Mukesh Choudhary to Mitchell Marsh, Hits the deck hard and around off, Mitchell Marsh steps across and punches it towards cover-point, where Sarfaraz Khan lets it through for a single. Mukesh was building the pressure on Marsh, but he gets off strike now.
Mukesh Choudhary to Mitchell Marsh, Touch fuller and on off, shaping in, Mitchell Marsh pushes it to short cover. Three dots in a row!
Mukesh Choudhary to Mitchell Marsh, Excellent bowling! Short of a length and on middle, jags back in sharply. Mitchell Marsh gets cramped up for room. He hops up to keep it out, gets a bottom edge behind the stumps.
Mukesh Choudhary to Mitchell Marsh, Back of a length and just outside off, Mitchell Marsh frees his arms and cuts it hard but straight to point. Mukesh gets lucky here.
Mukesh Choudhary to Mitchell Marsh, WIDE! Mukesh Choudhary begins with a wayward delivery! Short of a length but way, way outside off, maybe he just loses the grip. Mitchell Marsh lets it go. Called a wide.
What a start for LSG as Inglis exploded into life on the last 3 balls of the first over. It will be Mukesh Choudhary to bowl from the other end.
Akeal Hosein to Josh Inglis, FOUR! Fine shot! Another short delivery, on middle. Josh Inglis is quick to rock back and swats it away to the wide long on fence for four more runs. 16 runs off the first over.
Akeal Hosein to Josh Inglis, FOUR! Gets it away! Arm ball, full and on middle, angling in. Josh Inglis goes down and tries to sweep it away. Gets it from the top edge but it flies to the vacant deep fine leg fence for a boundary.
Akeal Hosein to Josh Inglis, SIX! BANG! Josh Inglis does not take long to go big. Flighted delivery, full and on middle. Inglis clears his front leg, hits it through the line, tonking it over the bowler's head for a biggie.
Akeal Hosein to Mitchell Marsh, Short again and on off, Mitchell Marsh punches it past the bowler, down to long off for a run. Gets off the mark as well.
Akeal Hosein to Mitchell Marsh, Flatter, short and around leg, Mitchell Marsh stays back and clips it away to square leg.
Akeal Hosein to Josh Inglis, LSG and Josh Inglis are underway! Akeal Hosein starts with a floater, short and on middle, Inglis moves back and heaves it through mid-wicket for a single.
We are all set for the game to begin. The umpires are out in the middle and the players of CSK also stride out to the middle and take their places on the outfield. It will be Josh Inglis back opening for LSG alongside last game's centurion, Mitchell Marsh. Akeal Hosein has the new ball in hand, and we are about to see just left-arm spin to begin proceedings. Let's play...
Impact Players for LSG - Avesh Khan, Mukul Choudhary, Abdul Samad, Manimaran Siddharth, Mayank Yadav.
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI) - Mitchell Marsh, Josh Inglis (In place of Arshin Kulkarni), Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (C/WK), Akshat Raghuwanshi, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahamad, Mohammad Shami, Prince Yadav, and Digvesh Singh.
Impact Players for CSK - Gurjapneet Singh, Prashant Veer, Matthew Short, Sarfaraz Khan, Akash Madhwal.
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI) - Sanju Samson (WK), Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube (In for Gurjapneet Singh), Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, and Mukesh Choudhary.
The skipper of Lucknow Super Giants - Rishabh Pant says that they would have bowled first as well. Adds that they definitely had their moments in a lot of games but just couldn't finish them off. Mentions that they are taking one game at a time but there main aim is to play good cricket. Informs that they have made a couple of changes. Josh Inglis comes back in the team after missing the last game due to injury and Avesh Khan replaces Mayank Yadav.
The captain of Chennai Super Kings - Ruturaj Gaikwad says that they will bowl first because the wicket was under covers due to rain. Adds that the pitch did play a bit differently in the last game and their job is to adapt quickly. Mentions that the mood in the dressing room is positive after turning things around and they will look to continue in the same fashion. Ends by saying that they are going in with the same team.