Chennai wins by five wickets.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have returned to the winning track by defeating Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by five wickets. This is their second win in seven matches. At the same time, Lucknow suffered its third defeat of the season. In this match played at the Ekana Stadium on Monday, after losing the toss and batting first, Lucknow scored 166 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs, thanks to captain Rishabh Pant's half-century innings. In reply, Chennai scored 168 runs for the loss of five wickets in 19.3 overs, thanks to the unbeaten half-century partnership of MS Dhoni and Shivam Dubey, and won the match.

Chasing the target of 167 runs, Chennai got off to a great start from Sheikh Rashid and Rachin Ravindra. There was a partnership of 52 runs for the first wicket between the two, which was broken by Avesh Khan. He got Sheikh Rashid, who made his debut in this match, caught by Nicholas Pooran. He was dismissed after scoring 27 runs in 19 balls. After this, Markram dismissed Rachin Ravindra LBW. He managed to score 37 runs with the help of five fours.

CSK, which had lost two wickets at 74, needed a big partnership. However, Rahul Tripathi was dismissed after scoring nine, Ravindra Jadeja seven, and Vijay Shankar nine runs. After this, Shivam Dubey and Mahendra Singh Dhoni took over the front. There was a match-winning partnership of 57* runs in 28 balls between the two. During this, Shivam scored 43 runs with the help of three fours and two sixes while Dhoni scored 26 runs in 11 balls with the help of four fours and a six. Ravi Bishnoi took two wickets for Lucknow while Digvesh, Avesh, and Markram got one success each.

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