IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai

KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock’s 134-run opening stand powered the Lucknow Super Giants to a handsome eight-wicket win in the Indian Premier League in Lucknow on Friday.

Having opted to bowl first, some good bowling in the middle overs helped Lucknow restrict Chennai to 176/6 in their 20 overs.

Ravindra Jadeja hit an unbeaten 57 runs and was supported in the death overs by Moeen Ali (30 runs) and MS Dhoni (28 runs).

In response, captain Rahul and De Kock hit half-centuries on their way to putting up 134 runs off 90 runs for the opening stand. Though Chennai eventually got the wickets of both the Lucknow openers, the damage was already as Lucknow chased down the target with an over to spare.

With the win, Lucknow have climbed to fifth in the points table with eight points while Chennai stay third with eight points.

Turning point of the match

Ajinkya Rahane and Ruturaj Gaikwad had given Chennai a decent start in the first innings with the away side scoring at a rate of eight runs per over in the first eight overs.

However, Chennai’s innings was brought to a halt in the middle overs with the boundaries drying up as the Lucknow bowlers tightened the noose.

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