Chennai Super Kings collected big at home thanks to Ruturaj Gaikwad’s century and Shivam Dube’s storm. But Marcus Stoinis let them down with a record innings. Lucknow Super Giants won by chasing a record run in the field of Chennai. They won by 6 wickets with 3 balls in hand.
No one could beat Chennai in the previous three matches coming to Chepu in this tournament. Neither team could reach the target of 211 runs. Lucknow achieved these two feats in the same match. With 10 points in 8 matches, they went up to fourth place. And Chennai had to go down to five.
Chennai brought a change. Daryl Mitchell was brought into the playing XI in place of Rachin Ravindra. The Australian batter could not play a major role. Mitchell stopped for 11 runs in the last over of the power play. Before that, the hosts got off to a bad start by losing Ajinkya Rahane (1) on the sixth ball of the innings.
Even though 2 wickets fell quickly in the power play, Chennai was relieved with the bat of Ruturaj. He was aggressive with 6 fours off his first 18 balls, scoring 36 runs. Chennai batsman celebrates his half century in 28 balls.
Jadeja’s partnership of 52 runs with Ruturaj was broken by the team’s 101 runs. Jadeja scored 16 runs off 19 balls and was caught by Mohsin Khan, Rahul took a simple catch.
Even though Chennai made a mountain of runs, the first six of the innings came in the fifth ball of the 13th over off the bat of Shivam Dube. Rahul did not dare to drop Ravi Bishnoi and Krunal in front of Dub, who is famous for beating spinners.
Despite that, Dub’s aggressive attitude did not decrease. Marcus hits a six and a four in Stoinis’ two overs. Then Yash hit Thakur for three consecutive sixes in the 16th over. At the end of 16 overs, Chennai’s run was 154 for 3 wickets! The projected score was 208 then.
On the other hand, Ruturaj hit the sixth century of T20 cricket with 56 balls. Yash hit 6, 4, 4 in three balls. The entire dugout erupted in applause. At 27 years and 83 days, Ruturaj became the second youngest player to score a century in IPL after Sanju Samson.
More devastating Dubey in the 19th over. Mohsin hit two fours and a six. His half century came in just 22 balls. Dubey hit Stoinis for a six in the last over as well. But he was run out for 66 off 27 balls with two balls left in the innings. After breaking the pair of 104 runs, Mahendra Singh Dhoni came to the crease. Ruturaj took a single from the penultimate ball. Dhoni ended the innings as he did. He hit four through midwicket. Chennai’s scoreboard then accumulated 210 runs for 4 wickets.
Captain Ruturaj was unbeaten on 108 runs off 60 balls with 12 fours and 3 sixes.
Deepak Chahar gave Chennai a good start by sending back Quinton de Kock in the first over with a big target.
Despite losing early wickets, Rahul was becoming dangerous with the bat. However, he could not keep Stoinis company for long. Rahul (16) returned to the fourth ball of the over after hitting Mustafizur Rahman’s first ball for a four.
Impact player Devdut Padikkal also could not contribute much. However, Stoinis contributed to Lucknow’s 83 runs in 10 overs in a stormy fifty off 26 balls. In the next over, Padikkal returned with 13 runs off just 9 balls. Although the pair was 55 runs.
With 88 runs for 3 wickets in 11 overs, Lucknow began to dream of victory with the bat of Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran. Taking advantage of the dew, the two put Chennai on the back foot.
In the second over of Mustafiz, he picked up 13 runs with an old boundary and a six. In the next over, Puran scored 16 runs off the first three balls of Shardul Thakur with two sixes and a four. Finally, in the 17th over, this formidable pair was broken by Pathirana. Puran scored 34 runs off 15 balls and was caught by Shardul.
In the same over, Stoinis entered the 90 on the boundary.
It took 47 runs in the last three overs. Deepak Hooda and Stoinis scored 15 runs each in the next two overs off Mustafiz and Pathirana’s relentless bowling. 17 runs needed in the last over. Mustafiz had a chance to become a hero. But Stoinis hit a six and a four off his first two balls. The left-arm pacer gives the next ball a no, with a boundary too. Stoinis celebrated victory with another four off the fifth ball. Auji Batter set the record for highest runs in IPL while chasing runs. Stoinis was unbeaten on 124 runs off 63 balls with 13 fours and 6 sixes. His partnership was 55 runs off 19 balls with Huda, who was unbeaten on 17 runs off 6 balls. Lucknow scored 213 runs for 4 wickets in 19.3 overs.
Mustafiz took 1 wicket with 51 runs in 3.3 overs.
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