Lucknow Super Giants chase down the 211 run target with 3 balls to spare and win by 6 wickets over Chennai Super Kings. Evin Lewis remains unbeaten on 55 runs from 23 balls. This is the second time CSK allowing their opponents to chase down a 210+ target in IPL history. It is the fourth biggest chase in IPL history. Deepak Chahar set to miss majority of IPL 2022 and dew, all played into Lucknow’s hands. K.L. Rahul, Quinton de Kock provided a dream headstart and Evin Lewis’s late flourish helped Lucknow get past the mark. LSG pick up their first win of the season while CSK is 0-2 after two matches.
LSG vs CSK Match Result, IPL 2022: Who won Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings Match?
Match Overview
Ist Inning
With LSG winning the toss and deciding to bowl. CSK’s opening pair played well in the powerplay but couldn’t last long as Gaikwad went in the third over on a clumsy runout. But vintage Uthappa playing his class with Moen Ali set the tone for the side. Robin made an explosive half-century in just 27 balls with the steady assistance of Ali who made 35. CSK wickets kept on falling at regular intervals but this couldn’t hamper their run rate. Shivam Dube’s 49 and Rayadu’s 27 made CSK sail through the middle overs. With Skipper Ravindra Jadeja’s and Ex. Skipper Dhoni’s last-minute heroics, CSK set the target of 211 runs for LSG.
IInd Inning
With a massive target onboard and an asking rate of over 10 the SuperGaints had a huge job in hand. The LSG openers Rahul and De Kock gave a dream run to LSG adding 99 run partnership. The team lost its first wicket, of their Skipper in the eleventh over. And the next wicket in the twelfth. De Kock too departed at 61. With the due kicking in, the latter part of the innings was headed by Evin lewis who made an unbeaten 55 runs in just 23 balls passing the role of finisher for the team with flying colours. The winning runs were hit by Ayush Badoni who too made an essential late cameo hitting 19 runs in 9 balls. The Super Giants won the match with 6 wickets & 3 balls to spear.
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Who won the Player(Man) of the Match today?
Evin Lewis won the man of the match award for his explosive innings of 55 runs in just 23 balls. He hit 6 fours and 3 sixes which helped LSG to get past the finish line.
Playing Squad
LSG Playing XI– KL Rahul(c), Manish Pandey, Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, Manan Vohra, Jason Holder, Krunal Pandya, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, K Gowtham, Karan Sharma, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Dushmantha Chameera, Shahbaz Nadeem, Ankit Rajpoot, Mayank Yadav and Mohsin Khan
CSK Playing XI– Ravindra Jadeja (c), Chris Jordan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Tushar Deshpande, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Hari Nishanth, Maheesh Theekshana, N Jagadeesan, Subhranshu Senapati, Prashant Solanki, Mukesh Choudhary, KM Asif, Simarjeet Singh, Bhagath Varma, Deepak Chahar
