Chennai Super Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 5 wickets. Chennai got its first win after suffering five consecutive defeats in IPL 2025. In this match played at the Ekana Stadium, Lucknow Super Giants scored 166 runs while playing first, in response, the CSK team ensured their victory by 5 wickets in this match that lasted till the last over. MS Dhoni made a big contribution to CSK’s victory by playing a stormy innings of 26 runs in 11 balls.
This is how CSK achieved the target
Chasing the target of 167 runs, Chennai Super Kings got off to a good start. Debutant Sheikh Rashid, along with Rachin Ravindra, took CSK’s score past 50 before the end of 5 overs. Rashid was dismissed after scoring 27 runs in 19 balls in his debut match. Rachin Ravindra also could not convert the good start into a big innings and lost his wicket on the ball of part-time bowler Aiden Markram after scoring 37 runs.
Rahul Tripathi’s poor form continues, he was dismissed after scoring only 9 runs. Shortly after him, Ravindra Jadeja also got out after scoring 7 runs. At one time Chennai had scored 52 runs without losing a wicket, but within the next 44 runs, the CSK team lost 4 important wickets. Vijay Shankar is also continuously failing, due to his dismissal, Chennai lost 5 wickets on a score of 111. At this time Chennai needed 56 runs in 30 balls to win.
MS Dhoni and Shivam Dubey’s amazing performance
In the last 5 overs, MS Dhoni and Shivam Dubey batted in a controlled manner and put pressure on the LSG bowlers. There was an unbeaten partnership of 57 runs between Dhoni and Dubey, which gave Chennai Super Kings victory after five consecutive defeats. This is CSK’s only second win in 7 matches in IPL 2025. Dhoni scored 26 runs in 11 balls, while Shivam Dubey played an unbeaten innings of 43 runs in 37 balls.
