CSK vs LSG, IPL 2024: Marcus Stoinis played a super innings for Lucknow Giants. He faced 63 balls, in which he scored unbeaten 124 runs with the help of 13 fours and 6 sixes. Whereas Nicholas Puran also played an explosive inning of 34 runs in 15 balls with the help of 3 fours and two sixes. Lucknow needed 19 runs in the last over, which Stoinis and Deepak Hooda together achieved in just 3 balls. Batting first after losing the toss against Lucknow Super Giants team, Chennai Super Kings scored 210 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. In which captain Ruturaj Gaikwad scored unbeaten 108 runs in 60 balls with the help of 12 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas Shivam Dubey played a stormy inning of 66 runs in just 27 balls with the help of 3 fours and 7 sixes.
Lucknow got the first blow on the score of zero
Lucknow Super Giants got the first blow on the score of zero. Deepak Chahar had bowled De Kock on the third ball of the first over. After that, on the score of 33, captain KL Rahul also got out on the personal score of 16 and returned to the pavilion. After that, a partnership of 55 runs was made between Devdutt Padikkal and Stoinis and took the team’s score to 88. But Devdutt Padikkal was out after scoring 13 runs in 19 balls. After that Puran and Stoinis took Lucknow’s innings to the brink of victory. Pathirana took two wickets for Chennai. While Chahar and Mustafizur Rahman took one wicket each.
Chennai did not have a good start, the first wicket fell for 4 runs.
Chennai Super Kings, who came to bat first against Lucknow Super Giants, did not have a good start. On the score of only 4 runs, Ajinkya Rahane returned to the pavilion after scoring only 1 run in 3 balls and was out on the ball of Matt Henry. After that, Daryl Mitchell, who joined the team in place of Rachin Ravindra, also could not do anything special and returned to the pavilion after scoring 11 runs with the help of 1 four in 10 balls. Yash Thakur made Michelle his victim. However, a partnership of 52 runs was made between Ravindra Jadeja and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad for the third wicket. However, Jadeja fell victim to Mohsin Khan after scoring only 16 runs in 19 balls with the help of 2 fours. A partnership of 104 runs was made between captain Gaikwad and Shivam Dubey for the fourth wicket.
Dhoni hit a four on the last ball
Chennai Super Kings On behalf of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, he hit a four on the last ball of the 20th over and took the team’s score to 210 runs. Dhoni could play only one ball and returned unbeaten after scoring 4 runs. Dhoni has not been out in the tournament yet. Dhoni did not get a chance to bat in the first two matches. In the third match, Dhoni played an unbeaten inning of 37 runs against Delhi. In which he faced 16 balls. Dhoni had hit 4 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. In the fourth match against Hyderabad, Dhoni scored 1 unbeaten run in 2 balls. In the fifth match against KKR, Dhoni faced 3 balls and scored only one run. Dhoni was not out till the end. In the sixth match against Mumbai, Dhoni faced only 4 balls, in which he scored unbeaten 20 runs with the help of 3 sixes.
Henry, Mohsin and Thakur are the most successful bowlers from Lucknow.
Matt Henry, Mohisan Khan and Yash Thakur were the most successful bowlers for Lucknow Super Giants. All three bowlers took one wicket each. Khan proved to be the most expensive. He gave away 50 runs in 4 overs and took one wicket. Whereas Thakur gave away 47 runs in 4 overs. Henry conceded only 28 runs in 4 overs.
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