'What a chase'- Twitter goes berserk as Lucknow make mockery of daunting chase

Lucknow beat Chennai in the 7th match to get their first win of the Indian T20 League. After winning the toss, Lucknow made the right choice of bowling first. Chennai then had the perfect start to the innings as Robin Uthappa scored a flying fifty. He played some fantastic shots and reminded everyone of what he did in his glory days. Most of the other Chennai batters played a good game as well. Shivam Dube and Moeen Ali also scored some very important runs as they added 35 and 49 runs respectively. To finish off, MS Dhoni also played a short cameo. He scored 16 runs in six balls and hit two fours and one six. Chennai were 210 for 7 after the first innings.

While other Lucknow bowlers went for a few runs, Ravi Bishnoi was the pick of them. He conceded just 24 runs in four overs, picking two important wickets of Uthappa and Ambati Rayudu. Avesh Khan and Andrew Tye also picked two wickets each but were not economical.

In the chase, KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock gave Lucknow the start they were looking for. Both players played quick innings and added 99 runs on the board before Rahul fell for 40 runs. He played with a strike rate of 153 as he hit three sixes and two fours. After losing De Kock, Evin Lews was the man in charge. It was looking difficult for Lucknow in the 19th over but Shivam Dube leaked 25 in the penultimate over to take Lucknow on verge of a win. The formalities were finished in the final over as Lucknow won by 6 wickets.

For Chennai's bowlers, only Dwayne Pretorius had a good outing as he picked two wickets and conceded 31 runs in four overs. The fans on Twitter reacted to the match.

Here are some of the best tweets of the match

What a Chase by LSG!!
2 in 2 loses for CSK.
1st time ever CSK loses 2 opening matches in an IPL Season.
#LSGvCSK #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/L4IznFElSJ

— Cric Yaar (@cric_yaar) March 31, 2022

This team's middle order fire hai! 🔥

Thank you, Mentor Gautam Gambhir!#KLRahul | #LucknowSuperGiants | #LSGvCSK pic.twitter.com/25fipzLzzK

— Kunal Yadav (@kunaalyaadav) March 31, 2022

CSK's bowling is very weak this season. Too much to do for their batters. First Deepak Chahar got ruled out and then Milne's injury has only made things worse. #LSGvCSK

— Prasenjit Dey (@CricPrasen) March 31, 2022

This is the first time that CSK have lost their opening two games of the season 😑#LSGvCSK | #IPL2022

👉 https://t.co/ibsrCbtMB7 pic.twitter.com/OCd8CaC3fF

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 31, 2022

Gautam Gambhir's reaction tells how much this win meant to Lucknow Supergiants. #LSGvCSK @klrahul11 ❤️ pic.twitter.com/h4E7nRxiiH

— Bala Ganesh Goud (@balugoud01) March 31, 2022

Every year i diss the #IPL2022 and then there's one spectacular game like this that just draws me in. What a match by #LSGvCSK

Just a few bad bowling decisions and miscalculations and all the hard work down the drain for #CSKvLSG pic.twitter.com/b8uYZ1iVmu

— That girl who watches sports (@_LADY_IN_RED) March 31, 2022

Well done #LSG for thumping victory , special mention to DE KOCK , KL RAHUL , EWIN LUWIS AND young BADONI.

Well played guys , congratulations for first every victory in #TATAIPL .

Wishing you luck 🔥🚩#LSGvCSK #CSKvLSG #CSK#LSG pic.twitter.com/gET0fEeH5Y

— 🇮🇳Vini7🇮🇳🚩 (@VImvinit007) March 31, 2022

Lucknow win the Match against CSK!
LSG be like : Swagat Nahi karoge Hamara?#LSGvCSK

— Anirudh Bhardwaj 🇮🇳 (@anirudhketweets) March 31, 2022

Lucknow Super Gaints 💪
UP is op😎🔥#Lucknow #LSGvCSK #LSG

— Bardi C (@shyhoonbae) March 31, 2022

Brilliant chase by #LSG. Baddoni is such an exciting talent.🔥🔥#CSK #LSGvCSK #IPL2022 #TATAIPL

— Mohit Pandey (@pandeymohitt) March 31, 2022

34 required in 2 overs and gave still lost...🤣
Dubey who hasn't bowled in the match was given 19th over to bowl... result 25 runs

Absolute clueless captaincy..🤣#LSGvCSK https://t.co/p5AF7bUY43

— jhonny (@lonely2357) March 31, 2022

Scoring 211 and still losing. New CSK. #LSGvCSK

— Nishant 🔆 (@NishantSinha88) March 31, 2022