Chennai Super Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 5 wickets in Indian Premier League cricket on Monday. Chennai have bounced back from a 5 match losing streak. This is Chennai's second win in seven matches.
Chasing a target of 167 runs, Shivam Duve and Mahendra Singh Dhoni shared an unbeaten partnership of 57 runs for the sixth wicket and won the team with 3 balls to spare. Dubey scored 43 runs in 37 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes and Dhoni scored 26 runs in 11 balls with 4 fours and 1 six. Openers Sheikh Rashid and Rachin Ravindra gave Chennai an aggressive start. They shared a half-century partnership. Rashid scored 27 off 19 balls with 6 fours and Ravindra added 33 runs off 22 balls with 5 fours. Lucknow's Ravi Vishnoi took two wickets.
Before that, Lucknow scored 166 runs by losing 7 wickets in Rishabh Pant's captaincy innings. He scored 63 runs off 49 balls with 4 sixes and 4 fours. Opener Mitchell Marsh scored 30 runs with 2 fours and 2 sixes, Ayush Badoni scored 22 runs and Abdul Samad scored 20 runs. Both Ayush and Abdul hit two boundaries. Lucknow lost opener Adam Markram (6) in the first over. Ravindra Jadeja and Mathisha Pathirana took 2 wickets each from Chennai.
With 4 wins in 7 matches, Lucknow remains in fourth place with 8 points. Chennai is at the bottom.
