Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2023 Highlights: Chennai’s four-year-long wait for its Thala MS Dhoni and CSK finally ended with a sensational win against Lucknow Super Giants on Monday. Chennai Super Kings batters, including special cameo by Dhoni, made the most of the batting that came to them first after Lucknow Super Giants chose to bowl first after winning the toss. During the after-match ceremony, LSG skipper KL Rahul did admit that the team made certain mistakes.
Initially, LSG looked very much in commanding position. They even bettered the power play numbers against Chennai Super Kings. But as soon as Dhoni decided to bring in Moeen Ali, it was a downhill for LSG from there on. Along with Mitch Santner, Ali demolished the batting lineup of Super Giants. He took major wickets including LSG captain KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis and very in-form Kyle Mayers.
Later, Tushar Deshpande, Dhoni’s choice as impact player, made a comeback after a devastatingly expensive over.
For the records, no team has ever chased more than 206 as target at Chepauk. Dhoni’s explosive cameo showed why is one and only Thala! Of the three Mark Wood deliveries that he faced; Dhoni scored two back-to-back sixes. On part of LSG, it was Ravi Bishnoi who broke the first wicket partnership by CSK openers. 4-28-3 – that’s what Bishnoi’s chart read.
Earlier in the evening, Chennai Super Kings openers did a superb job. Both Gaikwad and Conway – the CSK openers – smashed fours and sixes all over the Chennai Stadium. The powerplay score of 79 by Gaikwad-Conway partnership was the third highest that the CSK have made in the history of the IPL. Just when they were looking extremely dangerous, LSG’s Ravi Bishnoi struck as Gaikwad fell. Soon, Conway was gone after LSG’s Krunal Pandya took the superb catch. With some nifty boundaries and huge sixes, the CSK openers made sure that they build the good total. For the records, Chennai Super Kings have the winning stat of 71 per cent on their home ground in Chennai. It’s a sea of yellow with Dhoni, Dhoni chants reverberating Chepauk!
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2023
Chennai Super Kings
217/7 (20.0)
Lucknow Super Giants
205/7 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 6 )
Chennai Super Kings beat Lucknow Super Giants by 12 runs
This was the first time that Dhoni-led CSK squad was playing at the iconic Chepauk without legendary Suresh Raina. The team has behind their defeat in the IPL opener against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad.
Lucknow Super Giants, on the other hand, didn’t manage to keep their winning streak intact after their thrilling victory in their home ground against Delhi Capitals.
Here’s what happened in Chennai:
A dog has walked in the Chennai Stadium and ground staff is trying to gently push it away from the stadium. Some furry fan there!
LSG's Mayers will bowl the first over.
CSK openers march in – Gaikwad and Conway. Umpires are here too. The LSG squad in huddle at the moment
If we look at the current positions in the points table, Lucknow Super Giants with their home win against DC are at number 2, whereas CSK losing their match against GT in IPL opener are at number 7.
Sorry Chennai, the legend has spoken! he feels it would be Lucknow Super Giants that would win the match. Even AB feels the same!
1 KL Rahul (captain), 2 Kyle Mayers, 3 Deepak Hooda, 4 Krunal Pandya, 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Nicholas Pooran (wicketkeeper), 7 Ayush Badoni, 8 Avesh Khan, 9 Ravi Bishnoi, 10 Yash Thakur, 11 Mark Wood.
1 Devon Conway, 2 Ruturaj Gaikwad, 3 Moeen Ali, 4 Ben Stokes, 5 Ambati Rayudu, 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 MS Dhoni (captain/wicketkeeper), 9 Mitchell Santner, 10 Deepak Chahar, 11 Rajvardhan Hangargekar
Dhoni has again decided to bat at number 8. All eyes on openers Conway and Gaikwad now.
KL Rahul has brought Yash Thakur in place of Jaydev Unadkat.
“Pretty nervous,” says Ben Stokes ahead of the key match. He also said that “spin is going to come more here.” Anil Kumble also agrees with this. Spinners will have very critical role to play.
Dhoni thanks fans amid roaring chants and says that he would be playing with the same squad.
KL Rahul-led Lucknow Super Giants have won the toss and decided to field first.
Yes, Chennai Super Kings are indeed the favourites today but are you aware that Lucknow Super Kings have beaten the Yello Army by six wickets in their only faceoff in the history of IPL.
Do you know that Dhoni is only eight runs away from completing 2,000 runs in the Indian Premier League!
It's a sea of yellow at Chepauk! For the record, Thala Dhoni and company are returning to Chennai after 146 days to be exact! Are you excitteddd!
In other news, Jio Cinema on Monday said that it got 147 crore views on the opening weekend of Tata IPL 2023. The opening weekend viewership is 'bigger than entire season of IPL 2022,' Jio Cinema said in a statement. Jio registered more than five crore app downloads on the opening weekend. For those who STILL don't know, this year, Jio Cinema is streaming IPL for FREE.
The home ground of Chennai Super Kings is meant for Thala Dhoni's batting! The numbers don't lie. In 48 innings that Dhoni has played in Chennai, he has amassed 1363 runs with strike rate of 143.17. He has an average of 43.97. Chennai stadium has seen seven fifties of MSD.
Ruturaj Gaikwad was particularly devastating in the IPL opener. CSK fans would be hoping for another smashing inning from him. Along with him, we have Devon Conway. With strike rate of 146.19, Conway's bat can do some smooth talking! In LSG camp, we have skipper KL Rahul along with Deepak Hooda. Some great batting expected today.
If we look at the stats, in the total 56 games that Chennai Super Kings have played at Chepauk, they have won staggering 40 matches. They faced defeats for 14 times and one match was declared a draw.
CSK last played a match in Chennai in 2019. Back then, the played against mighty Mumbai Indians and lost. It was the first qualifier of the season. That was just not the year for CSK though. They faced the 'Paltan' again in the IPL grand finale and lost by one run despite Shane Watson's super inning!
Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, KL Rahul (captain), Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Ayush Badoni, Mark Wood, Nicholas Pooran (wicketkeeper), Jaydev Unadkat, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Swapnil Singh, Naveen-ul-Haq, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Daniel Sams, Karan Sharma, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Amit Mishra, Manan Vohra, Mayank Yadav
Shivam Dube, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Ben Stokes, MS Dhoni(captain and wicketkeeper), Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, RS Hangargekar, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tushar Deshpande, Prashant Solanki, Shaik Rasheed, Ajinkya Rahane, Nishant Sindhu, Bhagath Varma, Dwaine Pretorius, Subhranshu Senapati, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Simarjeet Singh, Akash Singh
Hello and welcome to the live blog for CSK vs LSG match number 6 today. Countdown has begun and all eyes are on the toss.