Lucknow, 15 May. Such an incident was seen for the second consecutive day in the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL-19) 2026, when the teams that were out of the playoff race dealt a blow to the hopes of the teams that are trying to enter the knockout round. In this sequence, while 24 hours ago Mumbai Indians had snatched two points from Punjab Kings, on Friday, opener Mitchell Marsh (90 runs, 38 balls, seven sixes, nine fours) emerged as a storm for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), in front of whom five-time former champion Chennai Super Kings (CSK) collapsed by seven wickets with 20 balls remaining.

Akash gave the initial shock, Karthik’s explosive fifty took CSK to 187 runs.

Super Giants, who were forced to bat first at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, got support from Bharatpur’s young batsman Karthik Sharma (71 runs, 42 balls, five sixes, six fours) after the initial setbacks from Bharatpur (Rajasthan)’s young left-arm pacer Akash Singh (3-26). Along with Karthik, who scored an explosive half-century, there were aggressive innings by Dewald Brevis (25 runs, 16 balls, two sixes) and Shivam Dubey (32 not out, 16 balls, two sixes, three fours), with the help of which the team was successful in reaching a respectable score of 187 runs for five wickets.

With the help of Marsh, English and Puran, Lucknow achieved the target in 20 balls.

In the counter action, ‘Player of the Match’ Marsh created such havoc with the bat that the opposition bowlers were stunned. Apart from Marsh, Josh Inglis (36 runs, 32 balls, one six, three fours) and finally Nicholas Pooran (32 not out, 17 balls, four sixes, one four) also showed aggressive style and Lucknow achieved a huge victory by scoring 188 runs for three wickets in 16.4 overs.

CSK slipped to sixth place after sixth defeat

The most painful aspect for the Super Kings, who suffered their first defeat after three consecutive wins and sixth defeat in a total of 12 matches, was that their net run rate dropped significantly and despite 12 points, they slipped to the sixth position after losing the fifth position to Rajasthan Royals (RR). Now, to keep the playoff hopes alive, it will have to defeat the two leading teams – Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH, 14 points) and Gujarat Titans (GT, 16 points) in the remaining two matches.

On the other hand, LSG is slipping to 10th and last position with the help of eight points from its fourth win in 12 matches. Now it will be interesting to see whether he is successful in hurting Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) in his remaining two matches or not.

135 runs were scored in 70 balls between Marsh and English.

If we look at the match, the stormy start of Marsh and English in front of a challenging target on a relatively difficult pitch gave a tough start to the guests and the path became easier for the hosts. During the explosive partnership of 135 runs between the two in just 70 balls, out of the 86 runs scored in the powerplay, 56 runs were scored by Marsh alone.

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Although Mukesh Chaudhary (1-24) broke the dangerous partnership by returning English in the 12th over, Marsh was also run out on the very next ball, while in the next over, Abdul Samad (seven runs, three balls, one six) became the victim of debutant Spencer Johanson (1-39).

Puran ensured victory by hitting 4 consecutive sixes on Kamboj.

But Puran showed his fierce form. He along with Mukul Chaudhary (13 not out, 10 balls, two fours) scored unbroken 44 runs in 20 balls and put the final seal on the team’s impressive victory by hitting sixes on the first four balls of Anshul Kamboj in the 17th over. Amidst this blow, an unwanted record was also added to the name of Kamboj (2.4-0-63-0), who became the most expensive bowler to bowl at least two overs in IPL history with an average of 23.6.

In front of Akash, 3 top batsmen including Sanju returned within 52 runs.

Earlier, Chennai Super Kings had a very bad start, when Akash took wickets in his consecutive overs and the top three batsmen in the form of captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (13 runs, nine balls, two fours), Sanju Samson (20 runs, 20 balls, three fours) and Urvil Patel (six runs, seven balls, one four) were out for 52 runs in the first 7.2 overs (3-52). In this sequence, only 36 runs could be added during the powerplay.

Karthik along with Brevis scored 70 runs in 44 balls.

After this, 20 year old young batsman Karthik Sharma took the responsibility. He made a partnership of 70 runs in 44 balls for the fourth wicket with Dewald Brevis. Mo. Shami (1-41) broke the partnership by dismissing Brevis in the 15th over, while Shahbaz Ahmed (1-45) stopped Karthik in the next over. But in the end, Shivam Dubey along with Prashant Veer (13 not out, 10 balls, one four) scored 45 runs in 24 balls and took the team to the score of 187. However, this score proved insufficient in Marsh’s storm.

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