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Dhoni, Jadeja snap CSK's losing streak

Dhoni and Dube came together during a tricky situation to put up a match-winning 57-run stand

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

RR Pant
RR Pant
63(49) 4x4 - 4x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 12 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
7 12 1 3 15 13 3 9
S Dube
S Dube
43(37) 3x4 - 2x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 12 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 7 7 0 8 0 11 10

Best performances - Bowlers

Ravi Bishnoi
Ravi Bishnoi
O3
M0
R18
W2
Eco6
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
RA Jadeja
RA Jadeja
O3
M0
R24
W2
Eco8
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Chennai Super Kings , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50

Match days

14 April 2025 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Chennai Super Kings 2, Lucknow Super Giants 0

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: George Binoy

Should Pant have bowled Bishnoi? Can CSK turn their season around? Tune in to Time Out to listen to Bishop, Jaffer and Abhinav Mukund analyse this game.

Rishabh Pant: "We feel we were 10-15 runs short, we kept losing wickets, whenever momentum was there we kept losing wickets and we couldn't get a partnership. the wicket was nice to bat on, stopping a bit, we could have got ten runs more. Definitely feeling better about my batting with every game ... getting into rhythm. There was lot of time I thought about bowling Bishnoi but I discussed with other players and thought let's take it deeper ..."

Dube: "This means a lot, losing five in a row, that's not CSK, for me today was very important, from my side I thought I could bat until the end, wanted to finish the game and I did that. We started losing wickets, Jadeja and Vijay got out, so I wanted to take the game deep, that was my plan. I think when MS came and started smashing the bowlers, made my job easier, I tried not to lose my wicket ... plan was simple not to hit the ball too hard."

So CSK stay at the bottom of the points table but are now level on four points with the three teams above them. LSG had the chance to go to the top of the class, but remain fourth instead.

We'll hear from MS Dhoni shortly at the presentation ... he's also the player of the match for that innings. first time he's getting the award in the IPL since 2019.

MS Dhoni: "Good to win a game, unfortunately the games haven't gone our way, it gives a lot of confidence to the team. It was a tough game, glad to be on the winning side and hopefully it gives us momentum. We were struggling in the first six overs in previous games when bowling but then come back in the middle overs ... we were not getting the kind of the start also as a batting unit ...maybe it was because of the Chennai wicket ... maybe we will do better on better wickets, give the batters more confidence. We need more bowlers in the first six, we were puting too much pressure on Ash to bowl two overs in the first six, so we mad changes to have more bowlers in the first six, this looks like a better attack ... we have done well as a bowling unit, but we can do better as a batting unit. Rasheed batting really well today, he has been with us for few years, we have seen improvement and this year he has been batting really well in the nets, we needed a change in the batting order, he batted really well, but it's just the start, he has ability to dominate with authentic shots ... not like some other batters floating around.

"Even today I'm wondering why I'm getting the award, Noor bowled so well ..."

Right, time for my fingers to get a rest. It's been memorable, and thank you for all your feedback. It keeps it lively. See you all tomorrow for PBKS-KKR. Good night!

19.3
4
Avesh Khan to Dube, FOUR, that's the win for CSK! It's been a long, long time coming and Dube seals it by hitting a full ball hard to the cover boundary. Lucknow erupts in celebration as the home team loses, but such is the love for CSK around this country, they now have their second win of the season, after ending a run of five straight defeats.
19.2
1
Avesh Khan to Dhoni, 1 run, in the blockhole and Dhoni digs it out to cover, quick single
19.1
1
Avesh Khan to Dube, 1 run, Dube hands it over to Dhoni again by playing the ball along the ground to deep point

Start those whistles folks, five defeats in a row but there likely won't be a sixth tonight.

END OF OVER:
19 | 19 Runs | CSK: 162/5 (5 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.52, RRR: 5.00)

  • MS Dhoni25 (10b)
  • Shivam Dube38 (35b)
  • Shardul Thakur4-0-56-0
  • Avesh Khan3-0-26-1
18.6
4
Thakur to Dhoni, FOUR, a rank full toss to cap Shardul's horror night and Dhoni dispatches it easily, pulled with power and it bounces just inside the midwicket boundary

Jay: "LSG got their plans wrong here. I cannot understand why Shardul has gotten two death overs over Bishnoi. Your star spinner, 2-18 in 3 overs, with Dhoni at one end who's struggled against spin. You have to back him even if it is Dube at one end. "

18.5
1
Thakur to Dube, 1 run, in the blockhole outside off, Dube digs it out to deep point

John: "Why did they go back to pace? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?????"

18.4
0
Thakur to Dube, no run, played back to the bowler and Shardul manages to stop it

CSK 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st52R RavindraSK Rasheed
2nd22RA TripathiR Ravindra
3rd2RA JadejaRA Tripathi
4th20RA JadejaS Dube
5th15V ShankarS Dube
6th57MS DhoniS Dube