LSG vs CSK Ball by Ball Commentary

FOUR! Shivam Dube with the winning runs for CSK! The Super Kings finally manage to end their losing streak! Angling across, full in length, Dube stays leg side of the ball and carves it with an angled bat face. Hits it aerially but wide of cover for a boundary. CSK win by 5 wickets with 3 balls to spare!

Gets the yorker right in, on off, MS Dhoni squeezes it out in front of cover and crosses over.

Begins with a wide yorker, Dube hits it along the ground to deep point for a single.

FOUR! Full toss and that has been dispatched! Thakur misses his mark and serves a juicy full toss, outside off, MSD picks it up nicely and swats it over mid-wicket. The ball bounces just in front of the boundary cushions. The 50-run stand comes up. 19 runs off the penultimate over. Just 5 needed in the final over for CSK.

Wide yorker on off, Dube steers it towards deep backward point for a single.

Gets the ball to sneak inside the tramline this time, very full, Dube jams it out back towards Thakur who makes a sharp stop to his right.

Wide! Sprayed beyond the tramline on off. Dube lets it be.

DROPPED! Straight in and straight out! Ravi Bishnoi shells it. Wide on off, on a length, MS Dhoni smashes it hard and flat towards extra cover. Ravi Bishnoi standing on the edge of the ring, tries to take a reverse-cup catch over his head but fails to cling on as the ball pops out of his grasp. A single taken.

Full and outside off, drilled down to long of for a single.

NO BALL AND SIX! Oh, dear! Shardul Thakur gets it all wrong! The ball slips from Thakur's hand and it is an above-waist full toss, outside off, Dube reaches out and slaps it over deep backward point for a biggie. Free Hit coming up. 11 runs off one legal ball.

FOUR! The over starts well for CSK! Gets the ball very full, wide on off, Shivam Dube gets his bat down and opens the face of the bat. Glides to the left of short third for a boundary.

Good effort in the deep! A wide yorker, outside off, Shivam throws his hands at the delivery. Gets an outside edge that races past Digvesh Singh at short third. Ravi Bishnoi puts in a good sprint at deep backward point and slides to cut it off. Just a single. 24 needed off 12 balls.

A couple of valuable dots for LSG! Angling across the left-hander, very full, outside off, Dube tries to squeeze it out but misses.

Executes the yorker, on off, Dube thrashes it back towards the bowler. Avesh Khan sticks out his left hand to make the stop. Seems to have injured himself in the process. The physio is out to tend to him.

In the slot, outside off, MS Dhoni stays leg side of the ball and thumps it to the left of long off. David Miller is quick across the turf and collects it on the bounce. Keeps the batters down to just a single. 6 runs off the over so far.

FOUR! Streaky! Avesh serves it full and outside off, MSD swings hard as he looks to go back over the bowler's head. Gets an outside edge that flies between the keeper and short third for a boundary. 26 needed off 16 for CSK.

Nails the wide yorker, around off, Shivam steers it to deep backward point for a single.

SIX! One hand comes off the bat but it still sails over the fence! An off-pace delivery, on off, on a length, MSD swings across the line a bit early. Drags it off the inner half of the bat but clears the deep square leg fence for a flat six. 13 runs off the over.

Manages to sneak the full ball inside the tramline this time, MS Dhoni can only jam it out back to Thakur.

Wide! And again! Slips a full ball outside the wide guideline on the off side. Left alone by Dhoni.

Wide! Thakur tries to keep it away from the batter but sprays it beyond the tramline. MSD lets it be.

Another full toss but it only goes for a single! Full toss, outside off, Dube smashes it towards extra cover where the fielder cuts it off with a dive to his left.

Dube will feel that he missed out there! Thakur misses his yorker and ends up serving a low full toss, outside off, Dube swings for the hills but does not connect.

FOUR! Slammed! Thakur looks for the wide yorker but misses his mark by a bit. Dube reaches out and nails the drive all along the ground to the left of cover for a boundary.

Pushes a full ball across the left-hander from over the wicket, near the tramline, Dube digs it out to cover.

FOUR! Edged away! Fuller in length, on off, MS Dhoni leans forward and jabs at the delivery with a straight bat. Gets an outside edge that races wide of deep third for four more. Good finish to the over for CSK. 12 runs off the over. Chennai Super Kings need 44 runs in 24 balls.

FOUR! Smashed! On a back of a length, outside off, Dhoni hangs back and gets on top of the bounce. Slaps it along the ground to the left of mid off for a boundary.

Beaten! At 138.3 kph, on a good length, outside off, MS has a waft at the delivery and gets beaten on the outside edge.

In the slot, on off, Dube swings a bit too hard and loses his shape. Slices it over backward point for just a single.

Angling into the pads, on a length, glanced down to deep fine leg for a single by MSD to get off the mark.

Very full, on off, Shivam jams it out towards mid off for a single.

Wide! A wayward delivery by Avesh, low full toss, landing outside the cut strip on the off side. Given as wide since the ball landed beyond the stumps.

OUT! TAKEN! Digvesh Singh strikes with his final ball of the night! Nicely tossed up by Singh, enticting the batter into the big shot. It is the googly and Vijay Shankar spots the ball above his eyeline. He cannot resist himself and swings to go downtown. The ball spins away to catch the outer half of the bat and balloons towards short third where Avesh Khan moves to his right and slides to take a safe catch. Excellent over from Singh. 2 runs and a wicket off it. CSK are now 111/5, needing 56 runs off 36 balls.

Short and on off, Dube punches it to long on for a run.

Big swing and a miss! Looped up, googly, outside off, Shivam Dube clears his front leg and swings to go back over the bowler's head but misses. Rishabh Pant is quick to take the bails off but Dube has his back leg grounded inside the crease.

Slows it down even more, it is the googly, short and on off, Shivam plays it with the turn to cover.

Serves the googly, slower and shorter, landing outside the leg stump, Dube hangs back and stabs it down.

Slanting into the pads, on a length, Shankar clips it to the left of short fine leg for a single.

Slower through the air, a touch fuller on off, Dube defends it off the front foot. Dot ball.

Slower through the air, on off, Shankar drives it to long on for a single.

Slows it down from around the wicket, on middle, Shivam Dube eases it wide of cover for one more.

Fired in, full and on the pads, Shankar clips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Short and on off, Dube goes back and pushes it to long off for a run.

Short on off, Shankar pushes it into the off side to the left of short cover and sets off for a quick single.

A stifled appeal for LBW but turned down! A touch shorter on middle, Shankar looks to work it into the leg side, but gets pinged on the front pad as the ball goes into the leg side. Keeper runs behind the ball, as the batters cross over. Leg bye taken. Bishnoi has convinced Pant to go for the review here. The Ball Tracking comes up as the umpire's call with the ball clipping the leg stump. The on-field decision is upheld.

Full sliding down leg, Shankar looks to play the sweep, can't connect, and the keeper does well to collect it. Wide given.

Short and quick on the off stump, Dube punches it off the back foot to deep extra cover for a single.

Tossed up, just outside off, again inviting Shankar to go for the big one, Shankar thumps it to the left of long off who cuts it off on two bounces. Single taken.

FOUR! OH, HELLO! Tossed up, on off, Shankar leans on the front foot and lofts this one inside out over cover region for a one bounce boundary.

OUT! TAKEN! Ravindra Jadeja holes out! Tossed up on off, inviting Jadeja to go for the big one, Jadeja accepts the offer and looks to go over long on. He doesn't manage to get the elevation and hits it flat towards long on where Aiden Markram times the jump to perfection and takes it over his head.

Quick, full and sliding down leg, Jadeja looks to play the sweep, but can't connect. Keeper does well to collect the ball down leg. Wide given.

A touch fuller, outside off, Jadeja steers it to short third man. Dot ball.

Full on middle, Dube pushes it off the front foot, back to the bowler. Dot ball to end the over.

Tossed up on off stump, Jadeja drives it along the ground to long on for a single.

A touch fuller and outside off, Dube drives it off the back foot to deep extra cover for a single.

Slower through the air, shorter in length, Dube pushes it back to the bowler.

SIX! SHORT AND PULLED INTO THE STANDS! Short and just outside off, enough for Dube to free his arms, as he pulls this one over deep mid-wicket for a big six.

A touch fuller on off, Dube cuts it off the back foot to the point fielder. Dot ball to start.

Drops it short, on middle, pulled through mid-wicket for a single.

Looped up and it is the googly, Dube hacks it back over the bowler's head. Aiden Markram gets around to his right at long on and relays it quickly to Nicholas Pooran to his right who mops it up. Pooran fires it in at the bowling end, and Bishnoi gets up to the stumps there, but he fails to collect. Jadeja would have been found short had the throw been collected cleanly.

Going across, on off, Dube stabs it down on the off side.

Short and outside off, RJ cuts it wide of cover for a single.

Floated up, around off, Dube pushes it wide of cover for a single.

Shorter length googly, just outside off, Jadeja punches it off the back foot to the left of long on for a single. Oh, Jadeja was looking for a non-existent second, but Dube was quick to say no, and Jadeja gets back in time.

A touch short on off, Jadeja plays the short arm jab towards deep mid-wicket, all along the ground for a single.

Flatter and quicker on off, Dube goes for the cut shot and gets his bat down just in time, as he gets an under edge on that one. The ball goes towards short third man. The batters take a single.

Tossed up off break, just outside off, Jadeja flicks it off the back foot to deep square leg for a single.

Short and outside off, Dube punches it along the ground to long off for a single.

Short on middle, Jadeja tucks it along the ground to deep mid-wicket for a single.

A touch fuller, on the leg stump, Jadjea goes on the back foot, as he looks to work it into the leg side, but the ball isn't short enough and it hits his back leg. A bit of an appeal from the bowling side, but that seemed to be going down leg.

Full, well outside off, Dube leans into the drive and plays it to short cover. Dot ball. Superb over, that!

OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Ravi Bishnoi has his man. CSK lose both set batters in a span of 6 balls. Full on middle, Rahul Tripathi plays the straight drive, in the air back towards the bowler. Bishnoi gets down on his knees and takes a good low catch to his right. Perhaps Tripathi got deceived in the flight there. Abdul Samad will be a relieved man, having dropped Rahul when he was on 5. CSK are now 76/3, needing 91 runs from 67 balls.

Fuller just outside off, Jadeja pushes it off the front foot to long on for a single.

Fuller just outside off, Jadeja drives it off the front foot to short cover. Dot ball.

Shorter in length on middle-leg, Tripathi tucks it off the back foot, along the ground to square leg for a single.

Full on off, Tripathi drives it along the ground to short cover. He had middled it but unfortunately he hit it straight to short cover.

OUT! APPEAL FOR LBW AND GIVEN! The move to turn to Aiden Markram has worked like a charm for the Super Giants. Slower through the air, a touch fuller in length, Rachin goes for the sweep and misses it. The ball hits the back leg. Massive appeal from the bowler, and the keeper and the umpire raises his finger. Rachin consults his partner and goes for the review. This looks plumb unless Rachin has got some bat on it. Flat line on UltraEdge as the ball passes the bat. The Ball Tracking shows that the ball is pitching in line, the impact is in line and the ball is hitting the off stump. CSK lose the review as well as their second wicket.

Shorter on leg, Rachin rocks back and plays the pull, which lands just short of the fielder at long on. Perhaps the ball was not short enough to play the pull shot. Ayush Badoni almost overruns it but does well to make the stop. Two runs taken.

Shorter and slower on middle, Tripathi pulls it along the ground to deep square leg for a single.

Quick, short, on off, Rachin punches it down the ground to long on for a single.

Short and outside off, Rachin is quick to go on the back foot and pull it between long on and deep mid-wicket, along the ground. Two runs taken.

Shorter in length on leg, Tripathi works it off the back foot to deep square leg for a single.

Slower and shorter, just outside off, Rachin cuts it off the back foot to the left of deep extra cover for two runs to end the over.

Very full outside off, Rachin goes for the sweep shot and misses it.

Full on off, Rachin defends it off the front foot to short cover.

DROPPED! Abdul Samad has dropped it after doing all the hard work! Slower through the air around off, deceiving Tripathi into the flight, as he goes for a lofted hit over long off and skies it. Samad runs in front from long off to take it, covering a bit of ground and gets to the ball but eventually drops the catch. A single taken.

A touch fuller, just outside off, Rachin rocks back and cuts it to deep point for a single.

FOUR! Powered away! Short and just outside off, Rachin rocks back and flat bats it down the ground, past the bowler. The ball races away to the boundary.

Looped up, full and on middle, Rachin Ravindra knocks it to mid on for one. Chennai Super Kings are 59/1 at the end of the Powerplay!

Flighted full and around off, Rahul Tripathi paddles it through backward square leg for a run.

Slows it up, full and on middle, turns away, Rahul Tripathi blocks it out to the off side.

FOUR! Rahul Tripathi gets going in his 100th IPL game! Floated, full and on middle, Tripathi goes down on one knee and sweeps it behind square on the leg side for a boundary.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Rachin Ravindra swipes it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

A googly, short and on off, turns away, Rachin Ravindra looks to cut but misses.

Hits the length hard, on middle, angling in, Rahul Tripathi keeps it out on the pitch.

OUT! TAKEN! Avesh Khan gets the first breakthrough for LSG! He takes the pace off, back of a length and outside off. Shaik Rasheed looks to heave it across the line but has to drag it a bit and also goes through the shot early. The ball takes the toe-end of the bat and goes high up in the air. Nicholas Pooran, at mid-wicket, settles under it and takes a nice catch. Rasheed departs after an impressive 27 off 19 on his IPL debut.

Right in the blockhole, on middle, angling in, Shaik Rasheed jams it out to mid-wicket.

Pitched up and on middle, Rachin Ravindra bunts it on the pitch and over the bowler's head for a single.

On a length and on off, Rachin Ravindra steers it past point for a brace. 50 up for CSK in no time!

FOUR! Up and over! Fuller and outside off, Rachin Ravindra throws the kitchen sink at it and slices it over point for a bodunary.

FOUR! Spoils the over a bit! Digvesh Singh drags his length back again, on middle and leg. Shaik Rasheed stays back and flicks it away nicely through square leg for a boundary.

Goes short again, on middle, Shaik Rasheed clips it to short fine.

Quicker, full and angling into leg, Shaik Rasheed backs away to flick it but misses and gets hit on the pads.

Fires one full but down the leg again, Shaik Rasheed looks to swipe it away but misses. Wided.

Flighted, full and on off, Shaik Rasheed drills it to covers.

Floated, full and on middle, Rachin Ravindra taps it to covers for a quick run.

Short and on middle, Shaik Rasheed nudges it through mid-wicket for a single.

Flatter, full but way down the leg side, Shaik Rasheed leaves it alone. Wided.

FOUR! Glorious shot! Much fuller and around off, Rachin Ravindra strides out a bit and caresses it through extra cover for four more runs. We have been treated to some sublime stroke play from the CSK openers.

Pitched up and on middle, Shaik Rasheed clips it to deep square leg for a single.

FOUR! No luck, pure class on this one! Touch fuller and on middle and leg. Shaik Rasheed gets forward a bit and whips it away with fine timing over and wide of mid on for another boundary.

FOUR! Streaky but he won't mind that! Good length and just around off, straightens a bit. Shaik Rasheed looks to work it away but gets a leading edge. The ball goes in the air but wide of point for a boundary

Fuller and on off, Shaik Rasheed pushes it to short covers.

On a length and angling into leg, Rachin Ravindra knocks it to long on for a single.

FOUR! Stand and deliver! Short of a length and around middle again. Shaik Rasheed stands tall, gets on top of it and pulls it away superbly to the deep mid-wicket fence for four more runs. 13 runs off the over!

FOUR! Uppish but safe! Pitched up and on middle, Shaik Rasheed presents the full face of the bat but his bat turns a bit upon contact with the ball. The ball goes aerially past the bowler and wide of mid on for another boundary.

Hard length and angling in, Shaik Rasheed looks to work it away but misses and gets hit on the pads as the ball rolls to the leg side. He wants the run but is sent back and rightly so.

FOUR! Excellent shot! Fuller one and on middle, angling in a bit. Shaik Rasheed gets his front foot in line with the ball and, with a high elbow, flicks it beautifully through mid-wicket for his first boundary in IPL.

BEAUTY! Good length and in that channel outside off, shapes away a touch. Shaik Rasheed looks to play at it but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Akash Deep begins with a full delivery, on middle, angling in. Rachin Ravindra drives it down the pitch. Deep gets his right hand on it to make a half-stop as the ball goes over him. A single is taken.

Pitched up and on off, Shaik Rasheed drives it well but straight to mid off. 10 runs off the first over!

A low full toss, on middle, Rachin Ravindra drills it down the pitch. Shardul Thakur gets a hand to it on his follow-through but only to parry it towards long on. They cross.

FOUR! TWO IN TWO! Fuller again and shaping into the pads this time. Rachin Ravindra brings his wrists into play and flicks it away with excellent timing through square leg for another boundary.

FOUR! Gets off the mark in style! Fuller one and just outside off, Rachin Ravindra leans on to his drive nicely and creams it through covers for a boundary.

First runs in IPL for Shaik Rasheed! On a length and on off, Shaik Rasheed taps it in front of covers for a quick single. CSK are underway in the chase!

Shardul Thakur starts with a full delivery, on off, Shaik Rasheed strides out and drives it to mid off.