Chennai: The swashbuckling Urvil Patel equalled the record for the fastest fifty in IPL history as Chennai Super Kings edged out Lucknow Super Kings by five wickets to keep their play-off hopes alive here on Sunday.
Batting first, Josh Inglis played a sensational 85-run knock before CSK bowlers rallied to stop LSG at 203 for eight.
With the defeat, their eighth in 11 matches, LSG’s play-off hopes went up in smoke.
In at 3, Urvil Patel attacked the LSG bowlers from the off, hitting 5 sixes in his first six balls. The right-handed batter scored the joint fastest IPL fifty in just 13 balls. He was eventually dismissed for 65 runs in just 23 balls, but the damage was already done.
Shivam Dube and Prashant Veer finished the innings for CSK, getting to the target with 5 wickets to spare. CSK skipper, Rutiraj Gakwad. scored a fighting 42 in 28 balls as well to set up the chase for the hosts.
For LSG, Digvesh Rathi was the star with the ball with 2 wickets, but his 2 dropped catches played a bigger role in the outcome of the match.
The Lucknow Super Giants scored 203 runs in their 20 overs against the Chennai Super Kings in Chennai. Josh Inglis and Shahbaz Ahmed starred with the bat for the visitors.
Josh Inglis smashed a 17-ball half-century as the Lucknow Super Giants dominated the Chennai Super Kings in the early part of their match. The visitors raced to 91 runs for the loss of one wicket at the end of the powerplay.
Inglis’ innings included 10 fours and 6 sixes as he scored 85 runs in just 33 balls. His opening partner, Mitchell March, was dismissed for a run-a-ball 10 by Anshul Kamboj.
After a fast start, LSG lost wickets in clusters and were reduced to 115/4 at the halfway stage of the innings. However, a cameo from Shahbaz Ahmed took LSG past 200 against the Chennai Super Kings. Ahmed scored 43 runs in 25 balls, including 3 fours and 3 sixes.
