31/03Result
7th Match (N), Indian Premier League at Mumbai, Mar 31 2022
LSG won by 6 wkts (3b rem)
Player of the Match
Evin Lewis
Evin LewisLucknow Super Giants
31/03Result
7th Match (N), Indian Premier League at Mumbai, Mar 31 2022
LSG won by 6 wkts (3b rem)
Player of the Match
Evin Lewis
Evin LewisLucknow Super Giants

END OF OVER:
20 | 11 Runs 2 Wkts | CSK: 210/7 | RR: 10.50

  • MS Dhoni16 (6b)
  • Dwayne Bravo1 (1b)
  • Andrew Tye4-0-40-2
  • Avesh Khan4-0-38-2

9.21pm: So, the score is on the board.A penny for Andy Flower's thoughts. The dew factor is massive tonight, and with two fingerspinners in the ranks, it's not going to be easy for CSK to defend this. What does Moeen think?

"A great wicket, nice to get a few runs and a good total on the board. It's going to be difficult cos of the dew and they have a brilliant batting line-up. We are going to have to bowl well. Got to have a good start, you don't set a target, you just keep going and get as many as you can. We have to be on our A game. Ravi was fantastic today, good bats these days which helped me. Got a great start in the Powerplay which allowed me to chill a few balls and get going."

Sid: "Wow MSD stood unbeaten in both of the matches with average of infinity.. Great comeback Thala.." To Infinity and Beyond. Just call him Buzz

Faisal: "Dhoni 7000 Runs is T20 Cricket with that 4. Amazing" Gosh, so he did.

Right, that's me done for the moment. Time for Sreshth to reload for the first half of the chase

19.6
4
Tye to Dhoni, FOUR, 210 it is! Width outside off, and chopped down through third man. Dhoni's cameo does the needful to post a very challenging total on the board.
19.5
2
Tye to Dhoni, 2 runs, wide full toss, Dhoni thrashes through the line, but he can't connect properly. A flat slap to wide long-off, the runs are drying up a touch here
19.4
1
Tye to Bravo, 1 run, low full toss, clipped calmly out to deep midwicket, and the old stagers cross. It's like the last decade never ended

And so it's a hat-trick ball. DJ Bravo has seen it all before...

Shiva tells me that was the first time MSD hit a six off the first ball he faced in the IPL. He's a changed man! (And so's Dhoni, honk)

19.3
W
Tye to Pretorius, OUT, fires in the yorker, angling in on leg stump... that's a decent appeal but probably doing too much. It's a review either way... No under-edge, so all on ball tracker... ooh, it's hitting leg stump! Very full length, which did the trick, a very brief encounter for Pretorius

D Pretorius lbw b Tye 0 (3m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

19.2
W
Tye to Jadeja, OUT, flicked off the legs once more, but Pandey is lurking in the deep and swallows the chance

RA Jadeja c Pandey b Tye 17 (19m 9b 3x4 0x6) SR: 188.88

19.1
4
Tye to Jadeja, FOUR, low full toss, biffed off the pads, through backward square, another boundary to bring up the 200!

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | CSK: 199/5 | RR: 10.47

  • MS Dhoni10 (4b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja13 (7b)
  • Avesh Khan4-0-38-2
  • Dushmantha Chameera4-0-49-0

AJ Tye to bowl the final over

18.6
0
Avesh Khan to Dhoni, no run, Whoops, we had a blackout for that ball. Nothing much seemed to happen
18.5
0
Avesh Khan to Dhoni, no run, a thrash at thin air, and oohs around the ground as his strike-rate plummets

SACHU : "Did you forget the new law change? " I did... took most of the Hundred to get to grips with that one...

18.4
4
Avesh Khan to Dhoni, FOUR, inside-out, hacked over backward point! Fuller length, wide line, blitzed through the gap!

Syed: "CSK has scored 162/1 in 14 overs excluding the Bishnoi spell. What a bowler, what an impact."

18.3
6
Avesh Khan to Dhoni, SIX, Banged in short, and flogged hard over extra cover! Rocks back, no messing around, forearms through the wide line, into the stands!

Hello Mr Dhoni. What have we in store tonight?

SandyKam: "Dube seems to have somehow found home in CSK...like every player does :-) Marvelous coaching staff."

18.2
W
Avesh Khan to Dube, OUT, mashed into the night sky, but it doesn't have the legs! That was clobbered through the line, on a good length, seemed to have been timed well enough, but it was all height, not enough distance. Lewis steadies himself well at wide long-on, and pouches the catch!

S Dube c Lewis b Avesh Khan 49 (56m 30b 5x4 2x6) SR: 163.33

18.1
1
Avesh Khan to Jadeja, 1 run, full length, just the single, to deep backward point

Two overs to go, and 210 looks a juicy target. Here's Avesh to crank it up again

END OF OVER:
18 | 16 Runs | CSK: 188/4 | RR: 10.44

  • Shivam Dube49 (29b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja12 (6b)
  • Dushmantha Chameera4-0-49-0
  • Ravi Bishnoi4-0-24-2

Rahul Pathak: "Bishnoi will learn to turn to turn his leg breaks sharply too. What a complete package he will be then "

17.6
2
Chameera to Dube, 2 runs, round the wicket, aiming for the yorker, scuffed to the leg side, behind square. No redemption just yet for Dushmantha
17.5
6
Chameera to Dube, SIX, rocks back, and hoisted high over backward square! It's an 80 metre boundary, but that's almost into the tennis courts! Slower ball, picked like a mango, high and mighty!

Gautam: "Quick Q- Does David Duchovny look like Ravi Bishnoi?" He brings the X factor, at least

17.4
1
Chameera to Jadeja, 1 run, tight lines, aiming for the yorker, but comes out as a low full toss. Straight enough to respect though, pushed to long-on
17.3
2
Chameera to Jadeja, 2 runs, back of a length, slower ball, pumped with a full face to deep cover, intercepted with a tumble
17.2
4
Chameera to Jadeja, FOUR, short again, and that's superbly timed! Launched in front of square with a flat pull, Chameera's bouncer skids onto the bat nicely and a gallop round the rope can't cut it off
17.1
1
Chameera to Dube, 1 run, back of a length, leg stump line, a hurried pull but not timed, Bishnoi rushes in off the rope at fine leg to tidy up

Chameera... redemption time?

END OF OVER:
17 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | CSK: 172/4 | RR: 10.11

  • Ravindra Jadeja5 (3b)
  • Shivam Dube40 (26b)
  • Ravi Bishnoi4-0-24-2
  • Krunal Pandya3-0-36-0

Sachin: "A wrist spinner bowling in swimming pool with such a control, Team India management definately seen something in Bishnoi." Too right. Very impressive. And it's not going to get easier for bowling either...

16.6
4
Ravi Bishnoi to Jadeja, FOUR, biffed on the up through a very straight long-off! The fielder was back but couldn't get round in time. A dent at the end, but that's an excellent spell from Bishnoi
16.5
0
Ravi Bishnoi to Jadeja, no run, skips through outside off, a tricksy little spell taking shape here
16.4
1
Ravi Bishnoi to Dube, 1 run, plonked through the line, full length outside off, hard and flat to long-on, where Hooda tumbles brilliantly to gather a fast-travelling ball inside the rope
16.3
1
Ravi Bishnoi to Jadeja, 1 run, on the back foot, and glided out to deep cover
16.2
W
Ravi Bishnoi to Rayudu, OUT, another massive wipe to leg, and the leg stump is plucked out! A gallop to the pitch, fired in flatter, beaten all ends up and that's a timely strike from the Giants' main man of the night so far

AT Rayudu b Ravi Bishnoi 27 (32m 20b 2x4 2x6) SR: 135.00

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LSG 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st99Q de KockKL Rahul
2nd7MK PandeyQ de Kock
3rd33Q de KockE Lewis
4th32E LewisDJ Hooda
5th40E LewisA Badoni

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MI144108-0.506