IPL 2024, LSG vs CSK: Lucknow beat Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets. KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock scored half-centuries. Lucknow registered their fourth win in 7 matches. This was Chennai's third loss in the tournament.
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Batting first, Chennai scored 176 runs, in returns LSG won the game for the loss of 2 wickets in 19 overs. In the 34th match of IPL 2024, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Chennai Super Kings in a one-sided manner by 8 wickets. Lucknow's victory was decided by their captain KL Rahul, who scored 82 runs. Rahul smashed 9 fours and 3 sixes in his second half-century of the season. He added 134 runs in 90 balls for the first wicket with Quinton de Kock. De Kock scored 54 off 43 balls. In bowling, left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya played a key role in Lucknow's victory. Krunal Pandya took 2 wickets for 16 runs in 3 overs.
MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja have done well for Chennai Super Kings. He scored 57 runs off 40 balls. Dhoni remained unbeaten on 28 off 9 balls. Moeen Ali also chipped in with 30 off 20 balls. Chennai Super Kings suffered their third defeat in 7 matches. Lucknow, on the other hand, have won four out of their seven matches. However, they are still at the fifth position in the points table.
KL Rahul won the toss and elected to bowl first. The pitch at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium was a bit slow at the start. The Lucknow team had lost the last two matches but against Chennai, they got the support of luck as well as their players. The ball was coming on to the bat intermittently, which is why Chennai's batting faltered in the beginning. Ravindra Jadeja gets his first wicket. Captain Gaikwad was also dismissed for 17 runs.
Ajinkya Rahane scored 36 runs but was dismissed by Krunal Pandya in the middle overs. Krunal also took the wicket of Sameer Rizvi. Shivam Dube was dismissed by Stoinis for just 3 runs and his wicket was a big blow to Chennai. However, in the end, Moeen Ali's 30 off 20 balls and Dhoni's 28 off 9 balls gave the team a fighting chance but KL Rahul-De Kock undid all their hard work.
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