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PL 2026 Match No. 59 between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) was played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. CSK posted a strong total of 187 runs, but LSG chased down the target comfortably in just 16.4 overs, winning the match by 7 wickets.
This win does not change anything for the Lucknow Super Giants, as they are already out of the playoff race. However, this match was very important for Chennai Super Kings, and they ended up losing it.
Chennai Super Kings are currently placed in 6th position in the points table.
Chennai Super Kings have played a total of 12 matches this season so far, winning 6 matches against Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians (twice), Delhi Capitals, and Lucknow Super Giants. They have also lost 6 matches against Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Gujarat Titans, and Lucknow Super Giants.
The Lucknow Super Giants have been one of the worst-performing teams this season and are currently at the bottom of the points table, placed in 10th position.
Lucknow Super Giants have played a total of 12 matches so far this season, winning 4 games against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and Chennai Super Kings. They have lost 8 matches against Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, and Chennai Super Kings.
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Chennai Super Kings batted first and posted a total of 187/5 in this match. The highest scorer for the team was Kartik Sharma, who made 71 runs off 42 balls, including 6 fours and 5 sixes. After that, Shivam Dube remained unbeaten with 32 runs off 16 balls, hitting 3 fours and 3 sixes.
On the other hand, there was nothing special from CSK in this match. Sanju Samson was dismissed for just 20 runs, while captain Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad also failed to make an impact and got out for only 13 runs.
Urvil Patel scored 6 runs, Dewald Brevis made 25 runs, while Prashant Veer remained not out on 13 runs off 10 balls.
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In this match, Chennai Super Kings set a target of 188 runs for Lucknow Super Giants, which was made look very easy by Mitchell Marsh, who scored 90 runs off 38 balls, including 9 fours and 7 sixes. Nicholas Pooran also contributed with an unbeaten 32 runs off 17 balls, hitting 1 four and 4 sixes.
Josh Inglis scored 36 runs off 32 balls, Abdul Samad managed only 7 runs, and in the end Mukul Choudhary remained not out on 13 runs.
Lucknow Super Giants won the match by 7 wickets and chased down the target in just 16.4 overs.
Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (c) (wk), Mukul Choudhary, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Mayank Yadav, Akash Maharaj Singh, Prince Yadav
Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Choudhary
