Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi not completing his full quota of overs became a major talking point after Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) succumbed to a five-wicket defeat against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Monday (April 14).

CSK overhauled the target of 167 in 19.3 overs and recorded their second win of the season after suffering five consecutive losses.

Bishnoi was the stand-out bowler for LSG, returning with the figures of 2/18 in his three overs. However, much to everyone’s surprise, he didn’t come on to bowl again after the 13th over as Shivam Dube (43* off 37) and MS Dhoni (26* off 11) took the game away from the hosts.

After the game, Bishnoi said that though he didn't speak to Rishabh Pant about giving him an opportunity to bowl at the death, he did go to the pitch in the middle, hoping to make the LSG skipper notice him and hand him the ball.

"I didn't really talk [to Pant] about it, but I went to the wicket a couple of times and I think he had plans in place he wanted to execute," Bishnoi told media in the post-match presser.

"In such situations the captain is better placed and he keeps wicket too, so he understands things better. According to me, he took the decision he thought was better," he added.

Bishnoi also emphasized the need for LSG to play a fourth spinner on this Lucknow pitch. The trio of Bishnoi, Digvesh Rathi and Aiden Markram recorded combined figures of 11-0-66-4 against CSK.

Pace-bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur was the biggest disappointment for LSG as he gave away 56 runs in his four overs.

"It was quite a close game anyway and all our bowlers bowled well. So in my opinion, it didn't really matter that much whether there could have been an extra spinner. In a way, we already had three spinners - Markram bowled his full quota of four overs, Rathi bowled, I bowled - so after having three spinners, a fourth spinner, I don't think you could have played one more on that pitch,” Bishnoi added.

"And as far as Mahi bhai (MS Dhoni) is concerned, as everybody knows - when the ball is in his radar and it's his day, that's it," he further remarked.