Lucknow: Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni’s battle failed in front of the batting storm of KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock. Lucknow Super Giants beat Chennai Super Kings in a virtually one-sided match at home. KL Rahul’s team won the match by 8 wickets. Chasing the target of 177 runs given by CSK, LSG reached the target of victory with 6 balls to spare.
LSG decided to bowl to give the match a toss. Although Ajinkya Rahane played a fighting innings of 36 runs in the opening, CSK kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Rachin Ravindra, Rituraj Gaikwad, Shivam Dubey, Sameer Rizvira got no runs. Ravindra Jadeja played a fighting innings in the middle order. He was accompanied by Moeen Ali. The two made a partnership of 51 runs.
Ravindra Jadej continued his innings when Moeen Ali got out for 30 runs. Jaddu also scored a half century. At the end, Dhoni once again stormed the Ekana Stadium. Mahi played a mercurial innings of 29 runs off 9 balls. Dhoni hit 3 fours and 2 sixes. Jadeja remains unbeaten with 57 runs off 40 balls. In the end, CSK scored 176 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Lucknow Super Giants’ two star openers KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock batted fast to chase runs. The Rahul-Dickok duo played with the CSK bowlers at home. The two star batsmen gave eye-catching shots one after another. The two made a century partnership at the speed of the storm. De Kock and Rahul also scored their individual fifties.
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Lucknow’s first wicket fell for 134 runs in the 15th over. Quinton de Kock got out after scoring 54 runs off 43 balls. Then Nicholas Pooran came to the crease. The two moved the team’s scoreboard forward together. Coming to the threshold of the team’s victory, KL Rahul got out with 82 runs off 53 balls. Then Nicholas Pooran and Marcus Stoinis combined to take the team to the winning target. Stoinis remained unbeaten with 23 runs and 8 runs.
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