Match Recap: Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants
Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings: Irrefutable performance by Lucknow Super Giants surpasses defending champions Chennai Super Kings at Ekana Sports City here on Friday.
Match Highlights:
Toss: Lucknow Super Giants Won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Chennai King has the worst start losing two key wickets (Rachin Ravindra) and (Ruturaj Gaikwad) within the powerplay, Contempt a poor show by the top order.
Chennai’s bankable stars (Ravindra Jadeja) and (MS Dhoni) didn’t disappoint. Banging a half-century off 34 balls, (Ravindra Jadeja’s) partnership with (Moeen Ali) provided a late flow for the defending champions.
After (Moeen Ali) was dismissed by (Bishnoi) for 30. It was (MS Dhoni) show all over again. His knock of 28 runs included three boundaries and two smashing maximums. CSK made 62 runs in the last four overs. CSK put together a decent total of 176/6 on the board.
(KL Rahul) and (Quinton de Kock) gave a wonderful start to Lucknow Super Kings in their chase of 177 runs.
(Mustafizur Rahman) was able to remove (de Kock) much, much later in the 15th over. By the time (Pathirana) got rid of (KL Rahul).
(Nicholas Pooran) banged the winning shot pouring the home team into an easy win.
LSG won by 8 wickets!
Key Players:
KL Rahul (Man of the Match): Score 82 runs in 53 balls and take 2 catches.
Ravindra Jadeja: Played in a difficult situation and scored 57 runs in 40 balls.
Krunal Pandya: Take 2 wickets giving just 16 runs in 3 overs.
Conclusion:
LSG’s complete victory showed their depth in both batting and bowling departments they head to the next match against CSK, while CSK showed glimpses of brilliance but couldn’t sustain the momentum throughout the innings they need to well prepare for the next match against the same tame Lucknow Super Giants.
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