A brilliant knock from Shahbaz Ahmed has set up Lucknow Super Giants to post 203 runs against Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2026 game played on May 10 at MA Chidambaram Stadium.
He was the second-highest scorer for LSG in the game after Josh Inglis, setting up a mammoth total against Chennai.
After being invited to bat first, Mitchell Marsh and Josh Inglis opened the innings while Akeal Hosein opened the bowling attack.
Inglis put up an aggressive start, scoring a 17-ball fifty before the dismissal of Marsh for 10 runs. He got dismissed on a length delivery where the ball goes in the air towards long on, and Brevis took an easy catch.
With Pooran and Josh Inglis at crease, Lucknow super Giants scored 91 runs in the powerplay. Nicholas Pooran got dismissed on a outside off delivey where the ball went towards air in midwicket where Sarfaraz Khan picked the catch.
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However, Jamie Overton picked two wickets in a single over. He dismissed inform Josh Inglis and Rishabh Pant in the 10th over as CSK gained momentum in the game for the first time.
Inglis got dismissed on back of a lengthy delivery where the batter attempted the paddle shot and Sanju Samson picked a solid catch behind the wickets. Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant got bowled out as LSG lost four wickets for 115 runs.
With Aiden Markram’s run out and Akshat Raghuvwanshi’s dismissal for 6 and 18runs, Shahbaz Ahmed and Himmat Singh stitched a crucial partnership.
In the final over, Himmat Singh got bowled out for 17 runs while Mohammed Shami got dismissed on a run out.
With Shahbaz Ahmed’s six in the final delivey, LSG posted 203 runs in their 20 over innings. Shahbaz Ahmed remained unbeaten with 43* which played a crucial role in cross 200 run mark in the sunday clash.
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