LSG vs CSK 2025: Dube-Dhoni Starred as CSK clinched a crucial win against LSG in a thriller! Check full match summary here!
LSG vs CSK 2025: The MASTER vs The APPRENTICE at Lucknow's Ekana Stadium and must say, it was an entertainer! Chennai Super Kings ended their five-match losing streak with a dramatic five-wicket victory over Lucknow Super Giants.
LSG batted first but exceptional bowling from CSK restricted them to a below-par score. The chase looked smooth right from the start and the finishing by Shivam Dube and MS Dhoni stacked up the final bricks. Take a look at the match summary:
LSG vs CSK 2025 Match Report
Home Captain Rishabh Pant flipped the coin and MS made the right call. Dhoni invited LSG to bat first. There were a couple of changes in the CSK's 11 and one change in the LSG's playing11.
LSG's Playing11: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, Digvesh Singh Rathi (Impact- Ravi Bishnoi)
CSK's Playing11: Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Jamie Overton, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana (Impact- Shivam Dube)
CSK's bowlers didn't disappoint their captain and booked two wickets inside the first four overs. Lucknow Super Giants lost Markram and Nicholas Pooran, two in-form and star players were out and Lucknow was in danger. Skipper Rishabh and Marsh then carry the innings from there. Marsh's 30-run struggle off 25 balls was ended by a ripper from Jadeja when LSG were at 73 runs in the 10th over.
Ayush Badoni and Abdul Samad played crucial cameos of 20 and 22, respectively. However, skipper Pant played a captain's knock here and scored 63 off 48 balls. This helped LSG to post 166 runs on the board and it seemed the wicket was tricky with the old ball.
CSK announced Shaik Rasheed as the replacement for Ruturaj Gaikwad and what a player he is! Rasheed smoked six boundaries in his 27-run innings along with Rachin Ravindra and racked up 52 runs in 5 overs before losing his wicket.
CSK were 74 for 1 down and under 6 balls, they lost Rachin Ravindra and Rahul Tripathi. Ravindra Jadeja was promoted but he dropped his wicket against Bishnoi. Digvesh Rathee was exceptional in his 4-over spell where he just gave 23 runs and also picked up a wicket in the very last ball of his spell.
CSK were five wickets down at 111 after the end of 15 overs and MS Dhoni entered the arena then. Shivam Dube was trying hard but couldn't find the boundaries. CSK needed 38 runs from 20 balls and Dhoni reduced it to 31 from 18. Dube smacked 10 runs from the first two balls of the penultimate over and they needed 5 runs from the last over. Dube finished the game with a boundary CSK defeated LSG by 5 wickets.
Dube and Dhoni Duo dissipated LSG's hopes and registered their second win of the tournament. This win broke the five-match losing streak and CSK would pe pleased with the result at the end.
LSG vs CSK 2025 Scorecard
Lucknow Super Giants- 166/7 (20 Overs)
Rishabh Pant: 63(49)
Jadeja: 3-0-24-2
Chennai Super Kings- 168/5 (19.3 Overs)
Shivam Dube: 43*(37)
Ravi Bishnoi: 3-0-18-2