The 7th match of the IPL 2022 saw Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) clashing against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Brabourne Stadium on March 31, 2022. Both the teams came into this encounter after losing their first matches of the tournament.
LSG captain KL Rahul won the toss and chose to bowl first. They made one change in bringing in Andrew Tye. CSK made three changes with Devon Conway, Adam Milne, Mitchell Santner going out and Dwaine Pretorius, Mukesh Choudhary, and Moeen Ali coming in.
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CSK put on a healthy 210/7 thanks to 50 from Robin Uthappa, 49 from Shivam Dube. Moeen Ali also made 35, while Ambati Rayudu contributed 27 runs. For LSG, Avesh Khan, Andrew Tye, and Ravi Bishnoi picked two wickets each.
In the chase, LSG openers KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock added 99 runs in 11 overs with Rahul making 40 in 26 balls, while De Kock made 61 in 45 balls with 9 fours.
CSK made a comeback with Manish Pandey falling for 5 and Deepak Hooda for 13, but then Evin Lewis (55* in 23 balls) and a cameo from Ayush Badoni (19* in 9 balls with 2 sixes) did the damage in the end.
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The game-changer over came in the 19th one when Shivam Dube was smashed for 25 runs when 34 runs were needed in 12 balls. He was hit for 2 sixes and 2 fours with Ayush Badoni and Lewis getting stuck into him.
LSG registered their maiden win in IPL 2022 by 6 wickets as they ended on 211/4 with 3 balls in hand.
The cricket fraternity was in awe of the way LSG chased down the total and reacted on Twitter in applause.
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