Defending champions vs new team. Both playing for their maiden win for this season. LSG won the toss and put CSK to Batting. CSK showed a fabulous display of Batting and scored in 210/6 in 20 overs. But LSG chased down those runs with sparing 3 balls.
Match Summary
LSG won the Toss and asked CSK to bat first and won the match by 6 wickets.
CSK 210/6 (20)
LSG 211/4 (19.3)
CSK Batting – in Powerplay (1st 6 Overs)
Robin Uthappa Started with 2 beautiful boundaries. What a 1st over 14 overs. Can CSK capitalise the amazing start and put a 200+ on the board? Yes, the mode Uthappa playing surely he will take it there. At the end of the 2nd over it is 26-0.
RithuRaj gone for 1. Run out by Ravi Bishnoi in the 3rd over. Rithu’s poor performance continues. Modem Ali is in. Robin Uthappa is in hell of a song of touch. He is blasting boundaries and sixes all over the ground. CSK is 57-1 in 5 Overs.
Moeen Ali joined the party and scored 73-1 in 6 Overs at the rate of 11.80. To sum it up, CSK showed a great intent for a high scoring match. Full credit to Uthappa and his batting performance. We have to wait and watch how the rest of the 14 overs is going to be for CSK.
CSK Batting – Post Powerplay Summary (7-20)
Robin gone for 50 in 27 balls. LBW in Ravi Bishnoi’s over. A beautiful innings has come to an end. Shivam Dube joined Moeen Ali. With this we can see the Run rate has dropped and the game picked its slow phase.
No, Shivam Dube has a different plan. He started to score in boundaries. CSK reached 100 runs in the 10th over in style. At the end of 10th Over CSK scored 106/2. Can they do the same in the next 10 overs.
Moeen Ali is out for 35 in 22 balls. Ambati Rayudu Joined Shivam Dube. It was little slow, but LSG missed couple of fielding that brought back the momentum of scoring runs. At the end of 14 overs it is 136-3 for CSK.
Shivam Dube is batting good and he picks the loose ball and convert that into boundaries. At the end of 16 overs CSK is 166/3.
CSK Batting 17-20 Overs
Rayudu is bold for 27 for 20 balls. Can CSK finish what they started? Jadeja is in. The 18th over had some power hitting and the end of 18th over CSK is 188/4 Can they make it 210+ in another 2 overs?
Shivam Dube out for 49 in 30 balls. Just shot of one for his half century. What what a display of batting from this youngster. Long way to go! Here come Thala Dhoni to the crease. He started with a tremendous six and fantastic four. 199/5 in the end of 19th over. How much CSK is going to score int he last over?
Two succession wickets and Dhoni scored a boundary at the last ball to bring CSK to a whooping 210/6 at 12.60 run rate. Can LSG beat this score? Let’s see in the second half of the match.
Summary of CSK Batting
From the ball one, CSk intent was very clear, I think they had a score in a mind, right from Robin Uthappa, Moeen, Dube, Rayudu, contributed beautifully. This is why they fear CSK as a champion. See what we predicted in our CSK vs LSG preview post “the toss will play a crucial role”. Did CSK proved it wrong?
LSG Batting Powerplay (0-6 Overs)
LSG started slow, they have hit two boundaries and KL Rahul has not yet started with this free flowing game. De Kock got into the Rhythm at scored 36 in 3 overs. Did they miss the catch or the whole Match? Moeen Ali missed a very easy catch of De Kock. Can this be a costly miss?
LSG scored 55/0 in their powerplay at the rate of 10.60. Overall the powerpaly was a mixed performance for both the teams. De kock stole the show.
LSG Batting 6-20 Overs
They say “Catches win matches” but here we are only seeing drop catches. The dew factor is a big factor in this game. CSK missed the catch for both KL Rahul and De Kock. The ball is not gripping in the hands of the blowers and for the fielders.
Both the batsmen are finding the boundaries easily and capitalising the dew factor. The ball is not turning it just sweetly comes on to the bat. With this huge challenge can CSK do some magic with the wet ball? At the end of 10 overs LSG is 98-0. De Kock scored a brilliant half century.
The match is half way through, LSG is getting dangerous. No wicket for 10 overs is something CSK fans would be worried. CSK definitely misses Deepak Chahar.
KL Rahul gone for 40 in 26 Balls. Ambaty Rayudu caught this beautifully. Pretorius struck with his ball. The ball change after 10th over helped to break the threatening partnership. Manish Pandey is in. The score in 11 overs is 106-1.
Manish Pandey is gone! DJ Bravo started his celebration after catching it in the Mid off position. Deshpande got his wicket. And CSK is quite happy with the next, next wickets. Even Lewis is in. Can this be the fall of LSG?
At end of the 14th over LSG is 137-2. Still this match is in balance. But Pretorius striker again. De Kock is out for 61 in 45 balls, Dhoni took the high catch. That brings Deepak Hooda to the crease.
Ewin Lewis finding the ball and placing it to the boundaries. He seems in a good touch. Can he turn around things for LSG? The score at the end of the 16 over is 156/3. LSG need 55 runs in 24 balls.
LSG Last 3 overs
So they have to go with the part time bowlers. 46 in 18 balls. Hooda started with a six in DJ Bravo ball. But in the very next ball Hooda is out. Jadeja caught a high catch. Hooda goes for 13. Young Badoni is in. Bravo over gone for 12 runs.
Start of 19th over 34 need from 12 balls. CSK do not have enough blowers, as Moeen and Jadeja did not finish their overs. Shivam Dube has the ball. Badoni hit a six in the first ball. Even Lewis stealing the show from CSK. He brought the equation to 9 runs from 6 balls. 19th over conceded 25 runs.
What a strike by Young Badoni. He showed no signs of pressure. He cleared the boundary with ease. And got things wrapped up. CSK lost their second match and lying low in the table.
Match Summary:
Like I predicted you win the toss, you win the match. Even 210 is not enough to defend a total. But we have to give it to the LSG batsmen, who stayed calm and got this match winning for their team.
See you in another CSK match. Take care!