- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.1 and right away, Bishnoi finally collars one of the openers! Fullish length ball flighted on fifth stump, Gaikwad goes for a slog sweep over midwicket and the turn away plus some extra bounce produces a top edge that swirls to short third man. Tremendous athletic take by the fielder leaping up to reach high above his head while backpedaling from the edge of the circle. 110/110.2 Krunal and Wood team up to put a leash on Conway! Short ball on the stumps, hustled for pace trying to pull over midwicket, it hangs up in the air long enough for Krunal to charge in off the rope covering 20 yards before putting in a diving effort to latch onto this at ankle height. Superb effort! 118/213.5 googly flighted full on leg stump giving it more air again at 93 kph, Dube goes for another booming slog and top edges this spinning away from him with the ball swirling off the bat toward short third man. Very basic catch taken by Wood this time on the ring waiting for the ball to come down at head height. 150/315.2 Moeen charges a good length ball and keeps running to the dugout. Nowhere near the pitch of this googly on middle and it spins past Moeen's heave as well as off stump for a simple stumping by Pooran. 166/416.6 slower ball fools Stokes at 123 kph on a fullish length on off stump. Stokes goes to heave this over midwicket but skies a top edge to short third on the ring. Simple catch taken by Thakur bending on his haunches. 178/519.1 length ball outside leg stump at 143 kph, Jadeja goes to pull and skies this to deep midwicket. Simple catch taken by Bishnoi jogging in from the rope before settling on his knees 10 yards in for a catch on his haunches. 203/619.4 Dhoni's innings is short and sweet! Length ball wide outside off on the guideline, tries to repeat his first ball slash over third man for six but comes off the toe and swirls to Bishnoi coming in off the sweeper rope for his second catch of the over, taken on his knees 10 yards in from the rope. 215/7Extras16 (b 4, lb 4, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL217/7 (20 Overs, RR: 10.85)Fall of wickets: 1-110 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 9.1 ov), 2-118 (Devon Conway, 10.2 ov), 3-150 (Shivam Dube, 13.5 ov), 4-166 (Moeen Ali, 15.2 ov), 5-178 (Ben Stokes, 16.6 ov), 6-203 (Ravindra Jadeja, 19.1 ov), 7-215 (MS Dhoni, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KR Mayers 2 0 16 0 8.00 1 1 0 1 0 Avesh Khan 3 0 39 1 13.00 4 6 0 1 0 KH Pandya 2 0 21 0 10.50 4 1 2 0 0 K Gowtham 1 0 20 0 20.00 2 0 3 0 0 MA Wood 4 0 49 3 12.25 9 3 5 0 0 Yash Thakur 4 0 36 0 9.00 4 3 1 0 1 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 28 3 7.00 13 1 2 1 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.2 fullish length ball on middle, Rahul slog sweeps this to wide midwicket. Doesn't come close to getting enough juice on the shot and Gaikwad ranges to his left to take this 15 yards inside the rope at rib height. 82/35.3 full on off, slog sweeps this flat but picks out deep midwicket five yards inside the rope at head height. A ferocious half-century comes to an abrupt end. Conway hardly had to move for the catch. 79/16.6 fullish length on fifth stump, tries to slog this over wide long-on but Stokes covers 15 yards to his right, settles and reaches up to snatch this at head height two yards in from the rope. If he wasn't there it was most likely landing just over the rope for six. 82/29.6 fullish length on fifth stump, charges and lofts a drive down the ground but doesn't middle it that well, comes off more of the inner half of the bat and picks out Jadeja two yards inside the rope at head height for a basic catch. 105/413.2 bullseye! Good length ball on the stumps, Stoinis backs away from leg trying to heave over wide long-on and misses. The ball spins in and leg stump is knocked back just under the bails. 130/515.6 goes for wide yorker again, doesn't get it full enough and Pooran smokes a blistering drive flat to wide long-off. However, he doesn't get the elevation on it. Stokes on the boundary comes in initially before going back and takes a head height catch two yards in from the rope. If he's not there, it's thudding into the ads for six. 156/619.3 full on middle, skies a drive high in the air swirling wide of Dhoni's right. He shuffles over toward the edge of the ring at short third to take a simple catch. 195/7Extras18 (lb 2, nb 3, w 13)TOTAL205/7 (20 Overs, RR: 10.25)Fall of wickets: 1-79 (Kyle Mayers, 5.3 ov), 2-82 (Deepak Hooda, 6.6 ov), 3-82 (KL Rahul, 7.2 ov), 4-105 (Krunal Pandya, 9.6 ov), 5-130 (Marcus Stoinis, 13.2 ov), 6-156 (Nicholas Pooran, 15.6 ov), 7-195 (Ayush Badoni, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DL Chahar 4 0 55 0 13.75 6 7 1 5 0 BA Stokes 1 0 18 0 18.00 0 2 1 0 0 TU Deshpande 4 0 45 2 11.25 7 2 2 4 3 MM Ali 4 0 26 4 6.50 10 0 1 1 0 MJ Santner 4 0 21 1 5.25 9 0 1 0 0 RS Hangargekar 2 0 24 0 12.00 4 2 1 3 0 RA Jadeja 1 0 14 0 14.00 2 0 2 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Lucknow Super Giants , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
03 April 2023 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Chennai Super Kings 2, Lucknow Super Giants 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 79 runs, 0 wicket)
- Over 1.0: Review by Lucknow Super Giants (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batter - RD Gaikwad (Struck down)
- Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 6
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (RD Gaikwad 32, DP Conway 14, Ex 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 79/0 in 6.0 overs (RD Gaikwad 46, DP Conway 23)
- RD Gaikwad: 50 off 25 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 7.6 overs (49 balls), Extras 12
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 49 balls (RD Gaikwad 50, DP Conway 39, Ex 12)
- Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 13.3 overs (82 balls), Extras 13
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 166/4 in 15.2 overs (BA Stokes 2)
- Chennai Super Kings: 200 runs in 18.4 overs (113 balls), Extras 16
- Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings - 217/7 in 20.0 overs (AT Rayudu 27, MJ Santner 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 80 runs, 1 wicket)
- Lucknow Super Giants: 50 runs in 3.4 overs (24 balls), Extras 6
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (KL Rahul 11, KR Mayers 33, Ex 6)
- KR Mayers: 50 off 21 balls (8 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Lucknow Super Giants - 96/3 in 9.0 overs (KH Pandya 8, MP Stoinis 5)
- Lucknow Super Giants: 100 runs in 9.1 overs (57 balls), Extras 8
- Strategic Timeout: Lucknow Super Giants - 136/5 in 14.0 overs (N Pooran 18, A Badoni 4)
- Lucknow Super Giants: 150 runs in 14.6 overs (92 balls), Extras 9
- Lucknow Super Giants: 200 runs in 19.6 overs (123 balls), Extras 18
Match Coverage
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