2024-04-21 04:53:57
In another match, Mustafizur Rahman scored runs with two hands. Chennai Super Kings witnessed another loss on such a bad day. Rituraj Gaikwad’s team lost by 8 wickets against Lucknow Super Giants.
On Friday (April 19) at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium in Lucknow, Chennai scored 176 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs thanks to the heroics of Ravindra Jadeja and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. In reply, Lucknow reached the port of victory after losing 2 wickets with 1 over remaining.
With this, Mustafizur Rahman was a shadow of himself in two consecutive matches. This time he got a wicket with 43 runs in 4 overs. In the previous match against Mumbai Indians, he gave away 55 runs in 4 overs to take one wicket. Mostafiz’s wickets are 11 in 6 matches in this season.
The hero of Lucknow’s victory was their captain Lokesh Rahul. He was accompanied by another opener, Quinton de Kock. Rahul played an innings of 82 runs off 53 balls with 9 fours and 3 sixes. De Kock scored 54 runs off 43 balls.
Lucknow scored 89 runs without a wicket in the first 10 overs with the great batting of Rahul and de Kock in a run chase. The pair broke in the 15th over of the match. Mostafiz broke the opening pair of 134 runs back to de Kock in the last ball. By that time, however, the match is beyond the reach of Chennai! After Rahul departed, Nicholas Pooran and Marcus Stoinis completed the rest of the work.
Earlier, Jadeja batted for Chennai which was in danger at the beginning. This all-rounder scored the maximum 57 runs for the team. His 40-ball innings had 5 fours and a six. In the end, Moeen Ali’s 20-ball 30 with 3 sixes and Dhoni’s 3 fours and 2 sixes with 9 balls in an unbeaten 28-run innings gave Chennai the fighting capital.