LSG vs CSK: Watch - Moeen Ali Impresses MS Dhoni As He Completes A Wonderful Caught And Bowled To Send Back Karan Sharma

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) were asked to bat first by Chennai Super Kings (CSK). LSG got off to a terrible start as they lost 3 wickets and managed to score 31 runs in the power-play overs. The sly spinner Moeen Ali got the key wicket of Kyle Mayers. Moeen Ali showed good control over his line & length.

LSG’s batters were quite clueless against the spinners as the pitch unexpectedly turned out to be a rank-turner. Maheesh Theekshana in the 6th over got two crucial wickets of Manan Vohra & Krunal Pandya as he was getting ample help from the surface.

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Ravindra Jadeja was bowling the 7th over, Marcus Stoinis was quite keen on rotating the strike but on the 5th delivery, he bamboozled and thrashed his stumps and was dismissed on 6 runs in 4 balls. All of a sudden LSG were in a spot of bother at 34-4 in 6.5 overs.

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Skipper MS Dhoni made sure that the batters won’t rotate the strike on a consistent basis with his shrewd field placings. It was quite hard for the LSG batters to judge the bounce off the surface as the spinners were spot-on with their line & length.

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Moeen Ali gets rid of Karan Sharma

Moeen Ali was bowling the 9th over, Karan Sharma was getting a bit impatient as he hadn’t struck a boundary. On the 4th delivery of the over, Karan Sharma advanced down the track and tried to play a lofted shot but couldn’t time it properly and gave a catch to Moeen Ali, who grabbed it brilliantly, leaving MS Dhoni impressed.

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Karan Sharma was dismissed on 9 runs in 16 balls. Moeen Ali hasn’t given ample room to the batters. LSG’s score at 9.4 overs was 44-5 and would be aiming to play out the entire 20 overs as a total of around 130 can be challenging.

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LSG vs CSK: Watch – Moeen Ali Impresses MS Dhoni As He Completes A Wonderful Caught And Bowled To Send Back Karan Sharma