Chennai: Josh English’s batting half-century, Shahbaz Ahmed’s cameo in the lower order. Lucknow Supergiants scored 203 runs against Chennai Super Kings. On this day, it was a fight at Chennai’s home ground. Chennai Super Kings won the toss first and decided to field on the day. Chennai captain Ruturaj Gaikwad decided to field first on the day.

After winning the toss, Ruturaj took the fielding first. Invited Lucknow Supergiants team to bat. Aiden Markram did not play in the opener for Lucknow that day. In his place, Aussie star Josh English was given a chance to open the XI. And Auji Batter made great use of the opportunity. He played a brilliant innings of 85 runs off 33 balls. He hit 10 boundaries and 6 sixes in his innings. His start laid the foundations for a big innings in Lucknow. Mitchell Marsh went down with him in the open. But on this day he could not score more than 10 runs in just 10 balls. Markram dropped to the lower middle order but did not get big runs. In addition, Nicholas Purana failed in the end. He returned to the pavilion with just 1 run. On the other hand, Markram got out for 6 runs. However, the star all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed, who played domestic cricket for Bengal, continued to play in the lower order. He played an innings of 43 runs off 25 balls. He hit 3 boundaries and 3 sixes.

Among the Chennai bowlers, Akil Hossain did not get a wicket despite spending 49 runs in 4 overs. Mukesh Chowdhury also spent 45 runs in his spell of 4 overs but did not get any wickets. Chennai’s most successful bowler is Jamie Overton. He took 3 wickets for 36 runs in his 4 over spell. Anshul Kamboj took 2 wickets for 47 runs in his 4 over spell. At the moment, both teams are not in the top four in the points table. So this match is a very important match for both the teams. CSK will be desperate to win this match as their home match.