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Hat-trick of 6s, and the Chennai Super Kings got a solid over in the chase against the Lucknow Super Giants. Back-to-back three 6s from Urvil Patel’s blade helped CSK to get 25 runs from a single over of the LSG pacer Avesh Khan.
In the 5th over of the season innings, CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad welcomed Avesh Khan with a massive six. Then, in the third ball, Chennai got a single, and Urvil Patel came on to strike. On the fourth, fifth, and sixth deliveries of the over, the emerging batter of CSK pulled off three maximums in a row.
CSK’s Urvil Patel goes ballistic against the LSG pacer Avesh Khan
In the fifth over, the Chennai Super Kings, the home team for the match, got 25 runs in total. Ahead of the over, they had 47 runs in exchange for one wicket, and after, they had 72 for one. A massive, as well as much-needed, boost for the team in Yellow, as they are chasing a target of 204 runs in 20 overs.
A record-breaking half-century for Urvil Patel
The momentum Urvil Patel got in the early part of his innings, he successfully transformed into a fifty-plus run knock. He was dismissed after scoring 65 runs from 23 deliveries. This explosive knock was decorated with a couple of 4s and a staggering number of eight 6s. Because of those long hits, Urvil’s strike rate was 282.61, which is a record for the Chennai Super Kings. According to Cricbuzz, Urvil Patel’s 65-run innings is the second-best for the team in terms of the strike rate.
Highest SR in an innings for CSK (min. 20 balls faced)
348 – 87(25) – Suresh Raina vs PBKS, Mumbai WS, 2014 Q2
282.6 – 65(23) – Urvil Patel vs LSG, Chennai, 2026
266.66 – 72*(27) – Ambati Rayudu vs MI, Delhi, 2021
255 – 51*(20) – MS Dhoni vs MI, Bengaluru, 2012 Eliminator
247.82 – 57(23) – Dewald Brevis vs GT, Ahmedabad, 2025
Eoin Morgan sensed swashbuckling knocks ahead of the match
“We’ve seen three games here in a short span over the last few months, two during the World Cup and one in this year’s IPL. That IPL fixture featured an absolutely beautiful hundred from Sanju Samson; notably, it was a day-night game. However, we’ve had a couple of rainy days recently.
“If anything, that rain emphasizes the importance of bowling discipline. You will get punished if you stray from a good line and length,” before the toss of the match, former England captain, now a cricket expert, Eoin Morgan, pointed out that a slight error in line and length would punish the bowlers.
Urvil Patel showed the exact way to play aggressively on the pitch, which is a little bit tricky because of the rain in the past few days, as Morgan mentioned in his report. “The tricky part for captains will be the toss. Gujarat Titans (GT) played the only day game here so far and chose to bat despite the rain around, which raises some questions,” he added further.
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