IPL 2023: Points shared between CSK and LSG after Badoni’s brilliance on a rainy day

Only the weather was the damper as not even an innings was allowed to be completed as the rain meant both teams had to be satisfied with one point each from the match. Small totals had been difficult to chase in recent games, and it would have been interesting to see how CSK’s lineup would have countered the challenge had the weather abated.

Playing into Dhoni’s hands

The conditions were exactly what Captain Cool enjoys, and he rarely missed a trick, from causing a spin as early as the fourth over, to getting Ajinkya Rahane in Theekshana’s slip as lefty Krunal Pandya came out to bat.

Lucknow Supergiants they missed their usual patron Raul KL, injured, and the rest of his batting lineup, especially his foreign players, did not show the ability to adapt to the challenge. Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran, and marcus stoinis they are power hitters and it seems counterintuitive for LSG to play their home games on a surface that neutralizes their strengths.

The fate of the innings was more or less sealed as the Powerplay ended with the score at 31/3, with the hosts losing their side’s half for 44 before reaching the half in terms of overs.

And with slinger Matheesha Pathirana brought on in the second half of the innings as a specialist kill operator, LSG hardly ever caught a breather.

ICYMI!

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anonymous but more valuable

moeen ali is not the first name that comes to mind when one thinks of CSK’s most valuable assets. But the England all-rounder finds ways to contribute in every match, whether it be with the bat, the ball or on the pitch. The Ekana Stadium pitch played to Moeen’s strengths, and he responded with figures of 2/13 in his four overs without conceding a single cap, though one side of the pitch was much closer to the rope. All the runs he gave up were on singles.

The decenter started LSG’s downfall when he led Mayers into a mistimed strike that was caught well inside the long range limit, and then took a hard catch back as Karan Sharma came down the court to smash one over the head of the player. bowling.

And when the 59-run stand between Pooran and the impressive Ayush Badoni looked ripe for a crack in the bowlers in the late overs, Moeen made a fine catch on the edge of the circle to dispose of the West Indian left-hander. He doesn’t do anything fancy, no doosras or carroms, but he reads the batter and the situation, staying ahead of the game.

The Englishman is often an unsung hero to any team he appears on. He may not be very high up in the race for the Orange or Purple Caps, but he makes vital interventions that often put the side on the rise.

Young man shows the way

In a field where his renowned teammates felt like a fish out of water, young Ayush Badoni showed what is possible with a little application, initiative and a cool head. With a 44/5, the 23-year-old from Delhi It showed that teams must sometimes look beyond the star players and give the next players with form and confidence in the order a chance. LSG was at 124/7 when rain brought a premature end to their innings, with Badoni picking up an unbeaten 59 off 33 balls with two fours and four sixes, coming in at No. 7. Who knows what he would have been capable of had he had he has more overs to bat.

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— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) May 3, 2023

Badoni took his time preparing – the team didn’t have any proper batsmen behind him – but once he was inside, he nearly bowled CSK on a ground where everyone else struggled. He even took 20 runs off Chahar’s 19th, the highlight being a long shot from six over wide after shuffling across stumps as the bowler delivered a full ball wide.

Badoni began the onslaught with a flat slog-sweep against Pathirana for six, and repeated the dose in the bowler’s next over. A cut past the point brought a cap, as did a top edge pull against Chahar. The seamer was targeted again, this time with a jerk to the front of the square for max. In the end, the rain intervened to play killjoy.