSK go down swinging

After seeing David whack one six after another, Bhuvneshwar Kumar “wasn’t sure whether I should be happy or sad”. He had 200 reasons to be happy when he had Ayush Mhatre flapping a catch to mid-off for one by hitting an awkward, in-between length.

It was his 200th wicket in the IPL; only Yuzvendra Chahal has more wickets than him in the league.

Jacob Duffy ensured that RCB didn’t feel Josh Hazlewood’s absence once again, having both Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad caught in the slips. From 30-3, CSK went down swinging and were dismissed for 207 in 19.4 overs.

By the end of the powerplay, CSK were 77-3, with Sarfaraz Khan scoring 50 of those in 24 balls. Next ball, however, Krunal Pandya had Sarfaraz stumped.

Prashant Veer then showed some spark during his 43 off 29 balls after going two matches without bowling a single ball. His shovelled four between deep midwicket and wide long-off off a Krunal dart showed why franchises were locked in a bidding war for Veer at the auction.

Overton also made some quick runs, but his cameo could not offset the runs he had conceded to David in the 19th over of the first innings. (ESPNcricinfo)

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Mohammed Shami‘s miserly 2-9 and Rishabh Pant‘s uncharacteristic half-century helped Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) open their account in IPL 2026 as they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by five wickets in Hyderabad.

After Pant put SRH in, Shami dealt the early blows by dismissing Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head cheaply. He bowled three overs in the powerplay, and was done with his quota by the end of the ninth over.

Ishan Kishan and Liam Livingstone didn’t last long either, leaving SRH on 26-4 in the eighth over. Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy rescued them by adding 116 in 63 balls – the highest fifth-wicket partnership for SRH.

The previous record, of 82, was set in the previous game by these two very batters. But Avesh Khan and co came back strongly in the death overs to restrict SRH to 156 for 9.

Come the chase, Aiden Markram‘s 45 off 27 balls gave LSG the desired start. But the pitch wasn’t conducive to strokeplay, and LSG kept losing wickets at regular intervals. In the end, it came down to nine needed from the final over with Pant on strike.

He had barely looked fluent until then but found two fours off the first two balls off Jaydev Unadkat to level the scores. Two dots later, Pant lofted one over mid-off to seal the result.

Shami, Prince leave SRH in disarray

Bowling against his former team, Shami struck twice in his first seven balls. On the last ball of his opening over, he had Abhishek caught at short third with an offcutter. Then, with the first ball of his next, Shami outfoxed Head with another slower ball; Markram took a diving catch at mid-off on this occasion.

In the following over, Prince Yadav uprooted Kishan’s off stump with an inswinger to make it 11 for 3. Livingstone fell soon after. He tried to lap Digvesh Rathi but ended up deflecting the ball onto his shoulder.

Pant, who was moving towards the leg side, dived to his right to complete a one-handed catch.

Klaasen, Reddy revive SRH

For the second game in a row, Klaasen and Reddy had to revive SRH’s innings. They started slowly and took SRH to 35-4 after 10 overs – it was the fourth-lowest total by a team in the IPL at the halfway mark.

SRH had hit only one four and one six until then, but after that, Klaasen and Reddy took the attack to the opposition. They plundered 79 runs in the next five overs.

Klaasen, who was dropped on 19 by Mukul Choudhary off M Siddharth, brought up his fifty off 33 balls. Reddy took only 30 to get to his. After 16 overs, SRH were 123-4, and would have been eyeing 170 – probably even more.

LSG’s comeback

LSG’s bowlers brought them back into the contest with some excellent death bowling. Reddy holed out to sweeper cover off Siddharth in the 17th over. In the next, Klaasen went for a reverse lap off Avesh but ended up playing it too fine, and Pant dived across to take the catch.

That sucked the momentum out of SRH’s innings; they could score only 33 runs in the last four overs while losing five wickets on the way.

Markram leads the chase

Opening the bowling for SRH, Harsh Dubey started with a two-run over. But Markam and Mitchell Marsh picked up three fours off Reddy in the next. Markram also hit the first six of the innings when he pulled a slower ball from Unadkat over wide long-on.

Marsh fell to Eshan Malinga for 14 off 12 balls, but Markram kept going. In the last over of the powerplay, he hit two fours and a six off Unadkat to take LSG to 53-1.

Pant was struggling at the other end but Markram ensured LSG remained ahead of the asking rate. He eventually fell to Shivang Kumar while trying to clear long-off.

A wobble in the middle

Pant tried to break the shackles with back-to-back fours off Shivang in the 12th over, but Dubey had Ayush Badoni stumped. Nicholas Pooran came out at No. 5 and lasted just four balls. He swept Shivang fine, and set off for a single, without realising that Kishan had stopped the ball, and was thus run out.

Pant takes LSG home

With 43 required from five overs, LSG were still the favourites, but it was far from a walk in the park. Pant then picked up two fours off Unadkat, and Samad did the same against Malinga to make it 19 needed from 18 balls.

Dubey tried to keep LSG in the contest with Samad’s wicket, and Harshal Patel bowled a four-run 19th over. But Pant stayed firm. Unadkat started the final over with a full delivery; Pant drilled it past him for four.

Unadkat then bowled a slower one into the pitch, only for Pant to swat it down the ground for another boundary. Two dots later, Pant lofted one over mid-off to seal the game. (ESPNcricinfo)

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By Ralph Ramkarran

One hundred years ago, on 5 September, 1926, an editorial in the New Daily Chronicle of 5 September 1926 stated: “For many years past Messrs. Cameron and Shepherd, of the City, have enjoyed the privilege of being regarded as the Colony’s leading firm of Solicitors: for very many years they have enjoyed the unbounded confidence of the community, as a firm whose opinion on any legal matter was entitled to the highest esteem and respect.” It is not known if the same can be said today. At that time, there were at most a few dozen lawyers. Today, there are hundreds, many of great skill and learning. But for any institution to have survived intact for 125 years in a young country like Guyana is nothing short of a miracle.

Cameron & Shepherd was established by William Stuart Cameron and his cousin, Charles Edward Shepherd on 4 April 1901. Cameron was a Guyanese and 43 years old at the time. Shepherd was British and 22. It is believed that Cameron would have sent for Shepherd after his first attempt in 1891 to establish a firm, Dargan and Cameron, with Patrick Dargan, a prominent lawyer, described as of “mixed race,” failed in about 1899. Cameron & Shepherd quickly established itself as a leader in commercial litigation and non-contentious work. As it grew, its clientele ranged from the small businessman, many from the city as well as rural communities, to the larger commercial businesses in the city as well as a large number of regular Guyanese. Eventually, Cameron & Shepherd became a leading firm of lawyers on which basis the editorial in the New Daily would have been written.

Of the 19 partners since 1901, 15 were Guyanese. Of the 4 who were British, 2 were recruited by Bookers to concentrate on their matters. Of the remaining 2, one, Shepherd, was directly recruited by Cameron to start the firm. Cameron & Shepherd, which has survived for 60 plus years in colonial British Guiana and 60 plus yeas in Independent Guyana, was and is today a completely indigenous firm. Throughout its history, up to the present, its partners were active in public life, held political positions, sat on commissions, and contributed to the community in the manner they felt were consistent with the dominant values at the time. As those values have evolved, and are constantly evolving today, (we talked about “imperialism” up to the 90s; today it’s a bad word), Cameron & Shepherd has also evolved, embracing new developments in public affairs, in law and other relevant areas.

 

Each of the few businesses that have survived since the 19^th century, or the turn of the 20^th century have their own experiences that were responsible for their longevity. Cameron & Shepherd’s survival must have had something to do with the quality of its work that gave rise to the opinion articulated by the New Daily Chronicle. It may also have had to do with its fierce commitment to its clients, its dedication to excellence and the trust between partners based on based on rigid adherence to fundamental standards and principles. It is not an easy task to divide responsibilities and shareholding among a disparate group of people, some of strong views, with differing abilities, levels and qualities of contributions, but suppressing their own views much of the time to secure agreement and for the common good. To have succeeded at this for 125 years is a monumental achievement.

Cameron & Shepherd’s contribution to law and the administration of justice has been monumental. Fortunately for the legal profession, the British Guiana Law Reports, the Guyana Law Reports and the West Indian Reports, which publish important cases that are heard in British Guiana and in Guyana, bear witness to the contribution of Cameron & Shepherd’s lawyers to Guyana’s and West Indian jurisprudence. And it is not minor. The firm was involved in the major cases of the day for many decades, advancing innovative legal principles and creating precedents. It has practiced in every court established in Guyana’s history which has jurisdiction over Guyana, including the Privy Council for foreign clients.

Because of the rules against publicity by lawyers, which have been rigidly applied in earlier years, but which are today more creatively interpreted, it has not been possible to extol the work and contribution of Cameron & Shepherd to Guyana over the 125 years of its existence. But it is doubted if anyone would begrudge the licence being taken at this time to define that contribution.

 

Families have somehow gravitated to the firm but have thankfully resisted the temptation to add their own names to that of the firm. There was first the De Freitas family consisting of J. G. De Freitas K.C, uncle to brothers J. Edward De Freitas, a solicitor, Herman De Freitas, a solicitor and Paul De Freitas, a barrister and son of J. Edward. All were partners. Without detracting from the talent and contribution of Herman and Paul, J. G. and J. Edward were among the most brilliant lawyers produced by Guyana. Then there were H. C. Humphreys K.C and H. C. B. Humphreys, his son. Today there are H. N. Ramkarran S.C., Nikhil Ramkarran and Kamal Ramkarran. No doubt there will be more families in the future. Apart from families, many individual partners have made lasting contributions to law in general and to the firm.

Cameron & Shepherd stands ready to play its role in 21st century Guyana for the next 125 years.

 

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The Shipping Association of Guyana (SAG) on Saturday warned that proposed fees for the use of the Corentyne River by Guyanese vessel operators could disrupt cross-border trade and harm economic ties with Suriname.

The association said it had taken note of concerns raised by the business community over the potential introduction of the charges, cautioning that such a move could have “adverse implications for trade and commerce” between the two countries.

The Corentyne River serves as a key economic artery linking Guyana and Suriname, facilitating the movement of goods, services and people, particularly between Berbice and Nickerie. Any unilateral increase in costs or restrictions on access risks undermining this longstanding relationship, the SAG said.

The association also pointed to the growing interdependence between the two economies, noting that businesses on both sides of the border could be negatively affected if the fees are implemented without consultation.

It urged Surinamese authorities to refrain from introducing new charges until a mutually agreed solution is reached through formal negotiations between the two governments.

President Irfaan Ali has already raised concerns over the reported charges, describing them as a “troubling development” with implications for economic activity and longstanding arrangements between the neighbouring states.

Guyana has formally lodged a protest with Suriname with President Ali saying the issue was raised in the spirit of dialogue and mutual respect aimed at preserving bilateral ties.

He warned that such measures risk creating “unnecessary barriers to commerce” and could undermine business confidence, particularly for operators dependent on predictable cross-border arrangements.

Ali also stressed that reciprocity remains a guiding principle in relations between the two countries, noting that Surinamese businesses have long operated in Guyana without discrimination or restriction.

The shipping association said it remains committed to supporting dialogue to ensure the Corentyne River continues to function as a shared resource benefiting both nations.

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Ravi Bishnoi bagged his best figures in the Indian Premier League as Rajasthan Royals edged to a tense six-run win over Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad.

India leg-spinner Bishnoi, subbed in as an impact player, finished with 4-41 as the Titans fell just short of what would have been their highest chase in the IPL after being set 211 for victory.

Bishnoi removed the dangerous Sai Sudharsan after he had hammered 73 off 44 balls then ran through the middle order as the Titans slipped from 107-1 to 133-5.

England’s Jos Buttler made 26 from 14 balls before stand-in Titans skipper Rashid Khan and Kasigo Rabada reignited the chase with a fluent partnership.

The Titans required 11 off the final over but Rashid and Rabada struggled to get away some tight bowling from Royals seamer Tushar Deshpande.

And when Jofra Archer, who took 1-38, pouched a catch in the deep to dismiss Rashid off the penultimate delivery of the match with seven required the game was up and Deshpande celebrated.

Earlier, half-centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel had powered the Royals to 210-6.

Jaiswal hit 55 off 36 balls as he shared a 70-run stand for the first wicket with 15-year-old opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who chipped in with 31 off 18 balls.

India wicketkeeper Jurel had top-scored for the Royals with 75 off 42 balls including five fours and five sixes. (BBC)

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Sameer Rizvi’s fine start to this year’s Indian Premier League continued after he cracked a superb 90 off 51 balls which helped Delhi Capitals to a six-wicket win over Mumbai Indians.

Rizvi, yet to play international cricket for India at senior level, made 70 not out in Delhi’s win over Lucknow Super Giants in their opening match and he eclipsed that score at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

The 22-year-old, who has been likened to Suresh Raina in style, looked on course to make the first century of this year’s IPL only to be caught at long-off attempting to smack Corbin Bosch over the ropes.

Rizvi whacked seven sixes and seven fours as he claimed back-to-back player of the match awards and the orange cap in his 15th IPL match.

“I’ve worked on my weaknesses – I wasn’t as good against fast bowlers,” said Rizvi, who took 20 runs off one over from Bosch.

“I took time, got set and then played my shots. I tried to watch the ball as long as possible. If you score runs here, you get a lot of confidence and there are opportunities for us youngsters.”

Pathum Nissanka and David Miller chipped in with 44 and 21 not out respectively as the Capitals comfortably chased down MI’s total of 162-6 with 11 balls to spare.

Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav’s 51 off 36 balls had provided the backbone of MI’s total while his predecessor as India’s T20 captain, Rohit Sharma, made 35 off 26.

However, the Capitals had been disciplined with their bowling, spearheaded by Mukesh Kumar, who finished with 2-26 to leave a target well within their grasp.

“We were 15 to 20 runs short, but I don’t want to take credit away from their bowlers and Rizvi,” Suryakumar said. (BBC)

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Guyana’s drive to turn national vision into real economic opportunity continues to take shape on the ground, as Guysons K+B Industries and the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) work together to craft an investment strategy supporting the expansion of local manufacturing and oilfield services at Enmore.

The collaboration reflects the kind of practical partnership President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has consistently called for since 2020, when he urged Guyanese businesses to prepare themselves to participate meaningfully in the country’s transformation as a new oil-producing nation. In 2022, that message sharpened further, with a direct challenge to local fabricators to position themselves to seize the growing opportunities emerging from the oil and gas sector.

Guysons Engineering answered that call.

What began as a local ambition has since evolved into a landmark joint venture with United States-based K&B Industries, aimed at establishing advanced oilfield manufacturing capabilities in Guyana. The company acquired approximately 55 acres of land at the former Enmore Sugar Estate and has been transforming the old GuySuCo sugar packaging facility into a modern fabrication and machining complex designed to serve the country’s expanding energy industry.

At the heart of this transformation is a deeply personal story. Hon. Peter R. Ramsaroop, MP, had personally met with Mr. Kadim “Kads” Khan, the founder of Guysons, whose vision laid the foundation for what the company has become today. Mr. Khan believed that Guyanese industry could rise to meet global standards and play a leading role in the country’s economic transformation. Sadly, he passed in 2022. Today, that vision lives on through Mr. Faizal Khan, alongside his four brothers and a dedicated, longstanding team, who have carried the mantle forward, ensuring that the dream not only endures but continues to expand into new frontiers.

As the project advanced, the Guyana Office for Investment engaged Guysons to help shape an investment strategy that would facilitate the development, align the expansion with national priorities, and support the company’s long-term growth as part of Guyana’s local content success story.

Hon. Peter R. Ramsaroop, Chief Investment Officer and Member of Parliament, noted that the initiative represents a deliberate shift in how Guyana approaches development.

“This is exactly the model we are building under the leadership of His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, where vision meets execution. We are not just attracting investment; we are designing an economy where Guyanese companies are positioned to lead, to produce, and to compete at global standards. Guysons is a clear example of local enterprise stepping into that future.”

The result is a clear example of how policy, investment facilitation and private sector execution can come together to create real productive capacity inside Guyana.

The Enmore facility is already demonstrating the kind of industrial progress that many believed was years away. With tens of millions of US dollars already invested, the operation has created more than 100 jobs and introduced in-country manufacturing, machining and repair services for the oil and gas sector. The facility is also building out its technical capabilities through advanced CNC machining, internationally recognized standards and certifications, and a strong focus on training and workforce development.

 

 

Notably, the company has established itself as the only operation in South America with a clear plating line, positioning Guyana at a highly specialized tier within the regional industrial landscape. In response to ongoing global supply chain disruptions, the company has also adopted forward-looking strategies such as pre-stocking critical materials to ensure operational continuity and reliability. Looking ahead, the next phase of growth is already underway, with plans to expand operations into four buildings by June of this year, further scaling capacity and output.

Mr. Khan of Guysons Engineering underscored the company’s commitment to building a globally competitive operation rooted in Guyana.

“When we started this journey, we believed Guyanese companies could do more than support, we could manufacture, innovate, and deliver at the highest international standards. With the support of Go-Invest and our partnership with K&B Industries, we are building not just a facility, but a capability that will serve Guyana and the region for decades to come.”

More importantly, the venture is helping to prove that Guyanese companies can move beyond support roles and become serious players in high-value industrial production tied to one of the world’s fastest-growing energy economies.

The Guysons-K&B investment is not just about one factory. It is part of a broader national story in which Guyana is converting opportunity into infrastructure, local capacity, technology transfer and jobs. The repurposing of Enmore from a former sugar estate asset into an industrial production hub also carries symbolic weight, showing how old economic spaces can be reimagined to serve a new era of growth.

For Go-Invest, the partnership underscores its role not only in attracting foreign and local investment, but in helping to structure projects that can deliver strategic value to the economy. For Guysons, it marks a step into a larger future, one where local enterprise is no longer on the sidelines of transformation, but helping to build it.

As Guyana continues to expand its industrial base, projects like the one at Enmore offer a tangible reminder that the country’s development is not happening only in speeches or policy documents. It is happening in factories, on worksites, through partnerships, and in the deliberate creation of opportunities for Guyanese businesses and workers.

At Enmore, vision is becoming execution and local content is becoming real industry.

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The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has noted that recent moves to institute a “river fee” for Guyanese vessels traversing the Corentyne River is an act geared towards stymying the development of Berbice, Region Six.

See full statement below:

Guyana cannot continue to act in good faith and pursue infrastructural development that will benefit Suriname, even as our Dutch neighbour enforces measures geared towards stymying the development of Berbice. The recent unilateral imposition of exorbitant fees for the use of shared waterways is a slap in the face of Guyana’s continued attempts to foster bilateral trade relations.

While these imposed fees are a new development, it brings to the fore the longstanding challenges experienced by Guyana as a result of Suriname’s lack of good faith and direct attempts to prevent the advancement of the business community in Berbice.

For years, Guyanese businesses and fishermen have lamented the challenges experienced as a result of unfair and one-sided practices by Surinamese authorities that have created obstacles for Guyanese businesses and fishermen. Added to this, Guyana continues to witness the proliferation of counterfeit and illicit goods entering the country from Suriname. In keeping with objective of the Caricom Single Market and Economy, Guyana has allowed the free movement of goods and people from Suriname—a decision that has been respected by Guyana’s private sector—however, lax regulations and controls of ports and Guyana’s respect for the spirit of the CSME has rendered our country vulnerable to the movement of illicit, counterfeit, and harmful products into Guyana. These products include cigarettes, banned pesticides and mosquito coils that were found to present significant health risks to consumers. Beyond the threats to wellbeing, the movement of these products have resulted in challenges to manufacturers in Guyana as the influx of these counterfeit products have resulted in unfair market competition.

These transgressions against Guyana have not been limited to our businesses, but there looms a greater infringement to the country’s sovereignty. Similar to Venezuela’s unlawful claim to the Essequibo, Suriname continues to lay claim to the New River Triangle. The pursuit of Suriname of this illegal claim seems to be one of the key motivations for the creation of impediments to the rapid pace of development being undertaken in Guyana, including in Berbice, and aimed at preventing this county from reaching its peak potential. It is recalled that the use of force by Suriname in June 2000 against the CGX rig, delayed first oil by Guyana for some 19 years—in spite of the fact that the rig was in Guyana’s waters. That was firmly confirmed by the Arbitral Award of 2007 that delimited the maritime boundary between Guyana and Suriname. This seems to be a pattern of behavior by Suriname.

As such, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) calls on the Government of Guyana to halt discussions on the development of the Corentyne River Bridge linking Guyana and

Suriname unless these issues are permanently resolved. As a nation, Guyana must not continue to extend a hand of friendship without reciprocity. Our resources must be channeled towards undertakings that yield mutual benefit, and ought not include partners who frustrate and obstruct our people’s advancement.

 

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Punjab are the Kings of 200-plus chases in the IPL. They’d done it eight times before Friday night, and they did it again as Priyansh Arya and Shreyas Iyer laid waste to the Chennai Super Kings bowling attack.

Arya had 33 off nine when the PBKS fifty came up in the fourth over of their innings. Shreyas was 4 off 5 before accelerating to a 26-ball fifty.

CSK are now winless after two games and what will worry them is that they were outplayed in conditions that enhance their strength. They have a strong top five.

Pitches like this one, which allow them to hit through the line, makes them stronger. But the 209 for 5 they put up didn’t cover for the weakness in their bowling.

PBKS’ win was their fourth in a row against CSK at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Mhatre on song

An 18-year-old who came into a struggling team mid-season last year and emerged as one of their best players might have had reason to believe he had established himself.

But with the arrival of Sanju Samson, Ayush Mhatre was bumped down from opener to No. 3. Samson hasn’t been able to get going, falling for two single-digit scores, but the knock-on effect that had on Friday was that Mhatre was out there in the powerplay.

And with the field up, he had the liberty to play his shots, and some of them were just so good, including a forehand smash across the line against Vyshak Vijaykumar.

Mhatre was dismissed on the pull shot in the first game of CSK’s season. In the lead-up to this one, Mike Hussey with the whanger kept feeding him short balls and he kept working on the swivel-pull. That work paid off.

The third boundary he hit – of three back-to-back – was a confident swivel-pull – and Mhatre deserves more credit for it because the first two were full balls that he had put away over mid-on to engineer that change in length from Xavier Bartlett.

Later, when the field spread and the PBKS bowlers were having success keeping others quiet with wide yorkers – Shivam Dube was 14 off 14 at one point – Mhatre dug one out for a single. That was 10.2.

By 10.5, he’d found a solution for a ball the bowler thought was a banker – bringing the bat down as he had done before but this time opening the face to beat short third and backward point to their right and deep point to the left. It was a shot that combined quick thinking with perfect timing.

Mhatre was dropped on 59 and 67 and eventually fell for 73 off 43. At the time, the other end had contributed 38 off 32. The extras chipped in with 12.

Arya rises

PBKS assistant coach Brad Haddin recalled how Arya had wowed the whole coaching staff when he started batting in the camp ahead of IPL 2025.

The bat speed in particular was unbelievable. But what really impressed Haddin was that when Arya joined the team ahead of this season, he had improved on his strengths. He had downed CSK with a century last year.

He needed just 11 balls to down them this year. The shots were pure too. There was an on-the-up cover drive for four with zero follow-through that told CSK what they were giving him just wasn’t good enough. PBKS brought up their fifty in the fourth over. They downed more than 30% of the target inside the powerplay.

Shreyas smash

CSK’s bowlers created a little bit of pressure between the ninth and 12th overs when they were gifted Prabhsimran Singh’s wicket through a run-out and Cooper Connolly’s off a full-toss. At the start of the 13th over, PBKS’ chances of victory, according to the ESPNcricinfo forecaster, was 45%.

CSK brought on Rahul Chahar to see if they could push their advantage. Shreyas whacked him for two sixes, moved from 4 off 5 to 19 off 10. PBKS’ chances of winning after those six balls was up at 65%.

It didn’t take long for that figure to hit 100. Shreyas helped himself to a 26-ball fifty. (ESPNcricinfo)

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