T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Sithara007]

After a quick burst, Lucknow's blue-eyed boy Mayank Yadav seems to miss all the action. Not sure if he's going to last for long with these sorts of injuries.

I was quite hopeful about Mayank. He had the rare combination of accuracy and raw pace. But if he can't keep himself away from injuries, then he will end up like Kamlesh Nagarkoti (he was unsold during the 2024 auction). If you remember, Nagarkoti was the star of U-19 World Cup in 2018. He played a dozen or so IPL matches for KKR and DC in the next 2-3 years, but now his career seems to have ended as a result of back stress fractures. I don't want the same thing to happen with Mayank.

[noormcs5]

I think the match is not likely to be held today but hope for the best that is why still there is a chance to be held and also the Rawalpindi seats have been filled up in a few minutes and at this time, everyone was waiting to see the match between New Zealand and Pakistan.

At this moment, the prediction is that the match will start after 10 minutes and then we will see the match but I don’t think so because the current condition is not good and there is too much rain in Rawalpindi. The Rawalpindi will be disappointed here if the match will be canceled. They waited too long for an international team to arrive in their city but the weather won't permit to take action today. 

Yes, the weather in Rawalpindi is still rainy and maybe will not clear because there are still black clouds that hold the whole of Rawalpindi. I think today's match will be drawn between them and we will see their performance in the next match which will be held on 20 April on Saturday. But as I saw the whole week's weather conditions there will be also rain on that day so I don't know how they will draw two matches because of the rain. The Rawalpendies and we also waited a very long to see our new players as well as in the new Zeland team, how they will impress us through their skills and good performance. I know they will never disappoint us and will entertain us in this series.

Yesterday, Shaheen did such a good bowling (only 2 balls) and after seeing that bowling, I remembered two same incidents that Saheehn did in 2021 and in 2022 by taking wickets. In 2021, Shaheen Shah Afridi picked KL Rahul's wicket against India in the 2021 World Cup and that wicket was such an amazing wicket.

From there, Shaheen has learned to trap the batsmen with this type of Swing and the second time in the 2022 World Cup against Alex HALES Shaheen did the same ball which caused a very good out and from that wicket, we saw a different type of Shaheen because now he is expert to do this type of ball.

Yes Shahensha Afridi is undoubtedly a good and classy bowler whose beautiful bowling performance we have enjoyed in many matches. Especially his in-swing balls are very difficult for the right-handed batsmen to play. This is the type of bowling we saw against India. He almost single-handedly kept India in check. However, Shahensha Afridi, despite bowling so well, could not shine in Pakistan Super League 2024 due to which his team was not able to win many matches.

He lost his captaincy in the T20 format mainly due to his team's poor performance in this year's Pakistan Super League. But good luck to him to bowl well again as they have another important event ahead of them which is T20 World Cup. With the addition of another experienced bowler Md Amir to the Pakistan team, their bowling squad has become much stronger.

Yesterday was the match of Pakistan vs New Zealand which was cancelled due to rain but we have at least seen 2 balls which were delivered by Shaheen Shah Afridi and he also picked a wicket in two balls, and he picked such a good wicket that swung inside and hitting the wickets.

Anyway, tomorrow is another match between them on the same pitch. Tomorrow we will see the match and we can hope for this this time that rain will not spoil the match. Rain in the match is not a good thing especially for the Rawalpindi crowd. The people who are present at the ground, it just hurts them if the match stops because of the rain.

Rain wins the day after two balls of cricket

[JSRAW]

After a quick burst, Lucknow's blue-eyed boy Mayank Yadav seems to miss all the action. Not sure if he's going to last for long with these sorts of injuries.

I was quite hopeful about Mayank. He had the rare combination of accuracy and raw pace. But if he can't keep himself away from injuries, then he will end up like Kamlesh Nagarkoti (he was unsold during the 2024 auction). If you remember, Nagarkoti was the star of U-19 World Cup in 2018. He played a dozen or so IPL matches for KKR and DC in the next 2-3 years, but now his career seems to have ended as a result of back stress fractures. I don't want the same thing to happen with Mayank.

Arey yaar that 2018 batch had very promising bowling talent, now only Arshdeep is around and even Shivam Mavi is going sideways. Well, at least we got 3-4 batters from that batch (Abhishek (SRH), Gill, Prithvi and Riyan Parag).

Surprisingly Jaddu is doing well tonight, had no hope seriously though but it's good news for ICT fans.

[Crypto Library]

It's time for Jadeja to shine with a bat, it's been a while since he played any Impactful inning and surely not with a timid approach.

After a quick burst, Lucknow's blue-eyed boy Mayank Yadav seems to miss all the action. Not sure if he's going to last for long with these sorts of injuries.

True Today  it's time for Jadeja and Jadeja already completed his half century but I think even this performance of Jadeja Chennai super kings not going to taking a ideal score today. They have still 16 bowl and their current run is only 135 but they have still five wickets in hand. I think they are going to set a normal target for Lucknow super Giant team.
Today I think Chennai Super Kings are going to lose to Lucknow Super Giants today even the jadeja's times 😁

[Swordsoffreedom]

It's time for Jadeja to shine with a bat, it's been a while since he played any Impactful inning and surely not with a timid approach.

After a quick burst, Lucknow's blue-eyed boy Mayank Yadav seems to miss all the action. Not sure if he's going to last for long with these sorts of injuries.

True Today  it's time for Jadeja and Jadeja already completed his half century but I think even this performance of Jadeja Chennai super kings not going to taking a ideal score today. They have still 16 bowl and their current run is only 135 but they have still five wickets in hand. I think they are going to set a normal target for Lucknow super Giant team.
Today I think Chennai Super Kings are going to lose to Lucknow Super Giants today even the jadeja's times 😁

I didn't think that Chennai team will be able to give the target of 177 runs in this match. My estimate was that the team would probably collect around 140-150. Chennai lost 5 of their key batsmen to collect 90 runs. Moreover, Chennai's batting was also slow. At the end of 15 overs, Chennai's collection was only 105 runs. The team has collected 71 runs in the last 5 overs.

Jadeja batted very responsibly today. He managed to play a big innings when the team needed it the most. Jadeja was unbeaten with 57 runs off 40 balls. Besides, Moeen Ali's collection was 30 runs off 20 balls. And finally we saw Dhoni's aggressive batting. Dhoni was unbeaten by collecting 28 runs off just 9 balls.
If Chennai's bowlers can bowl controlled, Chennai's chances of winning today are high. While LSG's batting order is strong, most players' performances have been erratic.

[Haunebu]

Mahendra Singh freaking Dhoni! Wow! 28 runs with a 311 SR is berserk and monstrous stuff. This man single handedly helped CSK post an above par target of around 176 when it looked like LSG would restrict them under 170 at one stage.

Krunal was excellent with the ball along with Stoinis, but the rest were mediocre. They are clearly missing Mayank. Let's see who ends up winning.

[tsaroz]

Of the two semifinals of ACC Premier Cup played today, UAE won over Nepal. Nepal had been undefeated in the tournament while UAE was the runnerup of another group but Nepal batting first struggled to score against UAE bowlers. UAE comfortably chased the target of 120. Nepal had been an overall better team but on a knockout, they mostly lose against UAE.
On another semi, another undefeated team Oman won against Hong Kong. Hong Kong batting first gave Oman a target of 131 and it was a close chase for Oman as well.
Now the finals would be played between Oman and UAE, Oman had already defeated UAE in group stage and would be the favorite team for this match.

[UmerIdrees]

I think the match is not likely to be held today but hope for the best that is why still there is a chance to be held and also the Rawalpindi seats have been filled up in a few minutes and at this time, everyone was waiting to see the match between New Zealand and Pakistan.

At this moment, the prediction is that the match will start after 10 minutes and then we will see the match but I don’t think so because the current condition is not good and there is too much rain in Rawalpindi. The Rawalpindi will be disappointed here if the match will be canceled. They waited too long for an international team to arrive in their city but the weather won't permit to take action today. 

Yes, the weather in Rawalpindi is still rainy and maybe will not clear because there are still black clouds that hold the whole of Rawalpindi. I think today's match will be drawn between them and we will see their performance in the next match which will be held on 20 April on Saturday. But as I saw the whole week's weather conditions there will be also rain on that day so I don't know how they will draw two matches because of the rain. The Rawalpendies and we also waited a very long to see our new players as well as in the new Zeland team, how they will impress us through their skills and good performance. I know they will never disappoint us and will entertain us in this series.

Yesterday, Shaheen did such a good bowling (only 2 balls) and after seeing that bowling, I remembered two same incidents that Saheehn did in 2021 and in 2022 by taking wickets. In 2021, Shaheen Shah Afridi picked KL Rahul's wicket against India in the 2021 World Cup and that wicket was such an amazing wicket.

From there, Shaheen has learned to trap the batsmen with this type of Swing and the second time in the 2022 World Cup against Alex HALES Shaheen did the same ball which caused a very good out and from that wicket, we saw a different type of Shaheen because now he is expert to do this type of ball.

Yes Shahensha Afridi is undoubtedly a good and classy bowler whose beautiful bowling performance we have enjoyed in many matches. Especially his in-swing balls are very difficult for the right-handed batsmen to play. This is the type of bowling we saw against India. He almost single-handedly kept India in check. However, Shahensha Afridi, despite bowling so well, could not shine in Pakistan Super League 2024 due to which his team was not able to win many matches.

He lost his captaincy in the T20 format mainly due to his team's poor performance in this year's Pakistan Super League. But good luck to him to bowl well again as they have another important event ahead of them which is T20 World Cup. With the addition of another experienced bowler Md Amir to the Pakistan team, their bowling squad has become much stronger.

By the way, the match was stopped due to heavy rain was also a good decision because the rain had already finished the enjoyment of the match and the match goes to five overs match from 20 overs then everybody cannot get a chance to test their sleeve as you can see Abrar, Irfan Khan, types of player cannot get a chance to ball and bat.

The crowd is unable to watch Amir, Naseem and Shadab that they are in form or not and then we cannot check them and also in batting in the first five overs, we cannot see the game and performance at the maximum that is why I think this was the best decision in the context of the situation.

[Unknown Op]

Super Giants won the toss and elected to bowl first. Chennai Super Kings are under a bit of pressure losing early wickets. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ajinkya Rahane need to bat responsibly. Super Giants are bowling very well so Chennai Super Kings batsmen need to pressure their bowling and bat responsibly otherwise they will not be able to give a big target to Super Giants. In order to win against Giants, Chennai Super Kings batsmen must bat responsibly and give a minimum target of 180 runs, otherwise Chennai Super Kings team will not be able to win the match.

After a long time, the clash among Chennai Super Kings squad against Lucknow Super Giants squad is ongoing on crease and both squads members entered in crease for displaying their batting or bowling innings performance and their skills. Chennai Super Kings squad has begun this match with first batting Inning and their first inning was already completed and Chennai Super Kings squad collected 176 scores and if we closely see their defeating target which seem not a weak and low quality target. Ravindra Jadeja batter displayed very significant strength in batting and collected 57 scores which was better than other batters. One starter batter Ajinkya Rahane was collected 36 scores off 24 deliveries. Now let's watch out what Lucknow Super Giants squad are up to on field and their batting Inning has just begun and 5 overs successfully completed. According to these 5 overs, their batting inning is going quite great. What outcome are come at last in this fight lets watch out .

[synchronym]

Super Giants won the toss and elected to bowl first. Chennai Super Kings are under a bit of pressure losing early wickets. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ajinkya Rahane need to bat responsibly. Super Giants are bowling very well so Chennai Super Kings batsmen need to pressure their bowling and bat responsibly otherwise they will not be able to give a big target to Super Giants. In order to win against Giants, Chennai Super Kings batsmen must bat responsibly and give a minimum target of 180 runs, otherwise Chennai Super Kings team will not be able to win the match.

After a long time, the clash among Chennai Super Kings squad against Lucknow Super Giants squad is ongoing on crease and both squads members entered in crease for displaying their batting or bowling innings performance and their skills. Chennai Super Kings squad has begun this match with first batting Inning and their first inning was already completed and Chennai Super Kings squad collected 176 scores and if we closely see their defeating target which seem not a weak and low quality target. Ravindra Jadeja batter displayed very significant strength in batting and collected 57 scores which was better than other batters. One starter batter Ajinkya Rahane was collected 36 scores off 24 deliveries. Now let's watch out what Lucknow Super Giants squad are up to on field and their batting Inning has just begun and 5 overs successfully completed. According to these 5 overs, their batting inning is going quite great. What outcome are come at last in this fight lets watch out .

Super Giants opener batsman is batting well in the target of 177 runs given by Chennai Super Kings. KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock are batting well. If the bowlers of Chennai Super Kings cannot get these two batsmen out, then if the partnership of the two continues then it is very dangerous for Chennai Super Kings. may be  So the bowlers of Chennai Super Kings should break the partnership of these two very quickly otherwise it will be the biggest hurdle for Chennai Super Kings to win the match. Super Giants Current score 50 runs in 5 overs Super Giants. The current game situation seems to be  If Chennai Super Kings bowlers can't bowl aggressively then Super Giants will easily win against Chennai Super Kings.

[Texac]

It's time for Jadeja to shine with a bat, it's been a while since he played any Impactful inning and surely not with a timid approach.

After a quick burst, Lucknow's blue-eyed boy Mayank Yadav seems to miss all the action. Not sure if he's going to last for long with these sorts of injuries.

True Today  it's time for Jadeja and Jadeja already completed his half century but I think even this performance of Jadeja Chennai super kings not going to taking a ideal score today. They have still 16 bowl and their current run is only 135 but they have still five wickets in hand. I think they are going to set a normal target for Lucknow super Giant team.
Today I think Chennai Super Kings are going to lose to Lucknow Super Giants today even the jadeja's times 😁

I didn't think that Chennai team will be able to give the target of 177 runs in this match. My estimate was that the team would probably collect around 140-150. Chennai lost 5 of their key batsmen to collect 90 runs. Moreover, Chennai's batting was also slow. At the end of 15 overs, Chennai's collection was only 105 runs. The team has collected 71 runs in the last 5 overs.

Jadeja batted very responsibly today. He managed to play a big innings when the team needed it the most. Jadeja was unbeaten with 57 runs off 40 balls. Besides, Moeen Ali's collection was 30 runs off 20 balls. And finally we saw Dhoni's aggressive batting. Dhoni was unbeaten by collecting 28 runs off just 9 balls.
If Chennai's bowlers can bowl controlled, Chennai's chances of winning today are high. While LSG's batting order is strong, most players' performances have been erratic.

We don't see better bowling from Chennai bowlers today. Chennai's bowlers could not take a single wicket in the 6 overs of the power play. LSG team collected 54 runs without losing a wicket in 6 overs. The match is completely under Lucknow's control so far. KL Rahul was unbeaten on 34 off 20 balls. And De Kock's collection is 18 runs.

LSG batsmen have to collect 123 runs off 84 balls. As the team is yet to lose a single wicket, LSG is now more likely to win the match. Mustafiz and Pathirana will definitely have to bowl well if Chennai are to win. These two are the most important and experienced bowlers in Chennai's squad.

[Compromise me]

Super Giants won the toss and elected to bowl first. Chennai Super Kings are under a bit of pressure losing early wickets. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ajinkya Rahane need to bat responsibly. Super Giants are bowling very well so Chennai Super Kings batsmen need to pressure their bowling and bat responsibly otherwise they will not be able to give a big target to Super Giants. In order to win against Giants, Chennai Super Kings batsmen must bat responsibly and give a minimum target of 180 runs, otherwise Chennai Super Kings team will not be able to win the match.

After a long time, the clash among Chennai Super Kings squad against Lucknow Super Giants squad is ongoing on crease and both squads members entered in crease for displaying their batting or bowling innings performance and their skills. Chennai Super Kings squad has begun this match with first batting Inning and their first inning was already completed and Chennai Super Kings squad collected 176 scores and if we closely see their defeating target which seem not a weak and low quality target. Ravindra Jadeja batter displayed very significant strength in batting and collected 57 scores which was better than other batters. One starter batter Ajinkya Rahane was collected 36 scores off 24 deliveries. Now let's watch out what Lucknow Super Giants squad are up to on field and their batting Inning has just begun and 5 overs successfully completed. According to these 5 overs, their batting inning is going quite great. What outcome are come at last in this fight lets watch out .

Super Giants opener batsman is batting well in the target of 177 runs given by Chennai Super Kings. KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock are batting well. If the bowlers of Chennai Super Kings cannot get these two batsmen out, then if the partnership of the two continues then it is very dangerous for Chennai Super Kings. may be  So the bowlers of Chennai Super Kings should break the partnership of these two very quickly otherwise it will be the biggest hurdle for Chennai Super Kings to win the match. Super Giants Current score 50 runs in 5 overs Super Giants. The current game situation seems to be  If Chennai Super Kings bowlers can't bowl aggressively then Super Giants will easily win against Chennai Super Kings.

You are right, KL Rahul and Q. de Kock are giving a very good batting performance and if their partnership continues like this, there is no doubt that they will complete Chennai Super Kings run target in a few overs. KL Rahul is about to completed his half century and at this time he made 44 run in 25 balls and  Q. de Kock has scored only 27 runs so far, I hope if kl Rahul keeps batting then Q. de Kock will keep batting with courage.

[Sithara007]

Lucknow Super Giants are cruising towards an easy win here. They are 102/0 after 11 overs. For Chennai Super Kings, star performers from the previous two games (Mustafizur Rahman and Matheesha Pathirana) have bowled only one over. This is something I don't understand regarding CSK. First of all, during batting they asked MSD to bat at no.8. And now they are under-utilizing their two best bowlers. They may come in picture during the end overs, but by then the match will be all but over.

[Crypto Library]

I didn't think that Chennai team will be able to give the target of 177 runs in this match. My estimate was that the team would probably collect around 140-150. Chennai lost 5 of their key batsmen to collect 90 runs. Moreover, Chennai's batting was also slow. At the end of 15 overs, Chennai's collection was only 105 runs. The team has collected 71 runs in the last 5 overs.

Jadeja batted very responsibly today. He managed to play a big innings when the team needed it the most. Jadeja was unbeaten with 57 runs off 40 balls. Besides, Moeen Ali's collection was 30 runs off 20 balls. And finally we saw Dhoni's aggressive batting. Dhoni was unbeaten by collecting 28 runs off just 9 balls.
If Chennai's bowlers can bowl controlled, Chennai's chances of winning today are high. While LSG's batting order is strong, most players' performances have been erratic.

You are not alone in thinking that Chennai Super Kings cannot score more than 140 to 150 today,  I myself thought the same and that's why I mentioned in my post that Chennai Super Kings are going to lose today.  However, they managed to score 176 runs due to the arrival of Mahendra Singh Dhani.
However, the way Lucknow Super Giants are batting at the moment I don't think 176 runs will be much for them as they have crossed 100 in just 11 overs. Today I feel that Rahul and Quinton de Kock can cross 176 runs in sixteen overs together. Now I feel that if Ravindra had got out and let Mahendra Singh Dhoni play earlier, they would have had more runs.  However, I will still stand by my previous statement that Lucknow Super Giant will win this match today

[Swordsoffreedom]

It's time for Jadeja to shine with a bat, it's been a while since he played any Impactful inning and surely not with a timid approach.

After a quick burst, Lucknow's blue-eyed boy Mayank Yadav seems to miss all the action. Not sure if he's going to last for long with these sorts of injuries.

True Today  it's time for Jadeja and Jadeja already completed his half century but I think even this performance of Jadeja Chennai super kings not going to taking a ideal score today. They have still 16 bowl and their current run is only 135 but they have still five wickets in hand. I think they are going to set a normal target for Lucknow super Giant team.
Today I think Chennai Super Kings are going to lose to Lucknow Super Giants today even the jadeja's times 😁

I didn't think that Chennai team will be able to give the target of 177 runs in this match. My estimate was that the team would probably collect around 140-150. Chennai lost 5 of their key batsmen to collect 90 runs. Moreover, Chennai's batting was also slow. At the end of 15 overs, Chennai's collection was only 105 runs. The team has collected 71 runs in the last 5 overs.
Jadeja batted very responsibly today. He managed to play a big innings when the team needed it the most. Jadeja was unbeaten with 57 runs off 40 balls. Besides, Moeen Ali's collection was 30 runs off 20 balls. And finally we saw Dhoni's aggressive batting. Dhoni was unbeaten by collecting 28 runs off just 9 balls.
If Chennai's bowlers can bowl controlled, Chennai's chances of winning today are high. While LSG's batting order is strong, most players' performances have been erratic.

We don't see better bowling from Chennai bowlers today. Chennai's bowlers could not take a single wicket in the 6 overs of the power play. LSG team collected 54 runs without losing a wicket in 6 overs. The match is completely under Lucknow's control so far. KL Rahul was unbeaten on 34 off 20 balls. And De Kock's collection is 18 runs.
LSG batsmen have to collect 123 runs off 84 balls. As the team is yet to lose a single wicket, LSG is now more likely to win the match. Mustafiz and Pathirana will definitely have to bowl well if Chennai are to win. These two are the most important and experienced bowlers in Chennai's squad.

Lucknow openers Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul destroyed Chennai's bowling order today. Even in 13 overs, Chennai's bowlers were unable to pick up a single wicket. We are not seeing good bowling from Chennai bowlers today. LSG's two batsmen managed to collect 113 runs in 13 overs. LSG have collected around 8.7 runs per over on an average. It's a good enough run rate.

Kl rahul scored 65 runs and de Kock was unbeaten on 44 runs. They must collect only 64 runs in the last 7 overs. As LSG team is yet to lose a wicket, I don't see any chance of them losing this match. Pathirana and Mustafiz are also not able to bowl well today. Both Pathirana and Mustafiz gave away 15 runs in 2 overs.

[synchronym]

Lucknow Super Giants are cruising towards an easy win here. They are 102/0 after 11 overs. For Chennai Super Kings, star performers from the previous two games (Mustafizur Rahman and Matheesha Pathirana) have bowled only one over. This is something I don't understand regarding CSK. First of all, during batting they asked MSD to bat at no.8. And now they are under-utilizing their two best bowlers. They may come in picture during the end overs, but by then the match will be all but over.

Chennai Super Kings bowlers are not bowling well against the Super Giants batsmen. KL Rahul and De Kock are batting brilliantly in the target of 177 runs given by Chennai Super Kings and the way they are batting, it seems that they will see victory very easily. Super Giants current score is 123 runs for 0 wickets in 15 overs. Chennai Super Kings would have had a chance to win the match. Mustafizur Rahman and Matheesha Pathirana had already bowled two overs but neither found a wicket. The best bowler of Chennai Super Kings Rao is not able to bowl so well today, I must say the bad luck of Chennai Super Kings, it is not understood whether they can win today's match even if they run fairly well.

[JSRAW]

Looks easy peasy for Lucknow but would be epic fun if they mess up from here lmao

Overall, in this season CSK looks like a weak outfit or at least performs below par when playing away from home. Their best hope is to make into finals and rely on some luck after all, the final is scheduled in their backyard.

[JunaidAzizi]

Chennai Super Kings bowlers are not bowling well against the Super Giants batsmen. KL Rahul and De Kock are batting brilliantly in the target of 177 runs given by Chennai Super Kings and the way they are batting, it seems that they will see victory very easily. Super Giant's' current score is 123 runs for 0 wickets in 15 overs. Chennai Super Kings would have had a chance to win the match. Mustafizur Rahman and Matheesha Pathirana had already bowled two overs but neither found a wicket. The best bowler of Chennai Super Kings Rao is not able to bowl so well today, I must say the bad luck of Chennai Super Kings, it is not understood whether they can win today's match even if they run fairly well.

The match will soon end because it enters its final stages. Lucknow is going very smoothly and will win today's match because there were 17 balls and 15 runs left, if they do one run on each ball they will easily win this match. If we compare the performance of batsmen the Chennai batsmen did not hit a big score, only Jadjega scored 57 scores out of the whole team. Their first wicket fell on 4 runs which also indicates the poor performance of the batsmen on the other side the super giants are in full form doing a good partnership and there is a big difference between the fall of the wickets. Also, the bowler's line is too weak. I think they need to focus on their bowlers and batting as well and maybe we will see them with a good performance in the next match.

[bryant.coleman]

Looks easy peasy for Lucknow but would be epic fun if they mess up from here lmao

Overall, in this season CSK looks like a weak outfit or at least performs below par when playing away from home. Their best hope is to make into finals and rely on some luck after all, the final is scheduled in their backyard.

They made it in the end without much effort. I don't know why CSK captain kept Matheesha Pathirana on hold for so long. He could have been brought earlier. The first wicket partnership between Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul added 134 runs, and by then the match was over. It was important to bring in the strike bowlers before it was too late.

[tsaroz]

Today the 34th match of IPL was played between Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants. LSG won by 8 wickets and 6 balls remaining.
LSK winning the toss, made CSK bat first. CSK with a not out half century from Ravindra Jadeja and 28 runs of 9 balls from MS Dhoni, made a good defendeble score of 176.
But the batting of LSK openers shattered the dreams of CSK to rise further in table. Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul made an opening partnership of 134 without any loss. Quinton de Kock was out at 54 while KL Rahul was out at 82. Nicholas Pooran and Marcus Stoinis finished the game.