Chennai Super Kings came up with an all-round effort to beat Lucknow by 12 runs and register their first win of the tournament in Chennai.
MS Dhoni’s introduction of spin saw Chennai bounce back after being taken to the cleaners by the Lucknow openers.
Kyle Mayers smashed his second consecutive half-century and this time on just 21 balls to give Lucknow a brilliant start. However, the LSG opener fell to Moeen Ali as he departed for a 22-ball 53.
Lucknow openers KL Rahul and Kyle Mayers got their team off to a brilliant start by bring the 50-up in just 3.4 overs in a tall chase.
MS Dhoni produced a couple of trademark sixes and became the seventh batsman to score more than 5,000 runs in the IPL.
Ravi Bishnoi bowled extremely well and finished with figures of 4-0-28-3. Bowling under pressure, the leg-spinner accounted the wickets of Rituraj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube and Moeen Ali.
Shivam Dube played an attacking cameo as the all-rounder smashed a 16-ball 27 and his knock was laced with a boundary and three sixes.
Ravi Bishnoi finally applied brakes on the batting by dismissing the free-flowing Rituraj Gaikwad, who departed while trying to up the ante further.
Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad added 110 runs for the first-wicket stand and gave the yellow outfit a fantastic start after Lucknow asked Chennai to bat first.
Ruturaj Gaikwad hit his second consecutive half-century in the tournament - his first one at home and gave Chennai a brilliant start.
Devon Conway played some brilliant shots and got into the groove as CSK dominated the PowerPlay scoring 79 off 36 balls - their highest in the venue.
Ruturaj Gaikwad continued his fine form and became the first batsman to cross the 100-run barrier in the list of most runs in this IPL season. The CSK opener showcased his class with some brilliant shots and gave his team a superb start against Lucknow.
Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and opted to bowl first against Chennai Super Kings. Lucknow made one change by bringing in Yash Thakur for Jaydev Unadkat while Dhoni made no changes.
The M.A. Chidambaram Stadium is all decked up as CSK returns to its den with MS Dhoni leading from the front after a gap of nearly four years.
MS Dhoni inspects the track ahead of his side’s encounter against Lucknow. Captain Cool will look to notch first points on board at home.
Ben Stokes goes through the paces ahead of CSK’s match against LSG. Stokes has been the cynosure of all eyes erer since his arrival at the Super Kings camp.
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