IPL 2026, CSK vs LSG Updates: Markram departs; LSG 5 down

Akeal Hosein with his final over. Out! Markram run himself out looking for the second run after working one down to long-on. Brevis nails the direct hit.

Markram goes for  6 off seven balls. 

Shahbaz Ahmed comes to the crease. And after a dot, Akshat Raghuwanshi flicks one to mid-on and gets off the strike.

Shahbaz then opens his account with a single to long-on. 

A single and a boundary through deep backward point to end the over. 8 runs came off it. 

Akeal Hosein finishes his quota with 0/49.

Akeal Hosein is back into the attack and Akshat Raghuwanshi drives the full delivery to long-on and gets a single. 

Markram then taps one to mid-wicket and pick up a single. 

Raghuwanshi picks up a couple by finding the gap through backward square leg. 

Two singles follows. 

A dot to end the 6-run over. 

Noor Ahmad is back into the attack and Markram nudges the first delivery to mid-wicket and gets a single before Raghuwanshi cuts the next delivery to backward point for a single.  

Another single through sweeper cover follows. 

Raghuvanshi then gets hit on the pads and the ball rolls down to the leg side. A single (leg byes) is taken. 

A single through mid-on follows. 

6 runs came off the over. 

Noor Ahmad continues and Josh Inglis slices the tossed up delivery around off through sweeper cover for a boundary. 

Two dots later, Inglis pulls one through deep mid-wicket and gets a single. 

Rishabh Pant then carves one though deep square leg and picks up a couple.

Four! Pant drills the final delivery of the over through deep square leg for a boundary. 

11 runs came off the over. 

Jamie Overton continues and he strikes! Josh Inglis departs after a whirlwind 85 off 33 balls with 10 boundaries and six sixes. 

Back of a length delivery and Inglis looks to scoop but ends up edging ito the Sanju Samson behind the stumps.

Aiden Markram comes to the crease and opens his account with a single through backward square leg. 

A couple through square leg follows. 

Out! Pant is cleaned up by Overton! Back of a length delivery angling in and Pant looks to run it fine but gets a a thick edge and chops it onto his leg-stump.

Pant goes for 15 off 12 balls with a couple of hits to the fence. 

Akshat Raghuwanshi comes to the crease. 

Overtone sends one down the leg and is called a wide. 

A single to cover point gets Raghuwanshi off the mark. 

A dot to end the 5-run over. 

LSG are 117-4 at the half-way mark. 

Noor Ahmad comes into the attack and Josh Inglis attempts to sweep the tossed up delivery but edges it to the off-side for a single. 

Out! Nicholas Pooran falls, caught by substitute fielder Sarfaraz Khan. Tossed up delivery outside off and Pooran attempts the slog sweep over deep midwicket but holes it out to Sarfaraz who takes a smart catch.

Pooran goes for 1 off 3 balls. 

Rishabh Pant comes to the crease and gets off the mark by punching one to the mid-wicket for a couple. Sarfaraz fumbles, allowing the batter to return for the second run. 

Three dots to end the over. Just three runs came off it. 

Jamie Overton comes into the attack and Inglis pulls the first delivery to backward square leg and gets a single. 

Two singles come off the next two balls. 

Ingliss then knocks one to mid-on and gets off the strike. 

Four! Pant goes on the backfoot to defend a nip-backer but edges it through fine leg four a boundary. 

Two dots to end the seven-run over. 

Akeal Hosein is back into the attack after an expensive first over and Mitchell Marsh punches the first delivery, a flatter one outside off, down to long-off for a single. 

Four! Jos Inglis is in the mood and he drills the next delivery through deep extra cover and finds the fence. 50 up for Inglis off just 17 balls.

Four more! Shortish delivery and Inglis cross-bats it and gets the inside edge as the ball flies to the fine leg fence. 

Six! Short delivery outside off and Inglis drags the pull over deep mid-wicket off the backfoot. 

Follows it up with a boundary through deep extra cover. 

A dot to end the 19-run over. 

Akeal Hosein has conceded 37 runs in his first two overs. 

Anshul Kamboj is back into the attack and he strikes! Mitchell Marsh departs, caught by Dewald Brevis. A length delivery shaping in and Marsh attempts to hit it through the line but ends up miscuing it to Brevis at long-on who juggles but holds onto it in the second attempt.

Marsh goes for 10 off as many balls with a maximum. 

Nicholas Pooran comes to the crease and gets off the mark with a mistimed pull to long-on for a single.

A dot later, Inglis drills one down to long-off for a boundary. Kamboj oversteps and is called a no-ball.

Six! Full toss and Inglis make the most of it by dispatching the ball over the deep backward pint fence. 

A wide outside off and a single through backward square leg follow.

A dot to end the 14-run over. 

LSG end the Powerplay with 91-1.

Anshul Kamboj comes into the attack and Mitchell Marsh greets him with a huge six over long-on.

Follows it up with a single through on-side off the backfoot. 

Josh Inglis is on strike and he swings and misses. 

Inglis then carves one through deep backward square leg and picks up a couple. 

Six! Back of a length delivery and Inglis moves across and pulls it over the third man fence. 

A single through square leg to end the over. 16 runs came off it. 

Mukesh Choudhary continues and Inglis hits him for back-to-back boundaries, first through deep backward point off a length delivery outside off and the next by reverse paddling a full delivery to third man. 

A dot later, Inglis smashes one over the long-on fence for a six. 

50 up for LSG in 3.4 overs. 

A dot and a boundary through long-off to end the over. 18 runs came off it. 

LSG's opening pair of Mitchell Marsh and Josh Inglis is out in the middle. 

Akeal Hosein to open the attack for CSK. Inglis is on strike and he tucks the first delivery off the backfoot to deep extra cover for a single. 

Marsh punches the next delivery down to long-off and opens his account. 

Six! Tossed up delivery and Inglis hammers it over the bowler's head and the ball sails over the long-on fence. 

Follows it up with a sweep for a boundary through fine leg off a full delivery sliding into the pads. 

Four more! Inglis finishes the over by driving one off his backfoot to the long-on fence. 

16 runs came off the over. 

Mukesh Choudhary to bowl from the other end and he starts off with a wide outside off. 

Marsh then cuts one firmly but the ball goes straight to the fielder at at point. No runs on offer. 

Two more dots follow. 

Marsh then taps one to square off the wicket and gets off the strike with a single. 

Six! Inglis makes room and paddles the shortish deliver over the third man fence. 

A dot to end the over. Just two runs came off it. 

Let's have a look at the Playing XIs: 

Impact Subs: Gurjapneet Singh, Prashant Veer, Matthew Short, Sarfaraz Khan, Akash Madhwal.