LSG vs CSK IPL 2024: Lucknow Super Giants halt Chennai’s revival to return to winning ways at Ekana

Lucknow Super Giants registered a straightforward eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings within the thirty fourth match of the Indian Premier League 2024 at Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday. Skipper KL Rahul recorded an excellent 82 as LSG chased down a 177-run goal with six balls remaining.

Coming into this sport with two back-to-back defeats, Lucknow proved superior in each division to register their fourth win of the season. New Zealand pacer Matt Henry made his debut for Lucknow after changing Shamar Joseph whereas Chennai recalled Moeen Ali and Deepak Chahar. 

Ravindra Jadeja‘s unbeaten fifty and a quickfire cameo from MS Dhoni had been solely positives for the defending champions who stay in third place regardless of an enormous loss. Lucknow stay within the fifth spot with eight factors in seven video games to maintain themselves in a very good place to safe playoff qualification. 

Chennai struggled for a begin with Rachin Ravindra persevering with to disappoint with a golden duck. Ajinkya Rahane stored the runs flowing by scoring 36 runs off 24 balls however Lucknow loved momentum with well timed wickets of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shivam Dube. 

Jadeja, batting at no.4, performed an excellent innings of 57* off 40 balls however it was MS Dhoni’s late heroics that helped Chennai submit an enormous complete. Dhoni smashed 28* off simply 9 balls to entertain the gang at Ekana Cricket Stadium. Krunal Pandya took two wickets for 16 however Ravi Bishnoi and Yash Thakur proved expensive for Lucknow.

Chasing a tricky goal, openers KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock added match-defining 134 runs for the primary wicket to put Lucknow in a snug place to win the sport. Quinton de Kock scored 54 off 43 balls earlier than dropping his wicket to Mustafizur Rahman within the fifteenth over however Rahul and Nicholas Pooran denied CSK a late comeback. 

Rahul top-scored with 82 runs off 53 balls with the assistance of 9 fours and three sixes however was not in a position to end the sport. Pooran smashed 23* off 12 balls and completed the chase with a 4 off Tyshar Deshpande within the nineteenth over. 

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana.

Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c & wk), Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur.