IPL : Lucknow Super Giants beats Chennai Super Kings
Lucknow Super Giants beats Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Chasing the target of 177 runs given by Chennai, Lucknow made 180 runs with the loss of 2 wickets before the last over.
Captain KL Rahul scored the highest 82 runs off 53 balls for Lucknow. De Kock scored 54 runs off 43 balls. Rahul and de Kock had a huge partnership of 134 runs for the first wicket. Nicholas Pooran remained unbeaten on 23 and Marcus Stoinis on 8. Chennai’s Mustafizur Rahman and Mathiha Pathirana took 1 wicket each.
Chennai lost the toss and batted first with the aggressive batting of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and scored 176 runs losing 6 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs.
For Chennai, Dhoni played an aggressive innings of 28 runs off 9 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. In the last over alone, Dhoni scored 19 runs with 2 fours and 1 six. Ajinkya Rahane 36, Moeen Ali 30 and skipper Rituraj Gaikwad were dismissed for 16 while Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten on 57.
Krunal Pandya took the most 2 wickets. Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur, Ravi Bishoi and Marcus Stoinis took 1 wicket each for Lucknow.
With the win, Lucknow has moved up to the fifth position. Lucknow has 8 points from 7 matches. Chennai, with equal games and points, is in third place.
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