Lucknow-Chennai match canceled due to rain – both teams got one point each

LSG vs CSK: Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Supergiants match in Indian Premier League-16 has been canceled due to rain. This is the first match of this season, which has been canceled due to rain. If you look at the overall history, this is the sixth match of the league, which has been cancelled.

From this match, both the teams had to be satisfied with one point each.

Chennai won the toss and decided to bowl at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Batting first, Lucknow had scored 125 runs for 7 wickets in 19.2 overs, when rain came and the game had to be stopped. Chennai were also given a revised target of 127 runs in 19 overs due to rain, but the rain did not stop till the stipulated time. In such a situation the match had to be cancelled.

Ayush Badoni scored the most unbeaten 59 runs from Lucknow. Nicholas Pooran contributed 20 runs, while Kyle Mayers contributed 14 runs.

For Chennai, Moin Ali, Mahish Teekshana and Mathish Pathirana took two wickets each.

Lucknow's wickets fell like this...

First: On the fourth ball of the fourth over, Moeen Ali got Kyle Meyers caught by Gaikwad.

Second: Mahesh Teekshana bowled Manan Vohra on the fourth ball of the sixth over.

Third: On the fifth ball of the sixth over, Mahesh Teekshana got captain Krunal Pandya caught by Rahane.

Fourth: Ravindra Jadeja bowled Marcus Stoinis on the 5th ball of the 7th over.

Fifth: Moin Ali caught and bowled Karan Sharma on the fourth ball of the 10th over.

Sixth: On the fourth ball of the 18th over, Pathirana got Nicholas Pooran caught by Moin Ali.

Seventh: On the second ball of the 20th over, Pathirana got Krishnappa Gautam caught by Rahane.

Badoni-Puran partnership took over Lucknow

After losing 5 wickets for 45 runs, Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran shared a half-century partnership to handle the shattered innings of Lucknow. Both added 59 runs on 48 balls. Pathirana broke this partnership by dismissing Puran.

Bad start of Lucknow in Powerplay, lost 3 wickets

Lucknow did not start well. The team lost 3 wickets in the first powerplay scoring 31 runs. Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra and Krunal Pandya went cheaply to the pavilion. During this, Mahish Teekshana took two wickets and Moin Ali took one wicket.

Deepak Chahar returns to Chennai, Krunal captains Lucknow

Fast bowler Deepak Chahar has returned. He has been included in the team in place of Akash, while Krunal Pandya is captaining Lucknow in place of injured KL Rahul.

Playing-11 of both the teams

Lucknow Super Giants: Krunal Pandya (Captain), Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Karan Sharma, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran (Wicketkeeper), Krishnappa Gautam, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi and Mohsin Khan.

Impact Players: Dickock, Deepak Hooda, Daniel Symes, Yash Thakur, Prerak Mankad.

Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Rituraj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Mathisha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande and Mahish Teekshana.

Impact players: Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, S Sampati, Sheikh Rashid and Akash Singh.