Captain Rahul and De Kock scored half-centuries, Lucknow defeated Chennai by 8 wickets.

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Tezzbuzz|20-04-2024

In the 34th match of IPL 2024, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets with the help of half-centuries from captain KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock. In this match played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow won the toss and decided to field first. Chennai played Sameer Rizvi in ​​place of Ajinkya Rahane as the impact player in this match.

Batting first, Chennai managed to score 176 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. For the team, maximum runs of 57 (40) came from the bat of Ravindra Jadeja. In this innings he hit 5 fours and one six. Rahane played an innings of 36(24) runs. In this innings he hit 5 fours and one six. Jaddu and Rahane made a partnership of 35 (23) runs for the third wicket.

Moeen Ali played an inning of 30(20) runs. Moeen hit 3 sixes in this innings. Moeen and Jadeja made a partnership of 51 (33) runs for the sixth wicket. MS Dhoni made an important contribution of 28(9)* runs. In this innings, Chennai Thala hit 3 fours and 2 sixes. Krunal Pandya took maximum 2 wickets for Lucknow. Marcus Stoinis, Yash Thakur, Mohsin Khan and Ravi Bishnoi took one wicket each.

Chasing the target, Lucknow won the match by losing 2 wickets and scoring 180 runs in 19 overs. The maximum runs for the team came from the bat of captain Rahul. He scored a half-century of 82 runs in 53 balls with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. Quinton de Kock scored a half-century of 54 runs in 43 balls with the help of 5 fours and one six. Rahul and De Kock gave a great start to the team by making a partnership of 134 (90) runs for the first wicket. Nicholas Pooran remained unbeaten after scoring 23 runs in 12 balls with the help of 3 fours and a six. Mustafizur Rahman and Mathisha Pathirana took one wicket each for Chennai.

Playing XI of Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper/captain), Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur.

Playing XI of Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Mathisha Pathirana.

Impact players of Lucknow: Arshin Kulkarni, Krishnappa Gautam, Yudhveer Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Arshad Khan.

Chennai Impact Players: Sameer Rizvi, Shardul Thakur, Sheikh Rashid, Nishant Sindhu, Mitchell Santner.

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