A brilliant knock from Kartik Sharma and Shivam Dube’s cameo have set up Chennai Super Kings to post 187 runs in the IPL 2026 game against Lucknow Super Giants at Lucknow.

Their knocks have stabilised the innings after a top-order collapse, putting a defendable total on 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.

With Kartik Sharma smashing fifty, the duo forged 70-run partnership before the dismissal of Dewald Brevis for 25 runs. He got dismissed on a short delivery from Shami where he attempts for a pull shot and Akash Singh took the catch at short fine leg.

In the meantime, Kartik Sharma smashed 71 runs off 41 deliveries before Shahbaz Ahmed bagged his wicket.

With Shivam Dube and Prashant Veer at crease, Chennai Super Kings went on to post 187 runs in their 20 over innings.

Shivam Dube remained unbeaten with 32 runs while Prashant Veer contributed 13 runs. Akash Singh bagged three wickets while Mohammed Shami and Shahbaz Ahmed bagged one wicket each.