Matching 30 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Lucknow Super Veterans (LSG) saw on Monday, 14 April at Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Ekna Stadium in Lucknow. CSK won the toss and chose for the first bowl, keeping in mind the possibility of dew in the evening.
CSK made some changes to play, in which sheikh Rashid and Jamie Overton were replaced by Devon Conway and Ravichandran Ashwin. On the other hand, LSG included Mitchell Marsh in its initial lineup.
talking points
1. Tight bowling with Ravindra Jadeja and Noor Ahmed
Two spinners bowled tight lines and lengths, effectively kept the LSG batsmen under investigation. The left-arm orthodox spinner gave a well-organized three-over spell claiming two important wickets-Michel Marsh and Ayush Badoni.
Meanwhile, Afghan spinner Noor Ahmed was extraordinary with his control and accuracy. He bowled his full quota of four overs, scoring just 13 runs at the impressive economy rate of 3.25.
2. Rishabh pants back with a half -century
LSG captain Rishabh Pant has not been in the best forms in IPL 2025 so far. However, against CSK, he played a composition and mature innings, anchor to the side until the end. The left -handed batsman scored a well -prepared 63 off 49 balls, including four boundaries and four sixes.
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3. The great powerplay begins with Ravindra and Rashid
Sheikh Rashid, who converted Devon Conway into XI, had immediate effect. The right -handed batsman knocked a fluent, scoring 27 runs off 19 balls, with six borders.
At the other end, Rachin Ravindra played a stable innings, in which the run rate was placed in the check. He scored a valuable 37 runs in 22 delivery including five borders.
4. Shivam Dubey and MS Dhoni form a match winning partnership
Left -arm Shivam Dubey and veteran batsman MS Dhoni held a sensible partnership for the sixth wicket, with 57 runs off just 28 balls. His quiet and composed stand directed CSK behind the finishing line, leading to a very important victory after five consecutive defeats.
5. Dhoni finisher rises
MS Dhoni After the dismissal of Vijay Shankar, he went to number 7 and immediately demonstrated his intention. He imposed capital on loose delivery, easily discovered the limit. Dhoni scored 26* runs on just 11 balls, including four boundaries and one six at the shocking strike rate of 236.36, played a fierce cameo. His impressive knock played an important role as CSK defeated LSG, which ended his five -match defeat.
who said what?
MS Dhoni, CSK (winning captain) and the match player said,
It is good to win a game. When you play a tournament like this, you want to win the game. unfortunately [earlier] The match also did not go in our way for whatever reasons. There can be many reasons. It is good to win from our side. The entire team gives confidence and helps improve the areas we want to improve. We all knew that when it does not come your way in cricket, God makes it very difficult, and it was a difficult game. If you see powerplay, whether it was combination or conditions, we were struggling with the ball. And then we were not able to achieve the beginning that we wanted as a batting unit. Also the fall of wickets. We keep losing wickets at some wrong time to some extent. One reason may be that the Chennai wicket is slightly slow. When we play away from home, the batting unit has done a little better. Maybe we need to play on wickets which is a little better so that it gives confidence to the batsmen to play their shots. You do not want to play timid cricket.
Rishabh Pant, LSG (losing captain) said,
We think we were 10 to 15 runs as a team, we kept losing wickets when the pace was with us. We had to keep sewing in partnership. The wicket was stopping a little, but I think I could get 15 runs. I feel better with each game, but sometimes it is never closed. Gradually, I am getting in my rhythm, taking every match at once. We discussed with many players, but we could not take him (Bishnoi) deeply, that (bowling in our last over) did not happen today. Bowling in Powerplay has been a concern for us, but we can pull things back. As a team we want to take positive from each game and we are trying to improve.
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