IPL 2024 - CSK finally get the wicket of Quinton de Kock, but LSG still have control of game

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) openers - captain KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock - posted the highest opening partnership in this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. However, just as the 15th over came to an end, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) breathed a sigh of relief as they finally got a breakthrough. 

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Quinton de Kock walked back for 54 off 43 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, but skipper KL Rahul has been the man controlling the game, scoring 73 off 47, while the CSK bowlers have tried everything to take more wickets.

As of writing this article, LSG has posted 160 runs and lost just a wicket in 17 overs. Lucknow Super Giants need 16 runs in 18 balls to win this clash. 

Earlier in the innings, LSG put CSK to bat first, and the team in yellow suffered the loss of Ajinkya Rahane (36 off 24), Rachin Ravindra (0 off 1), Ruturaj Gaikwad (17 off 13), Shivam Dube (3 off 8), and impact substitute Sameer Rizvi (1 off 5) at regular intervals. However, Ravindra Jadeja's 57 off 40 along with Moeen Ali's 30 off 20 set the pace for CSK. 

But it was the onslaught by MS Dhoni who smashed 28 off 9 to take his team's total to 176 for 6. Krunal Pandya took two wickets, while Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur, Marcus Stoinis, and Ravi Bishnoi each have one to their name.

Teams:

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana

Impact Subs: Sameer Rizvi, Shardul Thakur, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Mitchell Santner

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

Impact Subs: Arshin Kulkarni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yudhvir Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Arshad Khan