Shahbaz Ahamad to Urvil Patel, Short outside off, Urvil Patel punches it with a cross-bat to the deep cover fielder for a single.
Shahbaz Ahamad to Urvil Patel, SIX! He's not done yet, he wants the fastest hundred as well, it seems. Shahbaz tries to go full and dart it into the legs but Urvil Patel is upto the challenge. Patel walks to the off side, getting inside the line and whips it over deep square leg for a biggie.
Shahbaz Ahamad comes into the attack now.
Shahbaz Ahamad to Urvil Patel, FOUR! Shahbaz Ahamad gets a warm greeting from Patel. Ahamad starts off with a short delivery, outside off, Urvil Patel opens his stance and slaps it over the extra cover fielder for four runs.
Mohammad Shami to Urvil Patel, Joint fastest FIFTY in IPL history! Take a bow, Urvil Patel. He takes off his gloves and helmet and takes out a chit to celebrate what has been a real whirlwind of an innings so far. Short and pushed wide outside off, Patel stays upright and slaps it away to deep point for a single. 50 off just 13 balls, what a knock from Patel.
Mohammad Shami to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Slower yorker from Shami, on middle. Ruturaj Gaikwad does well to flick it to mid-wicket for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Excellent running. Hard length, just outside off, Gaikwad lets the ball come on and dabs it through the vacant point region, collecting a couple of quick runs.
Mohammad Shami to Urvil Patel, Just a single from this one! Back of a length, just outside off, Urvil Patel gets on his toes and opens the face of the bat to backward point for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Urvil Patel, SIX! 48 off 11 now! Shami pitches the ball up on a fuller length and serves it right in the slot on middle. Urvil Patel clears the front leg and hammers it over long on for his seventh maximum of this innings.
Mohammad Shami to Urvil Patel, First dot for Urvil Patel! Mohammad Shami scoots from over the wicket and bowls on a good length, outside off, takes pace off. Urvil Patel looks to heave at this one as well, across the line, but gets beaten on the inside edge as he goes through the shot way too early.
Strategic Break! Lucknow Super Giants needed this breather. Well, we said the same about CSK in the first innings, and the game started to turn right after it. Urvil Patel is hitting sixes for fun, already smashing 6 in the 9 balls he has faced, and that has put Chennai ahead of Lucknow at this stage, and they are surging in this chase. However, LSG will be hoping that they can repeat what the hosts did and pull things back in the middle overs, but they will have to keep chipping in with the wickets to have any chance in this game. Also, Mohammad Shami to bowl after the break.
Digvesh Singh to Urvil Patel, Just a single, but 25 runs come off this over as well, 50 off the last 2. Bowled from over the wicket and into the pitch. Patel swings across the line again but gets it off the inside half of the blade and down to deep mid-wicket for one. He's still on course to notch up a half century in just 11 balls, which would be a record. CSK are 97/1 at the end of the Powerplay.
Digvesh Singh to Urvil Patel, SIX! This is unbelievable hitting. Patel is on 41 off 8 balls. Tossed up around middle, Patel stands tall and just tees off again, doesn't matter where the ball is pitching, he's just swinging for the fences and connecting every ball. This one is smoked over deep mid-wicket for a 98-meter biggie.
Digvesh Singh to Urvil Patel, FOUR! Nearly six 6s in a row for Urvil Patel. Full and angled across the off stump, Patel throws the kitchen sink at it but ends up slicing it over cover-point for a boundary.
Digvesh Singh to Urvil Patel, SIX! Best of the lot so far. Not all that full, angled into middle and leg. This time, Patel goes down on one knee and lays into the slog-sweep nailing it right off the middle of the bat and deep into the stands beyond the mid-wicket fence.
Digvesh Singh to Urvil Patel, WIDE! That's well taken by the keeper. Very full and a long way down the leg side. Rishabh Pant springs to his left and pouches it well.
Digvesh Singh to Urvil Patel, SIX! That's four now in the last four balls Urvil has faced. Nagging length, angled into the stumps, Urvil Patel tees off again, swinging across the line and he manages to tonk it wide of deep mid-wicket for a six.
Digvesh Singh to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Into the pitch and on off, Gaikwad taps it in front of covers and picks up a single.
Avesh Khan has been smoked in his first over. Not the impact that LSG want from their Impact Sub.
Avesh Khan to Urvil Patel, SIX! A hat-trick of sixes to end the over, 25 off it, and Avesh Khan is left scratching his head. Khan goes fuller but serves it in the slot around off stump. Patel leans across and heaves across the line, smashing the ball over deep mid-wicket for yet another biggie.
Avesh Khan to Urvil Patel, SIX! That's been pummeled for another six. Short of a length, a nothing delivery really. Patel lines it up again, and flat-bats it wide of long on for another biggie.
Avesh Khan to Urvil Patel, SIX! Wow, that came out of nowhere. Just a regulation length ball over middle, Urvil Patel lines it up early and just swings for the fences. He gets a hold of it and the ball goes a long, long way over the deep mid-wicket fence.
Avesh Khan to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Good length again, a smidge fuller and in the channel. Gaikwad plays it with soft hands, guiding it behind point for a run.
Avesh Khan to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Better length from Avesh. Around the top of off, angling in, Gaikwad watchfully pushes it out.
Avesh Khan to Ruturaj Gaikwad, SIX! Swung away and that's travelled the distance as well. Fractionally short on middle, slides on nicely. Ruturaj Gaikwad clubs the pull shot between long on and deep mid-wicket and picks up six runs. 50 UP FOR CSK!
Double change! Avesh Khan joins the attack as well. So, the Super Giants are going with the pace and spin combination.
Digvesh Singh to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tap and run. Fullish length again, just outside off. Gaikwad leans on and bunts it into the off side for another quick single.
Digvesh Singh to Urvil Patel, Fullish length on off, Patel punches it past the diving fielder at short cover and gets it to mid off for a quick single.
Lucknow Super Giants get their first breakthrough, and now comes Urvil Patel as the new batter.
Digvesh Singh to Sanju Samson, OUT! TIMBER! A deafening silence inside the Chepauk as Digvesh Singh gets his revenge on Sanju Samson. Smartly bowled by Digvesh as he slows it up and drags the length back a touch as well. This one lands on off and comes back in a bit and this time Sanju Samson looks to swing across the line. He is through his shot way too early and the ball goes on to smash into the middle stump. A breezy start for Sanju comes to an end as LSG get a huge wicket.
Digvesh Singh to Sanju Samson, SIX! Mid off gets pushed back to long off but it doesn't matter. Tossed up, much fuller on off, no turn on offer. Sanju Samson backs away again and swings through the line of the ball, hitting it very high and long over long off for a biggie.
Digvesh Singh to Sanju Samson, FOUR! Forced over the infield. Good length, around the top of off and middle, Samson gets leg side of the ball and hits through the line, getting it over mid off for a boundary.
Digvesh Singh to Sanju Samson, The three-quarter length, on off and darts back in. Samson blocks it off.
Change? Yes, time for some spin now as Digvesh Singh replaces Prince Yadav.
Mohammad Shami to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! Banged away! Dug in a bit short and over off and middle, sits up for the batter. Gaikwad presses back and smacks the pull well in front of square on the leg side and picks up a boundary.
Mohammad Shami to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Fullish length on midle and leg, clipped away to mid-wicket.
Mohammad Shami to Sanju Samson, Full and outside off, Samson backs away to go over the off side but has to reach for it and slices it down to deep third for one.
Mohammad Shami to Sanju Samson, FOUR! Wonderful hands from Sanju Samson. Good length again, outside off, no foot movement from Samson, and he just extends the arms strokes it over extra cover for a boundary.
Mohammad Shami to Sanju Samson, Oh, that's not far away from the stumps. Length ball, nips back in a bit as well. Samson looks to the big heave leg side but misses and the ball just goes a shade over the middle stump.
Mohammad Shami to Sanju Samson, On a good length and around the pads, nudged away straight to the square leg fielder.
Prince Yadav to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Fuller in length, wider of the off stump as well. This is driven off the inner half of the blade towards the cover fielder. 15 off the over and CSK are off to a flier.
Prince Yadav to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Good length around off, shapes away a bit, patted back to the bowler by Gaikwad.
Prince Yadav to Ruturaj Gaikwad, SIX! Swivel and pull, the whistles are unstoppable from the home crowd now. Dug in short and at the batter, Gaikwad picks the length early, gets inside the line and hammers the pull over fine leg for a six.
Prince Yadav to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Easy two. Fuller than a good length, jags back in towards middle stump. Gaikwad tucks it away wide of mid-wicket and jogs back for the second run.
Prince Yadav to Sanju Samson, Hard length, too straight again, tucked off the hips and behind square leg for a single.
Prince Yadav to Sanju Samson, SIX! Dispatched into the stands. A loosener from begin with from Yadav, shorter and around the hips. Sanju Samson swivels and pulls it high and handsome over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.
Prince Yadav to share the attack.
Mohammad Shami to Sanju Samson, Single to end and 11 runs come off the first over of the chase. Shorter and outside off, hit away with the swing and to the left of deep backward point for a run.
Mohammad Shami to Ruturaj Gaikwad, The inswinger now from Shami, full and attacking the stumps. Gaikwad does well to clip it away to mid on and picks up a single.
Mohammad Shami to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! That's class from Ruturaj Gaikwad. A tad fuller now, swinging away but there's some width on offer as well. Gaikwad stays back and waits well before reaching out and cutting it hard between point and cover-point for a boundary.