MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated KL Rahu’s Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to claim their first win of the Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL 2023) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Monday (April 3). It was the first home game of the season for MS Dhoni’s CSK, who lost their opening match of IPL 2023 to defending champions Gujarat Titans by five wickets on Friday (March 31).
LSG, who managed to reach the IPL 2022 Playoffs stage, have started off in 2023 season with a massive win. KL Rahul’s side thrashed Delhi Capitals by 50 runs in their first match in Lucknow on Saturday (April 1).
CSK, who had a disappointing time in 2022 season and failed to make the playoff stage, will look to return to winning ways early by posting a victory in front of their home crowd in Chepauk.
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03 April, 2023
Starts 19:30 (IST)
MATCH ENDED
Chennai Super Kings 217/7(20.0 ov) VS Lucknow Super Giants 205/7(20.0 ov)
Chennai Super Kings beat Lucknow Super Giants by 12 runs
CSK vs LSG IPL 2023 Highlights: CSK after losing the toss to LSG, its openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway gave a dream start for the home team at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on 3 April.
Both the openers dominated the LSG bowlers from the beginning and maintained a constant run rate of over 10. Ruturaj Gaikwad(57) and Devon Conway(47), Shivam Dube (27) and Ambati Rayudu (27) set a massive total of 217 runs on scoreboard.
Finally Dhoni’s consicutive sixes in the final over made the audience go crazy.
For the LSG side, Mark Wood and Ravi Bishnoi took three wickets each, while Avesh Khan clinched one.
Chasing a massive target of 218 runs, LSG’s opener Kyle Mayers (53) gave an instant start for the team. The openers maintained a good run rate of 10 overs, which helped the succeeding batters to keep Dhoni’s CSK in tension. However, the LSG’s batting tumbled once Mooen Ali was brought to action and soon the wickets started to fall like pack of cards.
Though Nicholas Pooran (32) and Marcus Stoinis (21) played some good shot, it was not enough for LSG to cover the distance of 218 runs. In the last over, LSG needed 28 runs to win.
KL Rahul’s squad managed to score only 205/7 runs in 20 overs and lost to CSK by 12 runs.
For CSK, Moeen Ali took 4 wickets, Tushar Deshpande took 2 wickets and Mitchell Santner clinched one wicket.
