TATA IPL 2023, MATCH 6 CSK VS LSG » MATCH REPORT

» CSK bounced back after their defeat in the opener against defending champions GT to beat Lucknow Super Giants in Match 6 of the TATA IPL at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

» Ruturaj Gaikwad sizzled again with 57 off 31 balls as he and Devon Conway (47 off 29) laid the platform with a 110-run stand. Ambati Rayudu (27 off 14) and MS Dhoni(12 off 3) provided the finishing touches to help CSK post a daunting 217/7. The CSK spinners, led by Moeen Ali (4/26) then spun a web around the LSG batters and restricted them to 205/7 to help achieve a 12-run win in their homecoming.

» Chasing 218, Kyle Mayers picked up from where he left off in the last match and got off to a breezy start. He took the attack to Ben Stokes in the second over and hammered him for two fours and a six and then hit three fours off Deepak Chahar in the next over. 

» CSK's Impact Player Tushar Deshpande struggled in his first over as he gave away 18-runs in his first over which included two NO BALLS, three WIDES, one four and six each. Mayers didn't spare Deepak Chahar as well, as he cracked a couple of fours off him. He reached his fifty off just 21 balls but departed soon as he looked to take on Moeen Ali but ended up holing out to Conway at deep mid-wicket. It was a huge wicket in the context of the game as he was looking in ominous touch.

☞  Lucknow Super Giants reached their highest Powerplay score at 80/1.

» The spinners brought CSK back into the match as Santner struck immediately after the Powerplay as he had Deepak Hooda caught at wide long on and in the next over, Moeen got the big one of Rahul (20 off 18), caught at deep mid-wicket and then had Krunal Pandya caught at long on.

» Pooran released some pressure as he took the attack to Rajvardhan Hangargekar, hitting him for a six and a couple of fours. But Santner evened things out a bit with a tight three run over and finished a frugal spell of 4-0-21-1.

» Moeen though wasn't finished yet as he cleaned up Marcus Stoinis (21 off 18) in his final over and ended with brilliant figures of 4-0-26-4.

» Pooran continued to fight as he smacked a couple of sixed off Ravindra Jadeja, including an outrageous and massive switch-hit six into the stands.

»Impact Player Tushar Deshpande then provided a crucial moment in the match as he had Pooran (32 off 18) caught at long off in the 16th over and gave away just six runs.

» With 62 needed from 24, K Gowtham and Ayush Badoni got 18 from the Chahar over which included a dropped catch of Gowtham. But Deshpande once again bowled a superb over to give away just 7 runs to bring the equation to 37 needed off 12. 

» Hangargekar, who went for 15 in his first over then bounced back to give away nine in a crucial penultimate over as the CSK fielders made crucial stops on the field. Deshpande defended 28 off the last over, giving away 15 runs and picking the wicket of Badoni, as CSK won the match by 12 runs.