Dube, who did not bowl a single delivery during the game, was given the responsibility of bowling the 19th over by CSK skipper Ravindra Jadeja. This was a big mistake. Dubey’s military medium pace proved to be easy fodder for both the batsmen at the crease. Evin Lewis And Ayush Badoni,
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First, Badoni hits a six off Dubey’s first ball and hits a six at square leg. Dubey bowled one or two wides under pressure. Lewis (55 not out at 23b; 6×4, 3×6) then hit two fours and a six off the last three balls as LSG got 25 runs in the over and the tables turned completely. Badoni performed the last rites in the 20th over by hitting another six off left-arm fast bowler Mukesh Chaudhary.
Initially, the LSG openers were followed by, quinton de kock and captain KL Rahul, The pair added 99 runs in 10.1 overs before Rahul (40 off 26b; 2×4, 3×6) was dismissed by Dwayne Pretorius. De Kock (61 runs off 45 b; 9×4) briefly took Pretorius’s wicket as well.
When de Kock was out, a win for LSG seemed impossible, but Lewis and Badoni had different ideas.
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Earlier, it was a turbo-charged batting performance by CSK. Robin Uthappa Provided early encouragement with Moeen Ali, followed by Shivam Dubey, Ambati Rayudu and Ravindra Jadeja carrying the momentum till the slog overs. Ultimately, M S Dhoni Once again gave a glimpse of their glorious past with a scintillating cameo that took CSK to a scintillating total of 210/7 on a quiet batting wicket.
From the very first ball, the CSK batsmen hit the LSG bowlers with a sword. Uthappa (50 off 27b; 8×4, 1×6) was in fine touch and timing the ball like a dream. The first ball of the innings was a leg side half volley served by Avesh Khan and Uthappa slammed it towards the leg side fence.
The second ball, just outside the off-stump, comes off Uthappa’s bat and goes straight to the point boundary.
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Uthappa gave similar behavior to Dushmantha Chameera in the next over. Two brilliant leg-side flicks resulted in a six and then a four. Brilliant cover drive in the next over. The experienced Uthappa was taking full advantage of the opportunity to open the innings.
In the middle, Ruturaj Gaikwad hits the ball straight on point and takes a few steps down; Ravi Bishnoi swooped in with a direct hit to send the CSK opener back to the pavilion.
Moeen Ali came on, and the Englishman started with a six off Avesh Khan. The fifth over was to be played by Andrew Tye of Uthappa. He started with a short-arm pull for a boundary and then deftly opened the face of the bat and hit a boundary in the third-man area. He then went across and played a paddle over the fine leg fielder for another four. The icing on the cake was a swivel pull that missed the deep square leg fielder for the fourth boundary of the over.
Ali (35 in 22b; 4×4, 2×6) joins the party, dismissing Krunal Pandya for a four, a six, four to take 16 in the sixth over. Powerplay gave CSK 73 runs.
Soon Uthappa scored a fifty in 25 balls, but Ravi Bishnoi immediately trapped the leg before with a wrong ‘un’.
Shivam Dube (49 off 30b; 5×4, 2×6) also started off with a flourish, hitting three fours off Chameera’s over.
Ali’s stumps were hit by a sharp length delivery from Avesh Khan, which was caught in the Englishman’s attempt.
Ambati Rayudu joined forces with Dubey, and the pair kept the scoreboard moving. Dubey especially made sure that part-timers like Deepak Hooda don’t get any leeway. After Rayudu was bowled by Bishnoi, Jadeja came to the crease and scored 17 runs in 9 balls to give more momentum to CSK’s innings.
In the end, Dhoni hit two fours and a six at extra cover and scored an unbeaten 6-ball 16 to delight the crowd at Brabourne.