CSK Vs LSG Live: Karthik Sharma washes the dust; A target of 188 runs for the Lucknow team to win

By Samira Vishwas On May 16, 2026

Rishabh Pant’s decision to bowl first
Akash Singh’s performance in his first match
CSK lost 3 wickets in first 9 overs

Tata IPL 2026 LSG Vs C.S.K Live Updates: Currently Lucknow vs Chennai Super Kings match is going on at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Lucknow captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl first (IPL 2026) decided. The Lucknow bowlers got the decision right in the opening over. Chennai Super Kings scored 187 runs while batting first. On the strength of Karthik Sharma’s innings, Chennai have given Lucknow a target of 188 runs.

Chennai Super Kings batting

Sanju Samson and Rituraj Gaikwad from Chennai Super Kings came out to play when Lucknow invited to bat first. In the first few overs, they tried to settle down. But they failed in that. Captain Rituraj Gaikwad was dismissed for 13 and Sanju Samson, who was in great form, scored 20 runs. Urveel Patel, who scored a half-century in the previous match, and Braves managed Chennai’s innings. Karthik Sharma managed Chennai’s struggling innings. He scored a brilliant half-century. He was dismissed for 71 runs. Braves were also dismissed for 25 runs. Shivam Dubey has scored 32 runs in the last few overs.

The gaps in style
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LSG’s bowling
Lucknow’s bowlers gave Chennai Super Kings three big blows early on. Debutant Akash Maharaj Singh picked up three crucial wickets, taking the wickets of Urveel Patel, captain Rituraj Gaikwad and Sanju Samson. Mohammad Shami took the wicket of Braves. Shahbaz Ahmed dismissed the aggressive Karthik Sharma.

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LSG vs CSK Pitch Report

Lucknow vs Chennai match will be played on pitch no 4 at Ekana Stadium. This pitch is a low scoring pitch. That is, this pitch is slow. Due to which it will not be so easy for the batsmen to bat. Lucknow has scored 119 and 141 runs on this pitch and the team has lost in both the matches. 23 out of 30 wickets have been taken by fast bowlers on this pitch. So, since the economy rate of spinners has been higher than that of fast bowlers, both the teams can field additional fast bowlers.

LSG Probable Playing 11-

Josh English, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (captain/wicketkeeper), Aiden Markram, Akshat Raghuvanshi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Himmat Singh, Mohammad Shami, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan.

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CSK Probable Playing 11-

Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Urvil Patel, Karthik Sharma, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dubey, Prashant Veer, Aqeel Hussain, Anshul Kamboj, Spencer Johnson, Noor Ahmed, Mukesh Chaudhary.