The Lucknow franchise, LSG, was the focus of a losing effort during a recent Indian Premier League 2024 match against the Chennai Super Kings. This information was revealed by Mohammad Kaif, a former Indian cricket player who attended the game as a spectator. At the venue, the stadium's capacity audience showed their support for MS Dhoni, with a resounding cheer when he came out to bat.
The stadium was filled to capacity as Dhoni scored 28 runs off 9 balls, with fans dancing and chanting his name on every delivery he faced against Lucknow Super Giants. Despite being the home team, KL Rahul did not see many fans backing them. However, he was not concerned, as this was to be expected.
“Lucknow turned into mini Chennai. Our bowlers were under pressure when they saw MS Dhoni coming out of the dressing room to bat. They haven’t seen this atmosphere as we have a young team. MS can intimidate anyone, and our bowlers couldn’t maintain their line and length in front of them. They bowled several extras just because Dhoni was facing them.”
In other news, Lucknow has defeated Chennai by 8 wickets, taking their points tally to 8 points after 7 matches. Ravindra Jadeja (57 not out off 40, 5 fours, 1 six), Ajinkya Rahane (36 off 24, 5 fours, 1 six), Moeen Ali (30 off 20, 3 sixes) and MS Dhoni (28 not out off 9, 3 fours, 2 sixes) contributed to the team’s total of 176/6.
The openers from LSG, Rahul and Quinton de Kock, contributed 134 additional runs. This brought the total for the team up to 310 runs. The remaining task was completed by the vice-captain, Nicholas Pooran, who scored an unbeaten 23 runs off 12 balls.