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Josh Inglis smashed a 17-ball half-century as the Lucknow Super Giants dominated the Chennai Super Kings in the early part of their match. The visitors raced to 91 runs for the loss of one wicket at the end of the powerplay.
Inglis` innings included 9 fours and 10 sixes as he reached 77 runs in just 25 balls in the first six overs. His opening partner, Mitchell March, was dismissed for a run-a-ball 10 by Anshul Kamboj. After a fast start, LSG will hope to give CSK a big total to chase in the second innings.
For CSK, Kamboj took a wicket, but the other bowlers were thrashed for runs in a powerplay dominated by LSG.
Earlier, after winning the toss, Ruturaj Gaikwad was happy to bowl first. The CSK skipper hoped that his team could continue their winning form.
“We`re going to bowl first. The simple reason, the wicket has been covered for a while, and there was some rain around as well, so nothing special. Bowling first, we will try and assess the couple of overs and then after that look to restrict them as soon as possible It`s pretty much positive how the last 7-8 games have gone for us. To turn it around after the first three games that we lost, it`s a commendable effort from everyone. We are playing with the same team.” Ruturaj Gaikwad said.
Rishabh Pant, too, admitted that he would have liked to bowl first. LSG are currently last in the table and hoping for a miracle to make it into the playoff places.
“We would have bowled first as well. We`re definitely trying to look at each and every match from here. But at the same time, we`ve got to be consistent and look to play good cricket. I think just looking to play good cricket as of now. We have two changes in the team. Josh Inglis comes in because he was injured in the last game, and Avesh comes in for Mayank.” Rishabh Pant said.
Confirmed playing XI for both teams:
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh, Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Aiden Markram, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary
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