CSK vs LSG Match 6: MS Dhoni successfully masterminded the whole match while defending the target. LSG tried to push in the middle overs after a good start. But the spinners and seamer did not allow them to open up. Therefore, CSK beat LSG and had its 19th victory in Mohali.
CSK easily defends their target of 217 runs against LSG. Althought good batting from the LSG batters. They made good use of batting in the powerplay but could make it to the end with the same strength. Maybe its the CSK’s brilliant captaincy by MS Dhoni which led them to their first victory in IPL 2023.
CSK vs LSG: Match 6 IPL 2023 – Summary
Match 6: Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bowl first. KL Rahul managed to stop the target at 217 runs and took 7 wickets in 20 overs. However, CSK’s batting has been tremendously well because of their well-auctioned opening batting pair. Another half-century for Ruturaj Gaikwad in his IPL career.
LSG got off to really good start but lost some wickets too in the start. However, they made a good effort. Meanwhile it did not go the way of LSG and hence they lost this match against CSK as they fell short of 12 runs in the end.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Highlights
Brilliant opening by Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway in the first half of this match. Gaikwad with another outstanding innings of 57 runs from just 31 balls. Whereas Conway also presented some clean cover drives and won the hearts of CSK supporting crowd in Mohali.
Conway gathered 47 runs with a strike rate of 162.07 with five fours and two sixes. In addition, a good contribution of 27 runs by Shivam Dube. Mooen Ali also played short inning of just 19 runs. Ben Stokes and Ravidra Jadeja struggled during batting. Later on, Ambati Rayudu had a good night playing against LSG. Spectcaular knocking by Rayudu and making 27 runs off 16 balls with two fours and two sixes.
MS Dhoni in the end went hardcore and hit two big ones in the last over. Therefore, those last over runs and Rayudu’s good batting in the middle took the total to 217 runs with the loss of 7 wickets.
Brilliant bowling Mitchell Santner and Moeen Ali in particular because Moeen got rid of Kyle Mayers. CSK used the leg-side (big side) of the ground well which shows smart captaincy of MS Dhoni.
The comeback from Tushar Deshpande in particular was very impressive after delviering a very expensive first over. Good 19th over from Rajvardhan Hangargekar which stopped LSG to make further progress in chasing the target.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Highlights
In chasing 217 runs, it was a really good start by the LSG openers. It was largely Kyle Mayers stamping his name on IPL 2023 in the early stages. He looked in great shape, confidence, and great off-site hitting in particular. Eight fours and two sixes for Kyle Mayers and he made the powerplay looked relatively really easy. However, KL Rahul was slow in scoring runs alongside Mayers.
But when Mayers got dismissed, CSK’s spinners started to take over. Later on, Kurnal Pandya and Marcus Stoinis struck a good one. But that middle order was not able to flourish because of smart choice of bowlers. In the end, they fell short of 12 runs and lost the match to CSK after a thrilling encounter.
Tough going for the LSG’s bowlers tonight. Avesh Khan proved to be bit expensive right from his first over where he leaked 18 runs. Similarly, Krishnappa Gowtham was also much expensive given the economy rate of 20.00.
Whereas, Mark Wood and Ravi Bishnoi both acted as buffers and stopped CSK’s batters with their best efforts. Both of them took three wickets each against CSK in the match 6 of TATA IPL 2023.