LSG vs CSK: Chennai's second win in this IPL, Dhoni-Dubey's partnership after Noor's bowling; Shardul conceded 56 runs..

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have returned to the winning track by defeating Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by five wickets. This is their second win in seven matches. At the same time, Lucknow suffered its third defeat of the season. In this match played at the Ekana Stadium on Monday, after losing the toss and batting first, Lucknow scored 166 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs, thanks to captain Rishabh Pant's half-century innings. In reply, Chennai scored 168 runs for the loss of five wickets in 19.3 overs, thanks to the unbeaten half-century partnership of MS Dhoni and Shivam Dubey, and won the match.

Sheikh Rashid shines in debut.

Chasing the target of 167 runs, Chennai got off to a great start from Sheikh Rashid and Rachin Ravindra. There was a 52-run partnership for the first wicket between the two, which was broken by Avesh Khan. He got Sheikh Rashid, who made his debut in this match, caught by Nicholas Pooran. He was dismissed after scoring 27 runs in 19 balls. After this, Markram dismissed Rachin Ravindra LBW. He managed to score 37 runs with the help of five fours.

Match-winning partnership between Dhoni and Dubey

CSK, which had lost two wickets at 74, needed a big partnership. However, Rahul Tripathi was out after scoring nine, Ravindra Jadeja seven, and Vijay Shankar nine runs. After this, Shivam Dubey and Mahendra Singh Dhoni took over. There was a match-winning partnership of 57* runs in 28 balls between the two. During this, Shivam scored 43 runs with the help of three fours and two sixes while Dhoni scored 26 runs in 11 balls with the help of four fours and a six. Ravi Bishnoi took two wickets for Lucknow while Digvesh, Avesh, and Markram got one success each.

Shardul proved to be expensive.

Shardul Thakur proved to be very expensive for Lucknow in this match. He conceded 56 runs in his four-over spell at an economy of 14 and did not get any wickets. He became the second bowler to concede the most runs in IPL for Lucknow. In this case, Avesh Khan is at the top, who conceded 60 runs against KKR in 2022.

Bowlers who bowled the most expensive spells for Lucknow in IPL
Bowler Runs Opposition Team Year
Avesh Khan 0/60 KKR 2022
Shardul Thakur 0/56 CSK 2025
Akash Deep 2/55 KKR 2025
Dushmantha Chameera 0/54 RCB 2022

Lucknow's innings
Earlier, Lucknow started with a setback. Khaleel Ahmed took the wicket of Aiden Markram on the last ball of the first over. He could score only six runs. After this, Anshul Kamboj dismissed Nicholas Pooran LBW. He was out after scoring just eight runs.

Mitchell Marsh and captain Rishabh Pant took charge of Lucknow, which had lost two wickets for 23. Both of them added 50 runs in 33 balls for the third wicket. Marsh was bowled by Jadeja. He managed to score 30 runs. At the same time, Pant, who came to play his 50th IPL match as captain, completed his 19th half-century in 42 balls. He returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 63 runs with the help of four fours and as many sixes in 49 balls. Apart from him, Ayush Badoni scored 22, Abdul Samad scored 20 and Shardul Thakur scored six runs. At the same time, Miller remained unbeaten without opening the account. Ravindra Jadeja and Mathisha Pathirana took two wickets each for Chennai while Khalil and Anshul got one success each.

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