CSK managed to get to a decent score but their bowlers had a day to forget in the first outing, they will look to change things around at home in this fixture.
CSK started the season with a loss, despite scoring 178 runs on the back of Ruturaj Gaikwad’s brilliant 92 off 50 balls, the four-time champions failed to get over the finishing line. They were asked to bat first by Hardik Pandya. There were patchy contributions in the middle order and MS Dhoni hit some lusty blows in the end. CSK managed to get to a decent score but their bowlers had a day to forget. CSK’s bowling failed to impress and we were very expensive. Tushar Deshpande, the impact player was expensive and let the match slip off their grip. In addition, the bowlers need o work on yorkers and change of pace in the slog overs. Mahesh Theekshana and Mathisha Pathirana are on national duties representing Sri Lanka and are yet to join the squad
Lucknow Super Giants unit was clinical at the start of the competition, defeating Delhi Capitals comprehensively by a margin of 50 runs. Rahul failed to take the team off to a good start, but Kyle Mayers and others contributed and took the Lucknow-based franchise got off to a good start. Mayers smashed the opposition bowlers and Nicholas Pooran continued from where Mayers ended. They took the score to 193 which seemed way too much for DC. There was a bit of dew but still, the Delhi Capitals failed to make use of it and fell short of the target, handing LSG their first victory this season.
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The Indian Premier League will be telecasted live on the Star Sports network and will be live-streamed on the JioCinema app. The toss will take place at 7:00 PM IST and the Match will start at 7:30 PM IST on Saturday, the 3rd of April.
CSK: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk/c), Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar
LSG: KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni, Mark Wood, Jaydev Unadkat, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan
Chennai Super Kings Squad: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Shivam Dube, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, RS Hangargekar, Tushar Deshpande, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Ajinkya Rahane, Nishant Sindhu, Dwaine Pretorius, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Akash Singh, Bhagath Varma
Lucknow Super Giants Squad: KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran(w), Ayush Badoni, Mark Wood, Jaydev Unadkat, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur, Daniel Sams, Romario Shepherd, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Karan Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Amit Mishra, Manan Vohra
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