LSG 188-3 (16.4 ovs) vs CSK 187-5 | Scorecard
Lucknow Super Giants defeated Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets in an Indian Premier League match in Lucknow on Friday.
Sent in to bat, young middle-order batter Kartik Sharma smashed 71 off 42 balls to guide CSK to 187 for five.
Left-arm medium pacer Akash Singh was the pick of the bowlers for LSG, returning figures of 3 for 26 from his four overs.
But towards the end, Shivam Dube played a 16-ball unbeaten 32-run cameo to take CSK to a fighting total.
LSG then rode on Mitchell Marsh's 38-ball 90 and Josh Inglis' 36 as the duo shared 135 runs for the opening stand to set the platform for the win.
Nicholas Pooran (32 not out off 17 balls) and Mukul Choudhary (13 not out off 10) then completed the chase.
Kamboj is back in the attack and Pooran welcomes him with a six over the leg side.
Pooran then hammers three more sixes on the trot to take LSG across the finish line in 16.4 overs.
Mukesh Choudhary is back in the attack now and Mukul and Pooran take three singles before Mukul flays the ball over backward point for a four!
Mukul is beaten as he goes for a pull. Mukul is beaten again as he swings and misses.
Mukul then whips the ball towards backward square leg for a couple as 8 come off it.
Gurjapneet is back in the attack and Pooran starts the over with a single to third man.
Two dots later, Mukul gets a streaky boundary of a thick inside edge past the keeper to fine leg.
A single later, Gurjapneet bowls full and wide and Pooran slaps it through the off side for a four as 10 come off it.
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