Ruturaj's counter-century by Stoinis, Dhoni's loss to Lucknow by 210 at home

Chennai Super Kings could not win at home. Batting first, Chennai scored 210. Lucknow Super Giants won by chasing Marcus Stoinis’ hundred.

Chennai Super Kings lost by 210 runs. Chennai captain Ruturaj Gaikwad scored a century to bat first. Shivam Dube scored a half-century. Even that did not last. Marcus Stoinis scored a century to chase the run. At the end he was accompanied by Nicholas Old. Stoinis survived in the end. He left the field winning the team in a tight match. Lucknow won with three balls to spare.

Chennai did not play Rachin Ravindra in this match. That’s why Ruturaj came to open with Ajinkya Rahane. Rahane did not get a run in this match either. He was dismissed by Matt Henry in the last ball of the first over. Lucknow captain Lokesh Rahul took a good catch by jumping to the right side. Darryl Mitchell, who returned to the team, did not get a run in this match. He returned to Yash Tagore by scoring 11 runs. Ravindra Jadeja at number four scored 16 runs.

Ruturaj survived on one side even though the rest could not score. He was batting aggressively from the beginning. The captain of the team was playing more shots on the ground instead of playing in the air. Ruturaj scored a fifty off 28 balls. After Jadeja got out, Shivam entered the field. Although he played a little slowly in the beginning, as the match progressed, he started to open his hands. Shivam hit Yash for three consecutive sixes in one over.

At one time it seemed that Chennai would not score more than 160-70 runs. But the duo of Ruturaj and Shivam took the team forward. Ruturaj was slowly moving towards his century. Rutu scored his second century in IPL by hitting sixes and fours in two consecutive balls. Two batsmen were playing with the aim of scoring more than 200 runs. Lucknow’s pacers were under pressure and were bowling badly.

Shivam scored a fifty off 22 balls. He was also not discounting any bowler. Chennai fans were going wild with joy. A century pair is between two batsmen. Shivam was run out with 66 runs off 27 balls. Dhoni came to bat for the last two balls. But Ruturaj was at the striking end. He got a chance to bat the last ball. He hit a four off the last ball. In the end Chennai scored 210 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Ruturaj remains unbeaten with 108 runs.

Chasing 211 runs, Lucknow did not start well. Quinton D’Kock was dismissed for no runs by Deepak Chahar. Captain Lokesh Rahul scored 16 runs. He was dismissed by Mustafizur Rahman. Stoinis was dropped to number 3 in the power play. That decision worked. He was in a striking mood from the very first ball. He was playing big shots using the power play. But Devdutta Padikkal, who dropped to number four, was gradually putting pressure on Stoinis. Stoinis scored a fifty off 28 balls.

Padikkal was dismissed for 13 runs off 19 balls by Mathisha Pathirana. Stoinis was playing big shots on one side. Lucknow needed 87 runs to win in the last 6 overs. Lucknow started to increase the pace of runs from there. Along with Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran also started to open his hands. 13 runs came from Mustafizur’s over. Two Lucknow batsmen targeted Shardul Thakur. He gave 20 runs.

54 runs were needed from 24 balls. Puran returned with 34 runs while hitting a big shot in Pathirana’s over. Lucknow gets a big shock. All the responsibility to win the team falls on the shoulders of Stoinis. He scored a hundred off 56 balls. This is Stoinis first century in IPL.

32 runs were needed to win from the last 12 balls. Lucknow still did not give up the fight. Under pressure, Chahar made a fielding mistake. Lucknow gets an extra four. 15 runs in the 19th over. Along with Stoinis, Deepak Hooda also opened his hands. 17 runs were needed in the last over. Mustafizur came to bowl. Stoinis hits a six on the first ball.Hit the next two balls for four. Mustafizur nods the third ball. As a result, Lucknow got a free hit on the next ball. Stoinis ended the game with that ball. Lucknow to win the match with three balls to spare. Lucknow won by chasing maximum runs at Chennai ground. Stoinis remains unbeaten with 124 runs.