KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock’s 134-run opening stand powered the Lucknow Tremendous Giants to a good-looking eight-wicket win within the Indian Premier League in Lucknow on Friday.
Having opted to bowl first, some good bowling within the center overs helped Lucknow limit Chennai to 176/6 of their 20 overs.
Ravindra Jadeja hit an unbeaten 57 runs and was supported within the dying overs by Moeen Ali (30 runs) and MS Dhoni (28 runs).
In response, captain Rahul and De Kock hit half-centuries on their strategy to placing up 134 runs off 90 runs for the opening stand. Although Chennai finally acquired the wickets of each the Lucknow openers, the harm was already as Lucknow chased down the goal with an over to spare.
With the win, Lucknow have climbed to fifth within the factors desk with eight factors whereas Chennai keep third with eight factors.
Turning level of the match
Ajinkya Rahane and Ruturaj Gaikwad had given Chennai an honest begin within the first innings with the away aspect scoring at a fee of eight runs per over within the first eight overs.
Nonetheless, Chennai’s innings was dropped at a halt within the center overs with the boundaries drying up because the Lucknow bowlers tightened the noose.
Krunal Pandya and Marcus Stoinis had been miserly with their bowling and acquired two wickets to hamper the Chennai batting.
Stoinis compelled the in-form Shivam Dube into enjoying an ill-advised pull together with his first ball within the twelfth over. The Australian bowler conceded simply two runs within the over. Pandya, who had earlier dismissed Rahane, adopted it up by taking the wicket of impression sub Sameer Rizvi and gave away simply 4 runs.
Stoinis got here again for what was his final over of the night time within the 14th over and gave away simply 4 runs. Between overs 10 and 15, Chennai scored simply 24 runs and hit just one boundary.
After the match, Gaikwad stated that finally his aspect fell 10-15 runs wanting what may have been a match-winning whole and it was all right down to some tight bowling by Lucknow within the center overs.
The Area’s Participant of the Match
Krunal Pandya had one other good outing with the ball as he returned with figures of two/16 from three overs. Nonetheless, captain KL Rahul pips Pandya for the participant of the match award with a fluent knock of 82 off 53 balls to associate with his two catches and a stumping.
The Lucknow captain scored his second fifty of the season and was strong behind the stumps. With the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup looming within the horizon, matches like tonight’s will go a great distance in serving to Rahul’s case as India’s first-choice wicket-keeper for the event.
‘MSD intimidates bowlers’
When MS Dhoni walked out to an enormous roar on the finish of the 18th over, Chennai had been 142/6 hoping to get previous the 160-run mark. Nonetheless, Dhoni performed one other very good cameo function hitting 28 runs off simply 9 deliveries to propel his aspect previous 170 runs.
He took on Lucknow’s two inexperienced bowlers in Mohsin Khan and Yash Thakur and hit three fours and two sixes in his cameo.
On the midway stage, I’d have been proud of 160. Behind the stumps, I felt the wicket was gradual, there was a little bit of grip however not an excessive amount of. 160-165 would have been supreme. However MSD walks in and the strain will get to the bowlers, there’s strain and intimidation he has had over groups and bowlers. We now have a younger crew and this was the primary time our bowlers had been put underneath strain by an enormous determine like MS and the group was actually, actually loud. I nonetheless suppose they caught to their plans however he is an exceptional participant who nonetheless managed to hit them for sixes.
— LSG captain KL Rahul
