CSK vs LSG, IPL 2023 Highlights: Chennai Super Kings beat Lucknow Super Giants by 12 runs

Moeen Ali has been named the player of the match for his contribution with the bat and for picking 4/26 with the ball. 

Chennai Super Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 12 runs. 

Lucknow Super Giants need 28 runs off the last six balls. LSg 191/6 in 19 overs. 

Nicolas Pooran fails to convert his quickfire innings as Tushar Deshpande wraps him up with Ben Stokes taking a clean catch on the boundary.

Lucknow Super Giants need 34 runs off 10 balls to win the game against Chennai Super Kings. However, the MS Dhoni-led side is still in command.   

Moeen Ali dismisses the dangerous Marcus Stoinis as he claims his fourth scalp.

Krunal Pandya has been dismissed by Moeen Ali for 9 off 9 balls. Lucknow are 105/4 in 10 overs. 

Deepak Hooda and KL Rahul have been dismissed by Mitchell Santner and Moeen Ali respectively. Lucknow are 82/3 in 7.2 overs. 

Moeen Ali has dismissed Kyle Mayers for 53 off 22 balls. Lucknow are 79/1 in 5.3 overs.

Kyle Mayers scored his second consecutive fifty for Lucknow Super Giants. He and KL Rahul provided a solid start to LSG. Lucknow are 78/0 in 5.1 overs. 

Kyle Mayers opened the batting for Lucknow Super Giants with KL Rahul. Deepak Chahar took the new ball for Chennai. 

Riding on Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway's opening partnership CSK have managed to post 217 runs on the board.

Mark Wood finally has his man as MS Dhoni returns after a quickfire 3 ball 12.

Ravindra Jadeja could only manage three runs before getting out.

MS Dhoni welcomes Mark Wood with back-to-back sixes. 

Ambati Rayudu hits a four as CSK have reached 200.

Ben Stokes fails again as he became a victim of Avesh Khan

Shivam Dube failed to read a Ravi Bishnoi googly and top-edged to the third man and mark wood had a comfortable catch.

Moeen Ali tried to step out but a Ravi Bishnoi googly turned and Nicolas Pooran had an easy stumping.

Mark Wood dismissed Devon Conway for 47 off 29 balls. Krunal Pandya took a brilliant catch near the boundary rope. CSK 118/2 in 10.2 overs.

Ruturaj Gaikwad has been dismissed by Ravi Bishnoi for 57 off 31 balls. Bishnoi removed Gaikwad off his very first delivery. CSK 110/1 in 9.1 overs. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway forge 100-run opening partnership for Chennai. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad scored his second consecutive half-century against Lucknow Super Giants at Chepauk. Chennai 88/0 in 7.2 overs. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad (46) and Devon Conway (23) scored 79 runs between them in the powerplay. Chennai on top. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad smashed three sixes off Krishnappa Gowtham's over. Chennai Super Kings 60/0 in 5 overs. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad played a beautiful cover drive to hit his first boundary of the match, which came in the 3rd over bowled by Kyle Mayers. CSK 33/0 in 3 overs.

Devon Conway smashed two back-to-back boundaries in the second over bowled by Avesh Khan. Chennai are 23/0 in 2 overs.

Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad opened the batting for Chennai Super Kings. Kyle Mayers took the new ball for Lucknow.  

Lucknow Super Giants win the toss in Chennai and has opted to bowl first 

Chennai Super Kings: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Krishnappa Gautam, Mark Wood, Yash Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan

Chennai Super Kings: Ajinkya Rahane, Tushar Deshpande, Dwaine Pretorius, S Senapati, S Rasheed 

Lucknow Super Giants Ayush Badoni, Daniel Sams, P Mankad, J Unadkat, Amit Mishra

The toss of the Chennai Super Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants match is about to begin in less than 10 minutes in Chennai. 

Lucknow Super Giants: Daniel Sams, K Gowtham, P Mankad, Amit Mishra, Y Thakur

Predicted Starting XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c, wk), Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar

Substitutes: Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed

Toss to take place at 7 PM between Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants in Chennai 

Chennai Super Kings: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c and wk), Ambati Rayudu. Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Krunal Pandya, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Jaydev Unadkat, Ravi Bishnoi, Mark Wood, Avesh Khan

The Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants match will see many players to watch out for as fans will be eyeing the performances of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Kyle Mayers, Mark Wood, and Rajvardhan Hangargekar's performance in the match. 

Till now Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Kings have faced each other once in IPL 2022 and it was LSG who emerged victorious in the one and only clash. 

Chennai Super Kings eye first win of IPL 2023 at Chepauk against Lucknow Super Giants. 

Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni will be playing his first match at the Chepauk Stadium since 2019. Chennai is set to welcome its 'Thala' back to Chepauk. 

A look at the team squads ahead of the Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings clash.

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma.

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Manan Vohra, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Karan Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Romario Shepherd, Daniel Sams, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Yudhvir Charak, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq.

The weather in Chennai is expected to be clear and the temperature throughout the day will be around 33-degree celsius. There is no rain expected in the match. 

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Chennai Super Kings will take on Lucknow Super Giants at the M.A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai in the sixth match of the IPL 2023. 

Chennai Super Kings will be returning to the Chepauk ground after a gap of almost three years and beating them at home will be tough task for Lucknow Super Giants. 

Lucknow Super Giants will be pumped up with the convincing win over Delhi Capitals and will walk with a lot of confidence into the match. 

The bowling will be the reason for the Chennai Super Kings to worry as it was the main reason behind their loss against Gujarat Titans.