Chennai : Chennai Super Kings registered their third consecutive victory over Lucknow Super Giants by 5 wickets with four balls to spare, with Urvil Patel leading the chase with a blazing 65 off 23 balls in the Sunday afternoon match on 10th May at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
The match began with CSK winning the toss and electing to bowl first. LSG’s opening pair, Josh Inglis and Mitchell Marsh, came out aggressively, with Inglis starting the assault devastatingly from the very first over and putting pressure on the CSK bowlers. The pair added 77 runs in just five overs before Mitchell Marsh was dismissed in the last over of the powerplay for 10 off 10 balls. By the end of the powerplay, LSG had scored 91/1, registering their highest-ever powerplay score in IPL history, with a major contribution coming from Josh Inglis’ stunning 77 runs off just 25 deliveries. At that stage, LSG looked set to score well above 250 after 20 overs, but after the powerplay, the CSK bowlers shifted the momentum completely in their favour. Nicholas Pooran got out just after the powerplay ended, dismissed by Noor Ahmad for 1 off 3 balls. Then, in the 10th over, Jamie Overton picked up two crucial wickets in the same over, first dismissing the dangerous Josh Inglis after his fantastic innings of 85 off 33 balls, and then removing Rishabh Pant for 15. Aiden Markram was run out brilliantly by a direct hit from Dewald Brevis after scoring 6 off 7 balls. LSG suffered a dramatic collapse from 91/1 after 6 overs to 130/5 in 12.1 overs. Jamie Overton finished with impressive figures of 3/36, while Anshul Kamboj also contributed with 2/47. After the collapse, LSG made a comeback through Himmat Singh and Shahbaz Ahmed, who built a valuable 50-run partnership in just 32 balls. The unbeaten Shahbaz accelerated the innings brilliantly, scoring 43 off 25 balls, helping LSG post a competitive 203/8 in 20 overs.
Chasing 204, CSK got an impressive start from Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad, as the duo added 45 runs in just 3.4 overs for the opening wicket before Digvesh Rathi dismissed Sanju Samson for 28 off 14 balls. Urvil Patel came in at number three, and after taking a single on his first ball, he launched an astonishing assault, smashing five consecutive sixes. He hammered Avesh Khan for three sixes in an over before taking apart Digvesh Rathi with three more sixes and a four. Urvil raced to 31 runs off just 6 deliveries. He later smashed Mohammed Shami over long-on for his seventh six to move to 48 off 11 balls. He magnificently registered his half-century in just 13 balls. Urvil’s innings included the joint-fastest fifty in IPL history, as he reached the landmark in only 13 deliveries, equalling the all-time IPL record previously held by Yashasvi Jaiswal, who achieved the feat against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2023. It was also the fastest fifty by a Chennai Super Kings batter and his maiden IPL half-century. Urvil also became the first batter in IPL history to smash six sixes within the first eight balls of an innings. He stormed to 41 runs off just eight deliveries, breaking the previous record of 33 runs after eight balls in IPL history. Urvil eventually fell after an electrifying innings of 65 off 23 balls, hitting eight sixes and two fours at a stunning strike rate of 282.61. Along with Ruturaj, he added a massive 81-run partnership off only 34 balls for the second wicket. After that, Karthik Sharma and Ruturaj built a small partnership before Ruturaj was dismissed by Shahbaz Ahmed after scoring 42 off 28 balls. Dewald Brevis also fell cheaply for 10 off 12 balls to Digvesh Rathi. Lucknow Super Giants briefly shifted the momentum in their favour as Chennai Super Kings managed only 43 runs off the next 41 deliveries after the explosive start. Prashant Veer came in as the impact player, with CSK needing 21 runs in the final two overs. In the 19th over, both Digvesh Rathi and Nicholas Pooran dropped crucial catches of Prashant Veer, In the final over, CSK needed 8 runs from 6 balls, and Shivam Dube finished the chase in style with two back-to-back massive sixes, sealing the victory with four balls remaining. With this victory, CSK moved to 5th position with 10 points, moving closer to the playoff race.
With this successful chase, CSK registered their first successful chase of a target above 180 since 2019. Meanwhile, LSG remained at the bottom of the table and moved closer towards elimination after this defeat
