Chennai beat Lucknow by 12 runs: Moin Ali took 4 wickets

Chennai beat Lucknow by 12 runs: Moin Ali took 4 wickets

 

4-time champion Chennai Super Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 12 runs in the sixth match of Indian Premier League-16.

Chennai, after losing the toss and batting first on their home ground Chepauk after almost four years, scored 217 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. The team also did the feat of scoring 200+ for the 24th time in IPL. In reply, Lucknow batsmen could only manage 205 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Turning points of the match

Century partnership of Chennai openers CSK openers gave a strong start to the team by making a century partnership. The pair of Rituraj Gaikwad and Devon Conway shared a 110-run partnership on 56 balls. This was the third century partnership of these two in 9 innings.

Giving 10th over to Ravi Bishnoi Lucknow captain KL Rahul delayed bowling to Ravi Bishnoi. He got a chance to bowl the 10th over. Ravi took 3 wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs bowling. He could have been bowled after the powerplay. Mark Wood also got three successes, but Wood spent 49 runs.

Moin Ali took 4 wickets Moin Ali bowled accurately. He first broke the opening partnership by dismissing Lucknow opener Kyle Mayer (53 runs). Then KL Rahul (20 runs) was also made to walk. He also broke the back of the middle order by dismissing Krunal Pandya (9 runs) and Marcus Stoinis (21 runs). Tushar Deshpande and Mitchell Santner did the rest of the work.