Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by six wickets in an exhilarating contest at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Chasing the huge goal of 211, Lucknow wanted a constructive begin, and opener Quinton de Kock together with captain KL Rahul did exactly that. The duo took their facet to a flyer, smashing CSK bowlers from the phrase go. The pair added 55 runs within the powerplay, conserving their intentions loud and clear.
Each Rahul and De Kock continued the assault after the powerplay and took the crew’s whole to 98 runs in 10 overs, with the Proteas star hitting a exceptional half-century.
Nevertheless, within the very subsequent over, CSK’s newest recruit Dwaine Pretorius offered the primary breakthrough after dismissing Rahul for a well-made 40 from 26 deliveries. Quickly, LSG misplaced one other wicket within the type of Manish Pandey (5) to get lowered to 106/2 in 11.2 overs.
De Kock stored on scoring runs from the opposite finish, however the scoreboard stress pressured him to play glory photographs one after one other, and in that course of, the explosive opener misplaced his wicket for 61 off 45 balls with the assistance of 9 boundaries.
Evin Lewis stored the hopes alive for Lucknow and took the sport deep to make a thriller. He, together with Ayush Badoni, introduced again Lucknow into the sport by accumulating 25 runs within the penultimate over to convey down the equation to 9 runs within the final six balls.
Badoni hit the winnings runs within the remaining over as Lucknow chased down the huge goal with six wickets in hand and three balls to spare. Lewis stayed unbeaten on 55 off 23 balls whereas Badoni remained not out on 19 off 9 deliveries.
Earlier, Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dube starred with the willow because the Tremendous Kings fully dominated the proceedings after LSG requested them to bat first. Uthappa, who got here to open the innings, took LSG bowlers to the cleaners.
Robbie smashed eight fours and a six en path to his 27-ball 50 earlier than Ravi Bishnoi ended his blistering innings. Aside from the Karnataka-based cricketer, all-rounder Dube additionally punished LSG bowlers throughout the bottom.
The left-handed batter scored 49 off 30 balls, with the assistance of seven boundaries, together with two maximums. Former skipper MS Dhoni offered the late blitz along with his 6-ball 16 run knock to assist CSK publish a humungous 210/7 on the board of their allotted 20 overs.
For Lucknow, Bishnoi returned with spectacular figures. The leg-spinner picked up a few wickets for simply 24 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Pacer Avesh Khan additionally bagged two scalps however ended up conceding 38 runs in 4 overs.
Right here is how Twitter reacted:
Incredible chase by Lucknow. They have been down and out however Evin Lewis performed a gem.
Chennai missed a trick in leaving the final two overs for the inexperienced bowlers. #CSKvsLSG pic.twitter.com/xdSQvI0o0W— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) March 31, 2022
Lewis and #Badoni! What a pair for top stress state of affairs. #LSGvCSK #LSGvCSK #CSKvLSG #CricketTwitter congratulations @LucknowIPL for the primary win in #IPL2022
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) March 31, 2022
First time Csk shedding first two video games within the ipl historical past. Lucknow was excellent within the chase. #CSKvLSG
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) March 31, 2022
This IPL is stuffed with curler coster rides. What a sensational run chase by #LSG cracker of a recreation 🤩 #CSKvLSG #IPL2022
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) March 31, 2022
Lucknow seeing Shivam Dube bowl the nineteenth. pic.twitter.com/Al0IN1ftKT
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 31, 2022
Whoaaaaa…this child Badoni. AB Child. Ufff…nerves of metal. Evin Lewis. Lucknow Tremendous Giants. Take a bow 🙇 #IPL2022 #LSGvCSK
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 31, 2022
Badoni 👏🏼
— Sam Billings (@sambillings) March 31, 2022
Think about it from Badoni’s pov. You stroll out with 40 wanted off 16, going through IPL’s main wkt taker, behind the stumps you see one of many best finishers, you take a look at the realm you are targetting, world’s finest fielder is there. And you then impress all of them! #CSKvLSG #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/45Mttt8m8z
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) March 31, 2022
Badoni! Wow, such composure. What a discover. Such a slim, little younger man hitting it far….
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 31, 2022
Good innings from Evin Lewis as a finisher.
The overlap between the abilities wanted as an attacking opener and a finisher – beginning rapidly and hitting tempo bowlers excessive – and the oversupply of T20 openers signifies that openers changing to finishers might be a development
— Tim Wigmore (@timwig) March 31, 2022
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— Chennai Tremendous Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 31, 2022
Highest targets efficiently chased down in IPL
224 RR vs PBKS Sharjah 2020
219 MI vs CSK Delhi 2021
215 RR vs Deccan Hyderabad 2008.
211 LSG vs CSK Mumbai BS 2022 *
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#LSGvCSK #IPL2022— 🏏Flashscore Cricket Commentators (@FlashCric) March 31, 2022
Lucknow Tremendous Giants opens their account in IPL 2022. #LSGvCSK
Scorecard: https://t.co/jprssN5oqX pic.twitter.com/pnnzrAiW3b— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) March 31, 2022
Unimaginable win for the @LucknowIPL they get their first factors in fashion. Properly performed. #LSGvsCSK
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) March 31, 2022
The category of @klrahul11 on show! What a duo this, deadly🔥 @QuinnyDeKock69#IPL2022 #LSGvCSK
— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8) March 31, 2022
𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚. 𝗦𝗧𝗬𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛. 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗘. 🙌
Have we described #QDK‘s fiery 5️⃣0️⃣ accurately? 😋
Drop a 🔥 should you agree!#LSGvCSK #TATAIPL #IPL2022 #YehAbNormalHai pic.twitter.com/19pG6gMZf6
— Star Sports activities (@StarSportsIndia) March 31, 2022
Dhoni end nahi, finisher hai. Not out once more, image aabhi bahut baaki hai. @msdhoni
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) March 31, 2022
KL Rahul-Quinton de Kock among the best opening pairings in #IPL2022! #CSKvLSG
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) March 31, 2022
Ravi Bishnoi has bowled an excellent spell right here!
Figures of 4-0-24-2 on a observe like this! Dismissed two well-set batters like Robin Uthappa and Ambati Rayudu. Terrific efficiency underneath stress.#LSGvCSK | #IPL2022
— Prasenjit Dey (@CricPrasen) March 31, 2022
Indians with the perfect strike-rate within the powerplay in IPL since 2021 (min 75 balls confronted)
Prithvi Shaw – 169.86
Robin Uthappa – 161.33
Yashasvi Jaiswal – 145.19
Virat Kohli – 131.77#IPL2022 #CSKvsLSG #RobinUthappa— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) March 31, 2022
Evin Lewis is the hero for Lucknow, he was unsold then in final spherical LSG picked him as backup opener with base value then requested to bat at 4 and scored 55* runs from simply 23 balls together with 6 fours and three sixes. What a knock, Lewis. pic.twitter.com/4jK27cs4Nj
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 31, 2022
Actually each spectator current stood up took their telephone out recorded MS Dhoni’s grand entry and so they all loudly cheered. The maestro doesn’t disappoint them as he smashes the primary ball for a SIX.#CSKvLSG
— Prajakta (@18prajakta) March 31, 2022
