Chennai Super Kings have slipped for the first time in the history of the IPL this year.
The 7th league match of the IPL series was played at the Brabourne Ground in Mumbai yesterday. The Chennai Super Kings team led by Jadeja and the Lucknow Super Giants team led by KL Rahul clashed. Lucknow won the toss and elected to field.
Accordingly the CSK team batted first. Robin Uthappa and Rudraj Kejriwal were the opening batsmen. In this, Rudraj Kejriwal was run out unexpectedly in the 1st over. Following this, Robin Uthappa, who was paired with Moeen Ali, played an action-packed game. He scored 50 runs off 27 balls, including 8 fours and 1 six.
Following this, Shivam Dube scored 49 runs for the loss of six wickets and four fours. Similarly, Moeen Ali was dismissed for 35 runs. Ambati Rayudu followed with 27, captain Jadeja with 17 and wicketkeeper Dhoni with 16. Thus Chennai team scored 210 runs for the loss of 7 wickets at the end of 20 overs.
Following this, the Lucknow team set out for the Himalayan target of 211 to win. Captain KL Rahul and wicketkeeper De Cock were the opening batsmen. The CSK team could not separate the pair for a long time as they showed action from the beginning. KL Rahul was then dismissed for 40 in the over thrown by Pretoria.
This was followed by Manish Pandey who was out for 5 runs. He was followed by De Cock for 61. In the last over, Evin Lewis (55 *) and Ayush Badoni (19 *) paired up to scatter CSK's bowling. Lucknow won by 211 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 19.3 overs.
The CSK team suffered its first slip in the IPL series after losing the match. Chennai Super Kings lost the first match against Kolkata Knight Riders earlier in the day. Currently, the CSK team has lost the match against Lucknow. This is the first time in the history of the IPL that the CSK team has lost the first two matches in a row. This has caused a bit of sadness among the fans.
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