Lucknow/Patiala, 15 April (Sports Desk)
Match Overview
- Date: April 14, 2025
- Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
- Result: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) beat Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 5 wickets
- Player of the Match: MS Dhoni (26* off 11 balls)
Toss
- Winner: CSK
- Decision: Elected to bowl first
Lucknow Super Giants Innings
- Total: 166/7 in 20 overs
- Batting Highlights:
- Rishabh Pant: 63 runs off 49 balls (1 six)
- Mitchell Marsh: 30 runs off 25 balls
- Ayush Badoni: 22 runs off 17 balls
- Abdul Samad: 20 runs off 11 balls
- Fall of Wickets:
- 1/1 (Aiden Markram, 0.3 overs)
- 2/14 (Nicholas Pooran, 3.4 overs)
- 3/68 (Mitchell Marsh, 9.4 overs)
- 4/108 (Ayush Badoni, 14.2 overs)
- 5/123 (David Miller, 16.2 overs)
- 6/165 (Rishabh Pant, 19.3 overs)
- 7/165 (Abdul Samad, 19.4 overs)
- Bowling Highlights:
- Ravindra Jadeja: 2/24 in 3 overs
- Khaleel Ahmed: 1/28 in 4 overs
- Anshul Kamboj: 1/30 in 4 overs
- Matheesha Pathirana: 1/34 in 4 overs
- Key Moments:
- Early breakthroughs by Khaleel Ahmed and Anshul Kamboj in the powerplay.
- Pant’s gritty fifty held the innings together, but regular wickets kept LSG in check.
- Jadeja’s tight bowling and stumping of Badoni by Dhoni slowed LSG’s momentum.
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Chennai Super Kings Innings
- Total: 168/5 in 19.3 overs
- Batting Highlights:
- Shivam Dube: 43* off 37 balls (2 fours, 1 six)
- Rachin Ravindra: 37 runs off 22 balls (5 fours)
- Shaik Rasheed: 27 runs off 19 balls
- MS Dhoni: 26* off 11 balls (3 fours, 1 six)
- Fall of Wickets:
- 1/52 (Shaik Rasheed, 5.3 overs)
- 2/68 (Rachin Ravindra, 7.4 overs)
- 3/77 (Rahul Tripathi, 9.2 overs)
- 4/100 (Ravindra Jadeja, 12.5 overs)
- 5/112 (Vijay Shankar, 14.6 overs)
- Bowling Highlights:
- Ravi Bishnoi: 2/18 in 4 overs
- Aiden Markram: 1/25 in 4 overs
- Avesh Khan: 1/36 in 3.3 overs
- Digvesh Rathi: 1/38 in 4 overs
- Key Moments:
- Shaik Rasheed and Rachin Ravindra provided a solid start with a 52-run opening stand.
- CSK lost momentum in the middle overs with quick wickets, including Ravindra and Tripathi.
- Dhoni’s explosive cameo (26* off 11) and Dube’s composed knock sealed the chase.
- A no-ball and six by Dube in the 19th over off Shardul Thakur shifted the game decisively.
Match Summary
- LSG Innings: LSG struggled early, losing Markram and Pooran cheaply. Pant’s 63 and contributions from Marsh and Badoni helped them post 166/7, with CSK’s spinners, led by Jadeja, keeping things tight.
- CSK Innings: CSK’s chase started strongly but wobbled in the middle overs. Dhoni’s late fireworks, including a one-handed six and key boundaries, alongside Dube’s unbeaten 43, ensured CSK crossed the line with 3 balls to spare, ending their five-match losing streak.
- Impact Players: Dhoni’s finishing and Jadeja’s all-round contribution were pivotal for CSK, while Pant’s fifty kept LSG competitive.
- Points Table Impact: CSK registered their second win in seven games, staying at the bottom but gaining momentum. LSG remained fourth with four wins from seven matches.
Pitch and Conditions
- Pitch: A mix of black and red soil, slightly two-paced with some help for spinners. The ball came on better under dew, aiding the chase.
- Weather: Warm at 29°C, 40% humidity, no rain threat.
Playing XIs
- Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c/wk), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi
- Chennai Super Kings: Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Jamie Overton, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana
Post-Match Comments
- MS Dhoni (CSK Captain): “Good to win a game… It gives a lot of confidence to the team. We were struggling in the first six overs in previous games when bowling but then come back in the middle overs.”
- Rishabh Pant (LSG Captain): “We were 10-15 runs short… The wicket was nice to bat on, stopping a bit, we could have got ten runs more.”
- Shivam Dube: “This means a lot, losing five in a row, that’s not CSK… I wanted to take the game deep, that was my plan.”
