Cricket Highlights, 24 April: IPL 2024 (Match 39) – Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants

Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants (Match 39) – Highlights

In this article, we will discuss the Cricket Highlights of IPL 2024 on 24 April for Match 39– Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) required 17 runs to win in the last over. Aussie all-rounder Marcus Stoinis chased down this difficult mark easily and brought victory to the team. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) pacer Mustafizur Rahman gave 19 runs in 3 balls coming to defend 17 runs in the last over. And with that, LSG won the highest run chase record at Chepauk Stadium.

Lucknow Super Giants beat Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Super Giants, the team of KL Rahul reached the target with 3 balls in hand after coming down to bat against the challenging target of 211 runs given by the Super Kings.

Stoinis was the hero of LSG’s victory with the bat. This batsman scored 124 runs in 63 balls with 13 fours and 6 sixes to deliver the team an incredible victory. The devastating batsman hit 3 fours and a six in the last over of Tiger pacer Mustafiz.

At this loss, CSK has dropped one step down in the points table. The team is now fifth in the standings with 8 points in 8 matches. On the other hand, LSG came up fourth after defeating them. Besides, Rajasthan Royals are at the top of the points table by winning 7 out of 8 matches.

In pursuit of a big target, LSG lost their first wicket in the first over. Quinton de Kock was bowled by Deepak Chahar. Mustafiz came to bowl first in the fifth over. In that over, captain KL Rahul was dismissed by Mustafiz on the fourth ball after picking up a four in the first ball. As a result, LSG lost two wickets for 33 runs.

Batting at number three, Stoinis continued to fight alone. The Aussie batsman never let the team fall out of the fight even though Devdutt Padikkal’s slow batting left the team fell behind. Matheesha Pathirana sent Padikkal back to the pavilion after scoring 13 runs off 19 balls.

After that, Nicholas Pooran played an excellent innings of 34 runs from 15 balls, coming down to bat at number five. The West Indian batsman returned in the 17th over after becoming a victim of Pathirana.

Super Giants needed 47 runs in the last 3 overs. Then Mustafiz gave away 15 runs in the 18th over. Deepak Hooda and Stoinis took 15 runs in Pathirana’s next over. In the last over, Lucknow’s winning equation stood at 17 runs from 6 balls. Mustafiz made the difficult equation too simple as he couldn’t bowl in the proper channel. A six on the first ball and two fours on the next two balls came on that over. The third ball was again a no-ball. Stoinis hit four again in the free hit and berthed LSG to the port of victory.

Earlier, Super Kings got into trouble at the beginning of batting. Opener Ajinkya Rahane returned to the dressing room after scoring 1 run in just 3 balls. After that, Daryl Mitchell, who got a chance to replace Rachin Ravindra, failed to go far. Yash Thakur scored 11 runs off 10 balls and returned to the pavilion raising a catch in the hands of Deepak Hooda.

Ravindra Jadeja also could not do much on this day. He became a victim of Mohsin Khan by scoring only 16 runs off 19 balls. But Ruturaj Gaikwad was standing at one end. With his rampage, CSK’s run wheel moved forward at breakneck speed.

When Jadeja was out, Shivam Dube gave great support to captain Ruturaj. The pair of them got 104 runs off 46 balls. Based on that, Super Kings made a collection of 210 runs. MS Dhoni concluded the innings when Dube was dismissed for 66 runs off 27 balls with 3 fours and 7 sixes.

Dhoni remained unbeaten with 4 runs off 1 ball. And Ruturaj remained unbeaten with 108 runs off 60 balls. Where he hit 12 fours and 3 sixes. Matt Henry, Mohsin Khan, and Yash Thakur squeezed 1 wicket each for LSG.

Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants Scoreboard

Chennai Super Kings – 210/4 (20.0)

Lucknow Super Giants – 213/4 (19.3)

Result – Lucknow Super Giants won by 6 wickets

Player of the match – Marcus Stoinis

Marcus Stoinis

Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants Playing XIs

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