Openers KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock, who made classy fifties on a slow pitch, produced a chasing masterclass to power Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Match 34 of Indian Premier League (IPL) at Ekana Stadium on Friday.
Asked to bat first, Ravindra Jadeja came up with a solid unbeaten 57 before Mooen Ali (30 off 20) and MS Dhoni (28 off 9) went on a six-hitting spree to take CSK to a fighting 176 for six.
In reply, Rahul (82) and De Kock (54) batted with authority during their match-winning alliance of 134, the highest partnership for any wicket at the Ekana Stadium, as LSG scored 180 for 2 in 19 overs to recover from back-to-back loss and consolidate their position in the table.
CSK, who came into the match with twin wins, on the other hand, slumped to their third loss in this IPL.
Guilty of not capitalising on his starts, Rahul finally lived up to the expectations, smashing nine fours and three sixes in 53 balls, while De Kock overcame a scratchy start to hit five fours and a six in his 43-ball knock.
Chasing 177, Rahul was the aggressor as he played some magnificent strokes to give LSG a flying start.
LSG made one change as New Zealand pacer Matt Henry replaced his West Indian counterpart Shamar Joseph.
CSK made two changes to their eleven with Moeen Ali coming in for Daryl Mitchell and Deepak Chahar walking in for Shardul Thakur.
Check IPL 2024 Points Table here LSG vs CSK full scorecards | Lucknow Super Giants Inning |
| 180-2 (19 ov) CRR:9.47 |
| Batter | | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Quinton de Kock | c MS Dhoni b M Rahman | 54 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 125.58 |
| KL Rahul (WK/C) | c R Jadeja b M Pathirana | 82 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 154.72 |
| Nicholas Pooran | Not out | 23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 191.67 |
| Marcus Stoinis | Not out | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 114.29 |
| Extras | 13 (b 0, Ib 3, w 9, nb 1, p 0) |
| Total | 180 (2 wkts, 19 Ov) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | WD | ECO |
| Deepak Chahar | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8.67 |
| Tushar Deshpande | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 10.5 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 4 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 10.75 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 10.67 |
| Matheesha Pathirana | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 7.25 |
| Moeen Ali | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Chennai Super Kings Inning |
| 176-6 (20 ov) CRR:8.80 |
| Batter | | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Ajinkya Rahane | b K Pandya | 36 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 150 |
| Rachin Ravindra | b M Khan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad (C) | c KL Rahul b YS Thakur | 17 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 130.77 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Not out | 57 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 142.5 |
| Shivam Dube | c KL Rahul b M Stoinis | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Sameer Rizvi | st KL Rahul b K Pandya | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Moeen Ali | c A Badoni b R Bishnoi | 30 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 150 |
| MS Dhoni (WK) | Not out | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 311.11 |
| Extras | 4 (b 0, Ib 1, w 3, nb 0, p 0) |
| Total | 176 (6 wkts, 20 Ov) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | WD | ECO |
| Matt Henry | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8.67 |
| Mohsin Khan | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 9.25 |
| Yash Thakur | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 11.25 |
| Krunal Pandya | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 5.33 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 4 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Marcus Stoinis | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3.5
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IPL 2024: LSG vs CSK Playing 11
LSG Playing 11: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul(w/c), Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur
Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Arshin Kulkarni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yudhvir Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Arshad Khan
CSK Playing 11 probables: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana
Chennai Super Kings Impact Subs: Sameer Rizvi,Shardul Thakur,Shaik Rasheed,Nishant Sindhu,Mitchell Santner
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