After a heart break, the boys of Chennai Super Kings came back strongly and registered a comfortable victory over Lucknow Super Giants and the men in yellow won by 5 wickets. So let’s get into the article to learn the full details.
A look back to the game between Chennai Super Kings versus Lucknow Super Giants
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field first, and it was the perfect decision as Chennai Super Kings started to dominate over Lucknow Super Giants from the initial stage. The bowling department of Chennai Super Kings removed Aiden Markram for just 6 while Mitchell Marsh contributed 30 and the man in form – Nicholas Pooran was dismissed for just 8.
The captain Rishabh Pant finally got some momentum and he smashed 63 from 49 while Ayush Badoni contributed 22 and Abdul Samad added 20 and Shardul Thakur contributed 6. Lucknow Super Giants ended the innings at 166 with the loss of 7 wickets.
In the reply, Chennai Super Kings had a good start as Shaik Rasheed contributed 27 while his partner Rachin Ravindra added 37 to the total. Rahul Tripathi was the number 3rd batsman and he contributed in 9 while Ravindra Jadeja was promoted yesterday in the batting lineup but he went back to the pavilion after scoring 7.
Shivam Dube smashed 43 and he was not out while Vijay Shankar added 9 to the total. MS Dhoni contributed 26 from 11 and he remained unbeaten and that was enough for Chennai Super Kings to register 5 wickets victory.
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