CSK had posted 187\/5, thanks to Kartik Sharma\u2019s career-best score of 71 in T20s and an unbeaten 32 from Shivam Dube. But Marsh and Josh Inglis set the tone right from the start via a 135-run opening stand. Marsh was scintillating in hitting nine fours and seven sixes at an astonishing strike rate of 236.84, before an unfortunate run out stopped him ten runs short of reaching a fantastic century.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After he, Inglis and Abdul Samad fell in quick succession, Pooran produced some emphatic hits to smash 32 off just 17 balls. He slammed one four and four maximums to help LSG reach with 20 balls to spare and dent CSK\u2019s playoffs hopes in a thumping fashion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Marsh ran after CSK\u2019s bowlers from the get go \u2013 hitting three boundaries as Mukesh Choudhary\u2019s opening over went for 15 runs. Inglis too joined in by getting a boundary off Anshul Kamboj and Spencer Johnson. The real carnage began when Marsh smashed Kamboj for four consecutive sixes and a four, as 28 runs came off the fifth over. By the end of the powerplay, LSG were cruising at 86\/0.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Marsh reached his fifty in just 21 balls by pulling Johnson for four and continued to dominate by hammering him and Noor Ahmad for towering sixes. Inglis played second fiddle by adding 36 off 32 balls before falling to Mukesh. On the very next ball, Marsh\u2019s dismissal came in unfortunate fashion - run out for 90 after a straight drive from Pooran deflected onto the stumps post a brush off Mukesh\u2019s hand at the non-striker\u2019s end.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
By then, Marsh\u2019s brutal knock had already broken CSK\u2019s spirit, though Johnson castled Samad later. Pooran, who had been quiet initially, exploded at the death. After Mukul Choudhary chipped in with handy boundaries, Pooran tore into Kamboj in the 17th over \u2013 smashing finish the game in style, as LSG sealed back-to-back home wins.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Marsh reached his fifty in just 21 balls by pulling Johnson for four and continued to dominate by hammering him and Noor Ahmad for towering sixes. Inglis played second fiddle by adding 36 off 32 balls before falling to Mukesh. On the very next ball, Marsh\u2019s dismissal came in unfortunate fashion - run out for 90 after a straight drive from Pooran deflected onto the stumps post a brush off Mukesh\u2019s hand at the non-striker\u2019s end.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Brief Scores: Chennai Super Kings 187\/5 in 20 overs (Kartik Sharma 71, Shivam Dube 32 not out; Akash Singh 3-26, Mohammed Shami 1-41) lost to Lucknow Super Giants 188\/3 in 16.4 overs (Mitchell Marsh 90, Josh Inglis 36; Mukesh Choudhary 1-24, Spencer Johnson 1-39) by seven wickets<\/p>\r\n\r\n