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A magnificent counter-attacking maiden IPL century from Marcus Stoinis (124* off 63) helped Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pull off a stunning chase of 211 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Stoinis pulled LSG out of trouble from 33/2 and played a majestic knock, keeping the runs flowing at one end. Nicholas Pooran (34 off 15) and Deepak Hooda (17* off 6) played handy knocks under pressure in helping Stoinis take LSG past the finish line. It was fitting that with 17 needed off the last over, Stoinis took it upon himself to see LSG through as he smashed 6, 4, 4, 4 off Mustafizur to finish the game off in style as LSG pulled off the highest run-chase in IPL at Chepauk.
Earlier, Ruturaj Gaikwad became the first CSK captain to register a century in IPL as he put on an exhibition of elegant strokes and added a mammoth 104-run stand off just 46 balls with Shivam Dube to power CSK to 210/4 from 20 overs.
Defending 211, CSK got off to a brilliant start, sending back the LSG openers inside the Powerplay. Deepak Chahar started it off, making Quinton de Kock drag one onto the stumps off just the third ball of the innings. Marcus Stoinis walked in at No.3 and took the aggressive approach straight away. Rahul, too, hit an authoritative six off Tushar Deshpande and a lovely four off Mustafizur. But the wily left-arm seamer bounced back three balls later to strike a huge wicket, having Rahul caught at cover.