Lucknow Super Giants won against Chennai Super Kings, LSG won by 8 wickets with one over remaining at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Friday, April,19.
Toss: Lucknow VS Chennai
KL Rahul (Lucknow Super Kings) won the toss and opted to bowl/field first against Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings).
Chennai’s average start against Lucknow
Chennai starts with Ajinkya Rahane (36 off 24) with five fours and one six and Ravindra Jadeja (57* off 40) with five fours and one six.
After a long wait, fans in Lucknow finally got a chance to witness the CSK legend live at the stadium. MS Dhoni (28* off 9) played an amazing knock with 3 fours and two sixes. The majority of the stadium was yellow, the fans roared the loudest for his praiseworthy innings. Chennai Super Kings make a total of 176/6 in 20 overs against Lucknow Super Giants
Fierce Start by LSG
LSG starts with a bang as skipper Kl Rahul (82 off 53) played a match-winning knock, supported by Quinton de Kock (54 off 43). Nichola Pooran and Marcus Stonis complete the final touches of the match with their 23* and 8* unbeaten. They chase down the target in the 19th over.
Lucknow Super Giants defeats Chennai Super Kings to remain fifth with eight points on the points table of IPL 2024. Chennai Super Kings are still third on the points table of IPL 2024 but have lost their winning streak.
POTM: LSG VS CSK
The player of the match is none other than KL Rahul, he led his team from the front with his powerful knock of 82 runs. KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock were really a game-changer duo tonight for LSG.
“Feels good at the end of the day. When you win, most decisions feel right. We were committed to our plans. Really happy with that. Depending on the wicket, I deploy my bowlers. We tried to mix it around. The bowlers executed really well. The team is sticking to the plans. Halfway stage, I would have been happy with 160. The wicket was slow and had a bit of grip. MSD walked in and the pressure got to the bowlers. He has had the intimidation on opposition bowlers. Our young bowlers were put under pressure with the crowd going berserk as well. 15-20 runs extra they got. I have been trying to assess the situation. It came off today. I knew the CSK spinners would put the pressure on. I picked my bowlers and it came off. Quinton batted well as well. Made life easy for both. Different ball games playing in Chennai. Was playing in front of a mini Chennai crowd. We are a young team and happy to play in front of such a crowd.”
-KL Rahul
“We finished well with the bat, couldn’t have asked more with the situation we were in. After powerplay, we couldn’t capitalize on the start we got and we kept losing wickets at regular intervals. I would say we were 10-15 runs short. Slightly difficult with such a total, with the impact sub-rule you need 10-15 or even 20 runs extra. Pitches like these seem sluggish to start off with but with dew coming on it gets better, 190 would have been a good score. One area we would like to improve is taking wickets in the powerplay. That will put pressure on the opposition. We need to work on it. Good to play them again (next game at Chepauk). We will come up with good homework done now that we have three home games.”
-Ruturaj Gaikwad
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