Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings had been pressured to share some extent every after their match on the Ekana stadium resulted in ‘no end result’ as a consequence of incessant rain. Both the groups moved up a slot every within the IPL standings — LSG at 2nd and CSK at third with 11 factors every. LSG (+0.639) have a barely higher web run fee in comparison with CSK (+0.329).
As it occurred: Lucknow vs Chennai
The recreation started after a 15-minute delay as a consequence of moist outfield and the rain returned within the closing over of the primary innings to cease the proceedings. The rain continued after that forcing the officers to name off the match.
At the time of rain stoppage, hosts LSG had been 125/7 in 19.2 overs with middle-order batter Ayush Badoni enjoying on 59 not out, off 33 balls.
Badoni stood tall amidst the ruins with a cultured half-century on a poor floor earlier than a pointy downpour stopped the play. This is the primary recreation within the sixteenth version of IPL that needed to be known as off halfway as a consequence of rain.
When rain got here, Badoni, who got here in at 44 for five, had put his staff ready of respectability on a really troublesome floor.
Badoni smashed two fours and 4 sixes in his 33-ball-59 and his temperament on a floor conducive for sluggish bowlers was value its weight in gold because it did not appear at one level that LSG may cross the 120-run mark.
It was a very good toss to win for Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the CSK skipper’s choice to bowl first was vindicated by his bowlers on a floor that’s actually not adequate for an absorbing T20 contest.
Most of the balls had been gripping off the floor and the batters discovered it extraordinarily troublesome to hit by the road in contrast to in different surfaces as Moeen Ali 2/13 in 4 overs), Ravindra Jadeja (1/11 in 3 overs) and Maheesh Theekshana (2/37 in 4 overs) stored them underneath tight leash and likewise acquired wickets at common intervals.
Such was their dominance that the primary six of the innings got here within the fifteenth over when Badoni, coming in at No.7, slog swept Sri Lankan spinner Theekshana over mid-wicket and acquired one other most within the subsequent over to get some momentum going for his staff.
Dhoni, who rightly assessed the monitor as “tacky”, acquired Moeen into the assault within the fourth over and a flighted supply inviting Kyle Mayers (14) to interrupt the shackles did the trick as he may solely mistime a skier to Ruturaj Gaikwad within the deep.
Manan Vohra (10) tried a non-existent lap-shot and Krunal Pandya was snapped at slip by Ajinkya Rahane.
The ball of the innings was actually bowled by Jadeja, who acquired one to show sharply as Marcus Stoinis drew ahead solely to seek out the ball flip sharply previous his exterior edge and peg the off-stump.
Karan Sharma’s 16-ball keep for a painstaking 9 was certainly a battle earlier than he supplied a return catch to Moeen Ali.
Badoni and Nicholas Pooran (20) then added 59 for the sixth wicket.
(With inputs from PTI)
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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com