Urvil Patel's 13-ball fifty hands CSK a five-wicket win and knocks LSG out at Chepauk
Urvil Patel walked out at the bottom of the third over and walked off in the tenth, and in between he dragged Chennai Super Kings out of the chase that was supposed to break them. His 13-ball fifty at Chepauk equalled the IPL record and his 65 off 23 set up a five-wicket win that knocked Lucknow Super Giants out of the playoffs race.
CSK won the toss and bowled, and watched Josh Inglis tear into Akeal Hosein in the first over. The Australian opener got to fifty in 17 balls, the fastest IPL fifty Chepauk has seen, and finished with 85 off 33 with ten fours and six sixes before holing out to Sanju Samson off Jamie Overton. LSG were 91 for 1 at the end of the powerplay and looked set for 230 plus.
Overton and Noor Ahmad pull it back
Anshul Kamboj cleaned up Mitchell Marsh and Himmat Singh inside his four overs, Noor Ahmad strangled Nicholas Pooran for one off three, and Overton kept coming back. Akshat Raghuwanshi spent 18 balls for 18 to slow the middle phase, and Rishabh Pant was bowled for 15 off 12 trying to lift the rate. By the time Shahbaz Ahmed reached the crease, LSG were short of the platform Inglis had built. His unbeaten 43 off 25 with three fours and three sixes lifted the total to 203 for 8, and Overton finished with 3 for 36 and Kamboj with 2 for 47.
Urvil hits eight sixes in 23 balls
CSK lost a wicket inside the powerplay and were 45 for 1 in the fourth over when Urvil Patel arrived. He cleared the rope six times in his first eight balls, the first batter in IPL history to manage that, and reached fifty in 13 to match Yashasvi Jaiswal's three-year-old record. He fell for 65 off 23 caught at long-on by Avesh Khan off Shahbaz Ahmed, with two fours and eight sixes in his line. CSK were 126 for 2 in 9.2 overs, the chase already ahead of the asking rate.
Shahbaz Ahmed and Rathi keep LSG in it
Ruturaj Gaikwad held one end with 42 off 28 before Shahbaz bowled him, and Digvesh Rathi pulled out two key middle-order wickets to give the visitors a half chance. The asking rate climbed past nine when Sanju Samson fell for 28 off 14 to Rathi, and Kartik Sharma's measured 20 off 20 anchored the next stretch. Shivam Dube and Prashant Veer finished it off in the last over, with the winning runs coming with four balls to spare and CSK five wickets down.
What it means for the table
CSK move to 12 points from 11 matches and climb to fifth on net run rate, level with Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals on points and inside the playoff conversation with three games left. LSG stay on six points from 11 and drop out of mathematical contention, the second-worst net run rate in the league locked in at minus 0.907. Rishabh Pant's side ends in elimination on the same Chennai ground where his bowlers conceded a 17-ball fifty and a 13-ball fifty inside three hours.
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