Akash Singh put on a brilliant spell and picked the wickets of the entire top order of CSK in the IPL 2026 game played at Lucknow.

He bagged the wickets of Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Urvil Patel on intervals as CSK were under pressure in the Friday’s clash.

After being invited to bat first, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sanju Samson opened the innings while Mohammed Shami opened the bowling attack.

Akash Singh bagged the wicket of Ruturaj Gaikwad for 13 runs. He got dismissed on a lengthy delivery where the batter goes for a pull shot, and the ball goes in the air towards mid on, where Pooran takes a comfortable catch.

Soon, Akash Singh bagged his second wicket dismissing Sanju Samson for 20 runs. He got dismissed on a back of length delivery, flicking it towards Deep where Mukul Choudhary picked the catch.

With Urvil Patel and Kartik Sharma at crease, Chennai Super Kings scored 37 runs in the powerplay.

With CSK aiming to forge an innings, Akash Singh bagged his third wicket dismissing Urvil Patel for 6 runs. He got dismissed after going for a pull and the ball goes in air where Mitchell Marsh took a safe catch at deep mid-wicket.

With Akash ripping up the top order, Chennai Super Kings lost three wickets for 52 runs. However, Kartik Sharma and Dewald Brevis are stabilising the innings with calm and steady knocks.

Lucknow Super Giants Playing 11: Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (c/wk), Akshat Raghuwanshi, Mukul Choudhary, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Akash Singh, Prince Yadav.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Choudhary