CSK vs LSG Ball by Ball Commentary

SIX! Shivam Dube finishes things off in style! CHENNAI SUPER KINGS WIN BY 5 WICKETS. Aiden Markram bowls this quicker and shorter, on middle. Dube picks up the length early and smacks it over the deep mid-wicket fence to wrap up the two points.

SIX! That should be the game for CSK now! Floated, full and around off, fails to keep it out of the arc of the batter. Shivam Dube gets right underneath it and smokes it over the wide long on fence for a biggie.

WIDE! And again! Aiden Markram fires this full but bowls outside the tramline. Make that 8 needed in 6 now.

WIDE! Flatter, full but way outside off, Shivam Dube lets it go. 9 needed in 6 now.

Another fuller one, on the pads, Shivam Dube glances it to deep fine leg for one more. 10 runs need in the final over.

Goes over the wicket, serves this full and on leg, Prashant Veer flicks it to deep square leg for one.

SIX! Well, Digvesh Singh will not be feeling so good now! Pitched up and on middle, angling in a bit. Prashant Veer clears his front leg away and tonks it over the wide long on fence for a biggie. 12 needed in 8 now.

Full again and on middle and leg, Shivam Dube fails to clip it away and the ball deflects off his pads towards backward point. A leg bye taken. There is also a shout for LBW, but it is turned down. However, Rishabh Pant takes the review. UltraEdge confirms no bat involved but Ball Tracking shows it is pitching outside leg. Not Out call remains.

WIDE! Fuller but down the leg side, Shivam Dube makes an easy leave.

Put down again! Butterfingers for LSG! Pitched up and on middle, angling in, Prashant Veer looks to slog it across the line but gets it from the inside half of the bat. He mistimes it in the air towards deep mid-wicket, where Nicholas Pooran runs forward and dives but grasses it. A single taken.

DROPPED! Digvesh Singh is the culprit again! A low full toss, outside off, Prashant Veer gets down and across for the scoop but does not get under it. He ends up lobbing it towards short fine, where Digvesh Singh takes a couple of steps to his left but spills it out.

Short again and around off, Prashant Veer crouches low to sway away from the line of it and steers it to deep third for one more. 21 needed in 12 now.

Right in the blockhole, outside off, Prashant Veer can only jam it out towards extra cover.

Bangs this into the pitch, outside off, Shivam Dube stays back and punches it through covers for a run.

Short of a length and around off, takes pace off, Prashant Veer tries to cut it but gets a bottom edge down to deep third for a single.

SIX! That will release a lot of pressure! Prince Yadav goes fuller but bowls this on the pads. Prashant Veer picks it up and just with the flick of the wrists, whips it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie. 24 needed in 16 now.

Dots are gold! Back of a length and around leg, Prashant Veer stays back and tries to pull it away but misses and gets hit on his left thigh.

Length and on middle, angling in again, Prashant Veer looks to flick but gets a slight inside edge onto his pads as the ball rolls towards short third. A leg bye taken. Avesh appeals for the LBW, but the umpire shakes his head.

Touch fuller and on middle, angling in, Prashant Veer stabs it down the pitch, where Avesh Khan collects it on the bounce.

WIDE! LSG cannot afford to give away extras! Avesh comes around the wicket, digs it into the surface but down the leg side, Prashant Veer leaves it alone.

Short of a length and on middle, Shivam Dube stays back and tucks it towards mid-wicket for another run.

Good length and on middle, nips back in, Shivam Dube pats it to the left of the bowler. With every dot ball, CSK will start to feel the pressure.

WIDE! A bouncer but way too high, outside leg, Shivam Dube lets it go.

Back of a length and around leg, Prashant Veer hooks it towards deep fine leg for a single.

OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE MAN IN THE DEEP! Once again, the strategic break brings in a wicket for the fielding side. Avesh Khan bangs this into the pitch, outside off, there to be hit. Kartik Sharma extends his arms and crunches his cut but does not keep it down and hits it straight towards deep point. Akshat Raghuwanshi, who is standing quite a few yards inside, does not have to move an inch and takes a fine reverse cup near his head.

OUT! CASTLED! Digvesh Singh finishes his spell with a wicket. He dishes out another googly, flights it up, full and on off, turns it in a shy bit. Dewald Brevis goes down and has a big swipe across the line but fails to pick it. The ball goes past the inside edge and shatters into the off pole. CSK 169/4 and LSG are trying their best to keep this game alive.

Wrong'un, pushed through quicker, turns in sharply, Dewald Brevis backs and just about stabs it out towards point.

Floated, full and on off, Kartik Sharma taps it towards cover fo a run.

Tossed up, full and around off, Kartik Sharma gets down to slog it away but gets an inside edge onto his pads as the ball goes nowhere.

Quicker and shorter, around leg, Dewald Brevis nudges it off his hips to deep square leg for a single.

Googly, short and turning into the batter, Dewald Brevis backs away and pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a brace.

Hard length and angling into the leg side, Dewald Brevis works it through mid-wicket for one more. 39 needed in 30 balls now!

Pitched up and on middle, Kartik Sharma drills it to long on for a single.

FOUR! Clever shot! Fuller one and on middle and off, Kartik Sharma goes down and across early and plays the scoop well wide of short fine for a boundary.

Two wides! Tries the quick bouncer now, on middle, but this is too high for the batter. Dewald Brevis looks to pull but misses. Rishabh Pant leaps up and gets a glove on it to make a half stop. A wide called and a bye taken.

Three dots! A deceptive slower bumper, on middle, Dewald Brevis sways away and tries to upper cut but misses.

A shout for a catch, but not given! The umpires still go upstairs to have a look. Prince Yadav nails the yorker, on middle, tailing in. Dewald Brevis digs it out off the inside half of the bat onto his pads. Yadav thinks it is straight off the boot and into his hands but replays clearly show that the ball hit the turf first.

Fuller and on off, Dewald Brevis drives it firmly but straight to short cover.

Massive shout for LBW, but turned down! This is another googly, full and on middle, drifts in a bit. Kartik Sharma uses his feet to work it across the line but misses and gets hit on the pads. Rishabh Pant is literally pleading with the umpire, but gets nothing. He takes the review here. The replay shows no bat involved but Ball Tracking has the ball missing the leg stump. LSG lose a review.

A touch fuller, wide outside off. Dewald Brevis goes deep inside the crease and cuts it toward the backward point region. Single taken.

Wrong'un, shortish and around leg, Dewald Brevis misses his flick and it brushes his pads on the way to the keeper.

Googly this time, much fuller and away from the off stump. Kartik Sharma frees his arms to drill it downtown, but the long on fielder moves toward his left and the batter gets a single.

Flatter, full and on leg, Dewald Brevis clips it through mid-wicket for a run.

Digvesh Singh starts with a shorter one, on middle. Kartik Sharma nudges it to mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Dewald Brevis is off the mark with some style! Much fuller from Shahbaz Ahamad, on middle. Dewald Brevis leans toward the delivery and uses his bottom hand to loft it over the bowler. The ball races away to downtown for four runs.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! Shahbaz Ahamad with a brillaint reply. He bowls this flatter, fuller and on middle, skids through a bit. Ruturaj Gaikwad anticipates a shorter length and rocks back to pull it away but the length is just not there for the shot. He plays all over it as the ball goes through and rattles the stumps behind him. CSK are 149/3, still needing 55 runs in 43 balls.

FOUR! Finds the gap! Tossed up, full and on off, Ruturaj Gaikwad goes down on one knee. He drags his sweep but nails it between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

Flat and fuller, around the pads of the batter. Kartik Sharma pushes it to long on and gets another single.

Shorter in length and outside off, Ruturaj Gaikwad cuts it away wide of point. The fielder puts in an excellent dive to his left to keep it down to just one.

Full-length delivery, just outside off. Kartik Sharma skips down the track and drives it to long off for a single.

Nearly! Shami bangs this into the pitch, outside off, slower too. Kartik Sharma stays back and cuts it but fails to keep it down. The fielder at backward point leaps up, gets fingertips on it but the ball does not stick in and goes behind. They cross.

Yorker, just outside off. Ruturaj Gaikwad covers the stumps and prods halfway to flick it before letting it pitch on the track. The ball rolls toward the mid-wicket region and the batter gets a single.

Hard length and on middle, Kartik Sharma stabs it out towards mid on for a run.

Good bouncer, on middle. Kartik Sharma stands tall but fails to connect the pull shot from the middle of his bat. The ball bounces off to the vacant square leg region. The batters calls for two and gets it as well. Good running between the sticks!

Short of a length and around off, takes pace off and gets some extra kick off the deck. Kartik Sharma hops up to cut it away but misses.

Mohammad Shami rejoins the attack and is ready to bowl his last over. He delivers fuller, on off, Ruturaj Gaikwad plants his front foot toward it and works it across the line to long on for a single.

Slower one, into the pitch, on middle, Ruturaj Gaikwad pulls it on the bounce to the right of deep square leg for one.

Bangs hard on the length, does Avesh, outside off. Ruturaj Gaikwad punches at it, but straight to the short extra cover fielder.

WIDE! Avesh Khan loses his shape while releasing the delivery and bowls way past the guideline on the off side. Ruturaj Gaikwad drops his stance and gets the bonus run.

Short of a length and on middle, Kartik Sharma rolls his wrists and pulls it through mid-wicket for another run.

On a length, angling down the leg side, Ruturaj Gaikwad tucks it to deep square leg for a single.

Good length and on off, Kartik Sharma pats it in front of cover for a quick single.

Avesh Khan returns into the attack and starts off with a high bumper, which is given as a wide. Avesh Khan is not looking happy and Lucknow Super Giants have challenged the decision. Short of a length, wide outside off. Kartik Sharma at first looks to have a shot at it, but ends up leaving it. The umpire calls the wide due to height. The reply shows that the delivery is legal as the ball is the same height as the height of the batter and not more than it. Super Giants retain their review and the on-field decision has been reversed.

Quicker one, flatter too and just a smidge fuller outside off. Kartik Sharma camps back and stabs the ball through point for a single. CSK are 131/2 after 10 overs.

Floated, much fuller, on off, Kartik Sharma prods and drives it neatly toward the left of the long off region for a couple of runs.

Fuller in length, sliding it into the pads, Gaikwad wrists it away through mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Full-length delivery, just outside off. Kartik Sharma lunges and pushes it toward the left of the bowler. Shahbaz Ahamad moves to his left but fails to stop it. Single taken.

OUT! CAUGHT! Shahbaz Ahamad does finally manage to bring the demise of Urvil Patel, but what a knock he's played here. And he's also put CSK well ahead in the game. Ahamad drags the length back and fires it wide outside the off stump. Patel reaches out and laces the flat-batted shot but hits it straight to the deep cover fielder. Avesh Khan hangs on to a fine low catch and Patel is unhappy with that shot. 78 needed now off 64 balls.

Slower through the air, pitching it fuller, around the pads of the batter. Ruturaj Gaikwad rolls his wrists and flicks it to the vacant mid-wicket region for a comfortable single.

Patel can't get that one away either and lets out a frustrated grunt. Back of a length and outside off, slightly slower. Patel tries to drag pull towards deep mid-wicket but gets an under edge that rolls behind the stumps.

On a length, on middle, Ruturaj Gaikwad tucks it to square leg for a single.

In the air... but dropped safely! Good-length delivery, slanting in, on middle. Urvil Patel looks to heave it across the line, but miscues the shot. The ball balloons and drops much short of the deep mid-wicket fielder. Single taken.

DROPPED! How's he managed to put that down? Prince Yadav continues with the short stuff and angles it into the batter. The ball comes in around shoulder height, an awkward height to deal with and Urvil Patel tries to take it on. He ends up splicing it towards the point region, where Digvesh Singh strolls to his right and almost starts celebrating before having a grasp on the ball. Digvesh ends up spilling the ball and it goes off his body behind. The batters get a couple of runs as well.

That's good pace and carry from Prince Yadav. Banged in halfway down the pitch, quick and outside off. Patel looks to hop up and uppercut but the ball flies past him.

Prince Yadav starts off with a slower bouncer, just outside off. Urvil Patel pulls it down to the right side of the bowler.

Slowed up, and floated wide outside off. Urvil Patel tries to fetch and pull but ends up dragging it across to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Fullish, middle, Ruturaj Gaikwad leans on the delivery and flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Dropped chance? Shahbaz Ahamad's reaction tells that there might have been a deflection, but these ones either stick or they don't. Quick and flat, outside off, turns away a bit. Ruturaj Gaikwad looks to play a late cut but edges it just to the right of the keeper. Rishabh Pant tries to pouch it but the ball deflects off the gloves to short third for a single.

Short outside off, Urvil Patel punches it with a cross-bat to the deep cover fielder for a single.

SIX! He's not done yet, he wants the fastest hundred as well, it seems. Shahbaz tries to go full and dart it into the legs but Urvil Patel is upto the challenge. Patel walks to the off side, getting inside the line and whips it over deep square leg for a biggie.

FOUR! Shahbaz Ahamad gets a warm greeting from Patel. Ahamad starts off with a short delivery, outside off, Urvil Patel opens his stance and slaps it over the extra cover fielder for four runs.

Joint fastest FIFTY in IPL history! Take a bow, Urvil Patel. He takes off his gloves and helmet and takes out a chit to celebrate what has been a real whirlwind of an innings so far. Short and pushed wide outside off, Patel stays upright and slaps it away to deep point for a single. 50 off just 13 balls, what a knock from Patel.

Slower yorker from Shami, on middle. Ruturaj Gaikwad does well to flick it to mid-wicket for a single.

Excellent running. Hard length, just outside off, Gaikwad lets the ball come on and dabs it through the vacant point region, collecting a couple of quick runs.

Just a single from this one! Back of a length, just outside off, Urvil Patel gets on his toes and opens the face of the bat to backward point for a single.

SIX! 48 off 11 now! Shami pitches the ball up on a fuller length and serves it right in the slot on middle. Urvil Patel clears the front leg and hammers it over long on for his seventh maximum of this innings.

First dot for Urvil Patel! Mohammad Shami scoots from over the wicket and bowls on a good length, outside off, takes pace off. Urvil Patel looks to heave at this one as well, across the line, but gets beaten on the inside edge as he goes through the shot way too early.

Just a single, but 25 runs come off this over as well, 50 off the last 2. Bowled from over the wicket and into the pitch. Patel swings across the line again but gets it off the inside half of the blade and down to deep mid-wicket for one. He's still on course to notch up a half century in just 11 balls, which would be a record. CSK are 97/1 at the end of the Powerplay.

SIX! This is unbelievable hitting. Patel is on 41 off 8 balls. Tossed up around middle, Patel stands tall and just tees off again, doesn't matter where the ball is pitching, he's just swinging for the fences and connecting every ball. This one is smoked over deep mid-wicket for a 98-meter biggie.

FOUR! Nearly six 6s in a row for Urvil Patel. Full and angled across the off stump, Patel throws the kitchen sink at it but ends up slicing it over cover-point for a boundary.

SIX! Best of the lot so far. Not all that full, angled into middle and leg. This time, Patel goes down on one knee and lays into the slog-sweep nailing it right off the middle of the bat and deep into the stands beyond the mid-wicket fence.

WIDE! That's well taken by the keeper. Very full and a long way down the leg side. Rishabh Pant springs to his left and pouches it well.

SIX! That's four now in the last four balls Urvil has faced. Nagging length, angled into the stumps, Urvil Patel tees off again, swinging across the line and he manages to tonk it wide of deep mid-wicket for a six.

Into the pitch and on off, Gaikwad taps it in front of covers and picks up a single.

SIX! A hat-trick of sixes to end the over, 25 off it, and Avesh Khan is left scratching his head. Khan goes fuller but serves it in the slot around off stump. Patel leans across and heaves across the line, smashing the ball over deep mid-wicket for yet another biggie.

SIX! That's been pummeled for another six. Short of a length, a nothing delivery really. Patel lines it up again, and flat-bats it wide of long on for another biggie.

SIX! Wow, that came out of nowhere. Just a regulation length ball over middle, Urvil Patel lines it up early and just swings for the fences. He gets a hold of it and the ball goes a long, long way over the deep mid-wicket fence.

Good length again, a smidge fuller and in the channel. Gaikwad plays it with soft hands, guiding it behind point for a run.

Better length from Avesh. Around the top of off, angling in, Gaikwad watchfully pushes it out.

SIX! Swung away and that's travelled the distance as well. Fractionally short on middle, slides on nicely. Ruturaj Gaikwad clubs the pull shot between long on and deep mid-wicket and picks up six runs. 50 UP FOR CSK!

Tap and run. Fullish length again, just outside off. Gaikwad leans on and bunts it into the off side for another quick single.

Fullish length on off, Patel punches it past the diving fielder at short cover and gets it to mid off for a quick single.

OUT! TIMBER! A deafening silence inside the Chepauk as Digvesh Singh gets his revenge on Sanju Samson. Smartly bowled by Digvesh as he slows it up and drags the length back a touch as well. This one lands on off and comes back in a bit and this time Sanju Samson looks to swing across the line. He is through his shot way too early and the ball goes on to smash into the middle stump. A breezy start for Sanju comes to an end as LSG get a huge wicket.

SIX! Mid off gets pushed back to long off but it doesn't matter. Tossed up, much fuller on off, no turn on offer. Sanju Samson backs away again and swings through the line of the ball, hitting it very high and long over long off for a biggie.

FOUR! Forced over the infield. Good length, around the top of off and middle, Samson gets leg side of the ball and hits through the line, getting it over mid off for a boundary.

The three-quarter length, on off and darts back in. Samson blocks it off.

FOUR! Banged away! Dug in a bit short and over off and middle, sits up for the batter. Gaikwad presses back and smacks the pull well in front of square on the leg side and picks up a boundary.

Fullish length on midle and leg, clipped away to mid-wicket.

Full and outside off, Samson backs away to go over the off side but has to reach for it and slices it down to deep third for one.

FOUR! Wonderful hands from Sanju Samson. Good length again, outside off, no foot movement from Samson, and he just extends the arms strokes it over extra cover for a boundary.

Oh, that's not far away from the stumps. Length ball, nips back in a bit as well. Samson looks to the big heave leg side but misses and the ball just goes a shade over the middle stump.

On a good length and around the pads, nudged away straight to the square leg fielder.

Fuller in length, wider of the off stump as well. This is driven off the inner half of the blade towards the cover fielder. 15 off the over and CSK are off to a flier.

Good length around off, shapes away a bit, patted back to the bowler by Gaikwad.

SIX! Swivel and pull, the whistles are unstoppable from the home crowd now. Dug in short and at the batter, Gaikwad picks the length early, gets inside the line and hammers the pull over fine leg for a six.

Easy two. Fuller than a good length, jags back in towards middle stump. Gaikwad tucks it away wide of mid-wicket and jogs back for the second run.

Hard length, too straight again, tucked off the hips and behind square leg for a single.

SIX! Dispatched into the stands. A loosener from begin with from Yadav, shorter and around the hips. Sanju Samson swivels and pulls it high and handsome over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

Single to end and 11 runs come off the first over of the chase. Shorter and outside off, hit away with the swing and to the left of deep backward point for a run.

The inswinger now from Shami, full and attacking the stumps. Gaikwad does well to clip it away to mid on and picks up a single.

FOUR! That's class from Ruturaj Gaikwad. A tad fuller now, swinging away but there's some width on offer as well. Gaikwad stays back and waits well before reaching out and cutting it hard between point and cover-point for a boundary.

A misfield now and Samson picks up the single. Hard length outside off, Sanju stands tall and taps it firmly to the point fielder, who fumbles and allows the single.

FOUR! That's a poor line from Shami and Samson is away with a boundary. Just back of a length, straying onto the pads, Samson gets inside the line and helps it on its way down to fine leg for the first boundary of the chase.

A bit of shape first up for Shami. Good-length delivery, in the channel and shaping away. Sanju Samson hangs back to punch it away but jams it into the off side.