CSK vs LSG Ball by Ball Commentary

FOUR! As easy as it can get! Marcus Stoinis has pulled out a heist and made it two in a row for Lucknow against Chennai this season. Mustafizur Rahman drops the length and bowls it really short over middle and leg, Marcus Stoinis gets across and has all the time in the world to pull it over short fine leg for four runs to seal the victory with 6 wickets in hand.

NO BALL AND FOUR! Marcus Stoinis is in a hurry and that's just poor bowling. Oh dear, to add to the misery, Mustafizur Rahman has overstepped! Bowls a full toss outside off, Marcus Stoinis gets closer to the line and looks for the slash but gets an outside edge past short third for four runs. A free hit will now follow!

FOUR! Make that 10 in two! Mustafizur Rahman bowls full and in the slot outside off, Marcus Stoinis takes a step across again and drills it straight over the bowler's head for four more.

SIX! What a start to the over! Mustafizur Rahman bowls this fuller and outside off, Marcus Stoinis takes a step across and launches this over long on for a maximum.

Attacks the stumps on a length, Deepak Hooda makes some room and whacks it to long on for a couple more runs. Lucknow now need 17 off the last over.

Takes pace off and digs this short outside off, Deepak Hooda looks for the big pull but misses out.

FOUR! That's salt to the wound! Bowls this nice and full into middle and leg, Deepak Hooda drills it straight down the ground past long on for four more runs.

FOUR! That's sloppy from Deepak Chahar and this could cost Chennai a lot more than just a four. Matheesha Pathirana bowls this nicely on a fuller length well outside off, Deepak Hooda looks to slice it over cover but gets a thick outside edge past the keeper. Deepak Chahar at third man gets to the ball but doesn't bend down enough letting the ball go through for four runs.

That's much better for Matheesha Pathirana! Goes full and just outside off, Marcus Stoinis digs it to cover for a single.

FOUR! Muscled it! Pitched on a length, around that off stump line, Marcus Stoinis makes room and drills it through covers for a boundary on the first ball.

SIX! Just over the fielder! Drops the length short and angles it into the body, Deepak Chahar stays deep in the crease and pulls it nicely over deep square leg. Deepak Chahar in the deep does jump up and manages to get both hands to the ball but it just goes through over the fence for a maximum.

Takes pace off and bowls a low full toss outside off, Marcus Stoinis is caught by surprise but manages to whip it to long off for a single.

HUNDRED for Marcus Stoinis! His first in the Indian T20 Leafgues and there was no better time for him to do it! Fuller delivery, outside off, Marcus Stoinis drives it to deep cover and gets a couple of runs.

Comes from around the wicket and bowls it wider on off and on a fuller length, Marcus Stoinis leaves it alone. The umpire calls it a fair delivery and Marcus Stoinis sends it upstairs for a wide check. The replays show that Stoinis was standing outside the off stump line and the onfield call stays as a fair delivery.

SIX! Sheer power on that from Marcus Stoinis! Mustafizur Rahman bowls it a tad shorter and outside off, Marcus Stoinis stands tall and picks the length perfectly launching this one over deep mid-wicket for a biggie!

Angles this across on a good length, outside off, Marcus Stoinis looks to heave it over leg but fails to make any connection.

LEG BYES! A loud appeal for LBW and the umpire turns it down. Chennai do send it upstairs for a review. Matheesha Pathirana nails the yorker angling into middle and leg, Marcus Stoinis fails to jam it out and gets crushed into the back boot as the batters cross. The replays roll on and UltraEdge confirms that there was no bat involved. Ball Tracking shows that the pitch was outside leg stump and the onfield call of NOT OUT stays.

FOUR! Nicely done! Pathirana takes pace off and hits the deck outside off on a shorter length, Marcus Stoinis waits on and cuts it past the backward point fielder for a boundary.

Bangs the deck on a hard length, outside off, Deepak Hooda cuts it to deep point for a single and gets off the mark.

OUT! CAUGHT! Matheesha Pathirana breaks the partnership and the stadium has come back alive. Bowls the fuller delivery into the stumps, Nicholas Pooran looks to launch it out of the park over the bowler's end but only gets the elevation sending the ball high up in the night sky in front of long off. Shardul Thakur from deep gets under the ball and takes a good reverse cup catch.

Short of a length, way outside off, Marcus Stoinis reaches out and manages to toe end it to cover for a single.

Digs a sharp bouncer with pace on over middle, Marcus Stoinis looks to ramp but withdraws the shot hoping for it to be called a wide.

Goes fuller and just outside off, Marcus Stoinis jams it with power to long off for a single. 20 runs come off this over and its game on!

Drags the length down and hits the deck hard over off, Nicholas Pooran swats it to long off for a single.

Luck riding Lucknow's way as this one lands in between three converging fielders. Shardul Thakur bowls a full toss outside off and Nicholas Pooran lofts it over cover for two more runs.

SIX! BANG! Nicholas Pooran is putting on a show! Pitched on a fuller length, outside off, Nicholas Pooran clobbers it over cover for a maximum.

FOUR! That should've been stopped but Deepak Chahar misfields and allows Nicholas Pooran another boundary. Thakur bowls a low full toss outside off, Nicholas Pooran takes a step across and drives it to the left of deep point. Deepak Chahar gets to the ball and puts a slide but the ball just goes through his hands for a boundary.

SIX! Sends the first one out of the ropes and this might just be the over Lucknow press. Shardul Thakur angles this across on a length outside off, Nicholas Pooran waits on and slices it over covers for a maximum.

Excellent comeback delivery from the Fizz! Slower one, bowled fuller around off and using those wrists to make the ball spin away from the right-hander. Marcus Stoinis is undone by the grip and bounce as he looks to cut.

SIX! What a hit! Slightly back of a length on the stumps and sitting up a bit as well, Marcus Stoinis back away and lifts it forcefully straight back over the bowler's head for a maximum.

Full and wide again but a bit straighter this time and Nicholas Pooran drills it down to long off for just a single.

FOUR! Up and over! Another attempted wide yorker but not full enough and Nicholas Pooran is able to get under it this time. Nicky P stays low and and goes into out over extra cover and finds the boundary.

An off-cutter, into the pitch on leg stump and gripping a bit as well, Maheesh Theekshana hops and fends it to the off side for one more.

Comes in from over the stumps and bowls a wide yorker, getting it spot on as well. Nicholas Pooran can't get under it and hits it towards mid on for one.

On a hard length and angled into the pads, Marcus Stoinis tucks it away through the mid-wicket region and picks up a couple of runs.

This one just slips out of the hand and turns out to be a full toss outside off stump, Nicholas Pooran isn't expecting and just guides it past backward point for a run.

FOUR! Glorious from Nicholas Pooran and he gets going now. Full and quick again, slanting it across the off stump, Pooran gets on the front foot and drives it firmly through covers for a boundary.

Too full and outside off, hit away square through cover-point for a single by Stoinis.

Just too much heat on that one! Good length around off and at 149 clicks, Marcus Stoinis stays rooted to the crease and just has a swish at it but is well beaten.

Full and quick on off stump at 146 clicks, Nicholas Pooran opens the bat face and rives it away towards cover for a quick single.

NO WIDE! Angles across a wide yorker from around the stumps and just misses his mark it seems. Marcus Stoinis can't reach it and a wide is called but MS Dhoni reviews it from behind the stumps. The third umpire is called into and concludes that Stoinis moved across a bit and the ball was within the new wide guideline and hence the wide is overturned and it will be a dot ball. 17 off the over!

FOUR! Oh, dear! Tushar Deshpande with a howler of a delivery but it is not given as a No Ball and Marcus Stoinis has reviewed it. A very high full toss right around the hips and Stoinis managed to swing it over the square leg region for a boundary. On first replay, the third umpire deems it a close one and concludes that the ball is just above the waist and a No Ball is given. Free Hit coming up as well! Double whammy here for Stonis.

Banged in a bit and outside off stump, Marcus Stoinis reaches out and hits it aerially in front of the man at deep cover-point for two more runs.

Good fielding! Full and wide outside off, sliced away fine of third man where the fielder slides in to his left and keeps it down to a couple of runs.

SIX! Powered away over the ropes! A full toss, angled across the off stump from around the wicket, Marcus Stoinis gets across a bit and hits it over deep cover for a maximum. Not easy to hit that over the off side.

Goes full and wide outside off, slapped away hard towards deep point for just one more by Nicholas Pooran.

Well bowled! Tushar Deshpande steams in from around the wicket and Marcus Stoinis shows his cards early by moving across the off stump. Tushar follows him with a full ball which is squeezed out on the off side for just a single.

Pitched up on off stump, Marcus Stoinis shows the full face of the bat and just punches it through wide mid off for a single.

WIDE! The slower bumper over middle and leg, just a bit too high as Marcus Stoinis ducks under it.

Floated full and outside the off stump, hit away along the turf and through backward point for just one more.

This is bowled short around off stump, Marcus Stoinis with a swivel-pull to the right of deep mid-wicket for just a single. A slight fumble in the deep but no harm done.

Bowled quite full and outside off stump, trying to slant it away, Nicholas Pooran gets low and punches it out towards cover for one more.

On a hard length and outside off stump, hit away off the back foot through cover-point for a single.

FOUR! Beats everyone! Floated up, full and wide around the tramline, Marcus Stoinis goes after it and gets a toe end of the bat on it. The ball goes in between the diving keeper and the diving fielder at short third for a boundary.

OUT! TIMBER! Devdutt Padikkal is finally put out of his misery with a fiery-hot delivery. Nice and full on leg stump at 151.3 clicks and this one just skids on quickly but Padikkal is already on the back foot, tentatively playing at it. He plays all over the ball and the ball knocks the leg stump out of the ground. Matheesha Pathirana strikes in his first over and those are ominous signs for Lucknow.

Nicely bowled! A well-directed short ball over middle and leg and at a difficult height as well, Devdutt Padikkal gets a bit low and sways his head away from the line of the ball.

WIDE! Banged in a bit at 135 clicks and pushed well across the left-hander, Devdutt Padikkal fails to reach it and another wide is called.

Pitched up quite full on middle and angling in, Marcus Stoinis just tucks it away in front of mid-wicket for a single.

WIDE! Attempted slower bumper, banged in halfway down the track and over the stumps. Marcus Stoinis hops and leaves it alone.

Hard length around off stump, punched away from the crease towards cover for no run.

Full and wide, gets it right on, Devdutt Padikkal reaches out and jams it down towards third man for one more.

Starts right on the money! Matheesha Pathirana steams in and bowls a 143-KPH yorker right on middle stump, Marcus Stoinis does well to jam it out to mid off for a quick single.

Fuller and around middle and off, Marcus Stoinis cuts it to deep point for a single.

Fuller and outside off, Devdutt Padikkal drives it to covers for a single.

Bowls this wider on off with pace and on a fuller length, Devdutt Padikkal makes room but the ball is way far of his reach.

Flatter and fuller on off, Marcus Stoinis punches it to cover for one.

BYE! Evades everybody! Jadeja Digs this short and hits the deck over middle, Devdutt Padikkal looks to swat it away but misses. The ball zips over the top of middle and get through the keeper. The batters cross.

Flatter this time on a shorter length, on off, Marcus Stoinis pushes it to wide of long on for a single.

A great over this for Lucknow as 15 runs come of it! Moeen Ali bowls this straight and into middle and leg, Devdutt Padikkal punches it straight to cover.

Slants this in on a length and into the stumps, Devdutt Padikkal nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a couple more. That's sensible batting from this duo.

Floats this one into the pads of the left-hander on a fuller length, Devdutt Padikkal tucks it to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

A tad shorter and outside off, Marcus Stoinis cuts it to deep point for a single.

SIX! That's huge! Tossed up right in the arc around middle and off, Marcus Stoinis clears his front leg and clubs it over long on fence for a maximum.

FOUR! Crisply hit! Moeen Ali drops the length a tad short and over off, Marcus Stoinis slips on a knee and slogs it over square leg for a boundary.

Bowls this one quicker and on a fuller length, Marcus Stoinis hits it straight to Tushar Deshpande at extra cover and gets a single.

NO BALL! Ravindra Jadeja has overstepped by the barest of margins and it is called a no ball. Shorter delivery into the body, Devdutt Padikkal nudges it to deep square leg for a single. A free hit will now follow.

Darts this one fuller and into the stumps, Marcus Stoinis nudges it to deep mid-wicket for one.

SIX! Up, up and over! Jadeja bowls this one fuller and in the slot around middle and leg, Marcus Stoinis takes a step out and lofts it over long on for a biggie.

Drags the length short over middle and leg, Devdutt Padikkal rocks back on the back foot and punches it to mid-wicket region for a single.

Flatter and quicker on a fuller length, outside off, Devdutt Padikkal looks to cut it but misses on connection.

Comes from around the wicket and floats this one fuller and on off, Marcus Stoinis drives it to long off for a single.

Another single to end the over. Bowls this a tad shorter and on off, Marcus Stoinis cuts it to deep point and retains the strike.

Another drag down delivery, drifting on leg, Devdutt Padikkal manages to get some bat in his attempt to pull towards short fine leg for a single.

Drags the length short and over off, Marcus Stoinis waits back and slaps it to long on for one more.

Goes full and attacks the stumps, Devdutt Padikkal drives it to deep cover for another single.

Bowls this fuller and outside off, Marcus Stoinis drives it on the full to long off for a single.

Comes from around the wicket and tosses this fuller and on off, Devdutt Padikkal drives it to long on for a single.

Shorter in length, outside off, Devdutt Padikkal slaps it to sweeper cover for a single.

Pitches this on a tad shorter length and over middle and off, Marcus Stoinis cuts it to backward point for a single.

Hits the deck on a length and over middle, Devdutt Padikkal covers the line and tucks it to deep mid-wicket for a single to get off the mark.

Goes fuller and just outside off, Marcus Stoinis mistimes his drive to cover and gets to the other end.

FOUR! That's poor bowling and Marcus Stoinis makes it two in a row. Drops the length short and offers width outside off, Marcus Stoinis stands tall nad cuts it over cover for another boundary.

FOUR! Marcus Stoinis greets Shardul Thakur with a boundary on the very first ball. Thakur comes from over the wicket and digs it short outside off, Marcus Stoinis stays back and slices to over backward point for a boundary.

A solid first over from Mustafizur Rahman, four runs and a wicket off it as well. Bowled back of a length and on a tight line around off, Devdutt Padikkal looks to cut it away but gets an under edge back onto the deck.

Nicely driven for no run. Pitched up on the fifth stump line, Devdutt Padikkal gets on the front foot and drives it firmly but straight to covers.

OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the man! Bowled on a hard length and angled in from outside off by Mustafizur Rahman. KL Rahul backs away yet again and looks to slam the ball over cover but hits it flat and gets no elevation on it either. Ruturaj Gaikwad is standing right on the edge of the circle at covers and he doesn't have to move an inch as he gobbles up the catch with both hands. A big wicket for the Fizz as Rahul departs.

Slower one, bowled into the deck and around off, this one holds a bit as well and KL Rahul is beaten all ends up.

Switches to around the stumps right away and bowls it over off stump, getting some extra bounce as well. KL Rahul looks to make room again and open up the off side but is beaten.

FOUR! Top shot! Just back of a good length and angled across the off stump, KL Rahul makes a bit of room and caresses it on the up through the gap at extra cover for a boundary.

Pitched-up delivery on off and middle, Marcus Stoinis is already on the back foot expecting a short and has to just defend it out.

FOUR! Right off the toe end of the bat but Marcus Stoinis is such a powerful striker. Back of a length over the stumps, Stonmis stands tall and lifts it high over mid on for a boundary.

Just drags the length back a bit and angles it into the body of the batter at just 119 clicks, KL Rahul backs away a bit and works it through mid-wicket for a run.

Short ball over off stump, KL Rahul gets in position quickly and pulls it down in front of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

On a hard length and angled into the batter, Marcus Stoinis is late on the shot and gets an inside edge onto the pads and the ball rolls on the off side. They get a single.

Takes some pace off and bowls it back of a length outside off, Marcus Stoinis goes on the back foot and punches it with a straight bat to mid off.

Back of a length around off, Marcus Stoinis hops back and bunts it on the off side for a quick single.

FOUR! Bangs one into the pitch and bowls it outside off, Marcus Stoinis uses the with and slashes it away wide of third man for a second boundary in the over.

Full and at the stumps, swinging back in, this is tucked away to mid-wicket for no run.

FOUR! Nicely done! A bit too full and around off, shaping away, Marcus Stoinis stays compact and caresses it through the gap at covers for a boundary.

Hits the deck hard and bowls it at the stumps, KL Rahul stays leg side of the ball and hits it in front of mid-wicket for one.

Swing and a miss! Hard length outside off stump and seaming away quite a bit, KL Rahul stays put and just throws the kitchen sink at it but only connects with thin air.

Leg bye! Fractionally short over the off stump, KL Rahul rocks back to pull but misses and the ball goes off the thigh pad on the off side. A stifled appeal for LBW but it will just be a leg bye.

On a hard length and a bit closer to the off stump, KL Rahul looks to punch off the back foot but mistimes it badly.

SIX! First signs of aggression from KL Rahul and Lucknow. Banged in short and outside off, Rahul shimmies down the track and slaps it high over deep cover for a maximum.

Back of a length and outside off, a bit of width on offer and KL Rahul cuts it to backward point.

KL Rahul is off the mark now! Good length on the stumps, Rahul gets inside the line and tucks it behind square leg for a couple of easy runs.

Hard length, around the top of off and swinging away a touch, Marcus Stoinis stands tall and just guides it down to third man for a single.

Ends a brilliant first over with a top-class delivery. The big inswinging yorker, bowled from wider on the crease and tailing back in late at the toes. KL Rahul manages to jam it out towards mid on. Just one run and a wicket off the first over of the chase.

Lucknow are underway! Back of a good length and around off, seaming away this time, Marcus Stoinis plays it late and dabs it down to third man for a single.

Good length outside off stump and just tailing back a bit into the right-hander, Marcus Stoinis stays back and punches it square towards cover.

OUT! CHOPPED ON! Deepak Chahar with a wicket in the first over and Lucknow are rocked early here. Chahar just floats this one up on a nagging length outside off and gets it to shape away a bit. Quinton de Kock looks for the expansive drive but is playing a bit too far away from the body. The ball takes the inside edge and goes back onto the stumps and de Kock is distraught with his shot and departs for a duck.

Nice and full, wide of the off stump, Quinton de Kock goes for the flowing cover drive and hits it towards Ruturaj Gaikwad who gets a bad bounce and gets slightly hit on the finger.

Starts off on a good length, getting it to just shape back in from middle, Quinton de Kock tucks it straight to mid-wicket.