After defeating Chennai Super Kings by a huge margin of 8 wickets, Lucknow Super Giant returned to victory after two matches. Chasing the target of 177 runs set by Chennai, Mustafizur Rahman’s team won the Lucknow match with one over in hand. This is Chennai’s third loss in the current season.
Two openers Quinton de Kock and Lucknow captain Lokesh Rahul scored 134 runs in the opening pair in pursuit of the target. Both the batsmen hit great fifties. Lucknow took control of the match in this pair. De Kock scored 54 runs off 43 balls with 5 boundaries and 1 six. Tiger pacer Mustafiz gave Chennai the first breakthrough when he was caught by wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
And Rahul scored 82 off 53 balls (9 boundaries and 3 sixes) by batting wildly. He was returned by Mathisa Pathirana.
Then Nicholas Pooran (23 from 12 balls) and Marcus Stoinis (8 from 7 balls) left the field as winners, bringing victory to Lucknow.
Earlier, Chennai lost the toss and had 5 wickets for 90 runs at the Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cricket Stadium. Then the last 12.2 overs of the innings. After that, Ravindra Jadeja and Moeen Ali signaled to increase the collection by making a great pair of 51 runs from 33 balls in the sixth wicket. Mahendra Singh Dhoni steamrolled the Lucknow bowlers after Moeen was dismissed for 30 runs off 20 balls. Jadeja scored fifty and Dhoni scored 28 runs off 9 balls. Chennai scored 176 runs for 6 wickets.
Chennai scored 34 runs in the last two overs. 17 per over. The credit goes almost entirely to Dhoni. In the 28-run innings, the Chennai wicketkeeper hit the batsman with 4 boundaries and 2 sixes. And Jadeja’s unbeaten 40-ball 57-run innings had 5 boundaries and 1 six.
On this day, Chennai lost the first wicket after 4 runs. Rachin Rabindra returned with a golden duck (1 ball 0). Ruturaj Gaikwad (13 balls 17) could not go far.
However, opener Ajinkya Rahane quickly scored 36 runs off 24 balls. Shivam Dubey was out for 3 and Samar Rizvi was out for 1 run. In the end, Chennai stopped at 176 for 6.
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