IPL 2022, Match 7 LSG vs CSK, Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings will face each other at Brabourne Stadium on Thursday, 31st March in IPL 2022. While this is the debut IPL season for LSG, their opponents CSK are the most successful team in the history of the tournament, winning sixty percent of their matches. Both the teams had begun this IPL season with a loss at the Wankhede Stadium.

It is agreeable that dew played a substantial role in their games, but this cannot hide the top-order failure for both teams. After the wicket of KL Rahul right off the first ball of the match, Lucknow lost three more big names – Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, and Manish Pandey – in quick succession against the Gujarat Titans. With Ayush Badoni scoring a fifty on debut and a fifty by Deepak Hooda as well, Lucknow got to a decent total despite their star players not doing well. Their bowling, which lacked big match experience, couldn’t defend it.

CSK also had a similar recovery after being 61/5 at one stage. Now no longer the captain, MS Dhoni played a key role with captain Ravindra Jadeja at the other end. In the bowling, Dwayne Bravo bowled brilliantly but lacked the support from the other end. Whether CSK’s recruits can help continue the team’s legacy of dominating the IPL shall be seen in the subsequent matches.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 7 between Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League 2022:

3 – Deepak Hooda (47) needs three fours to complete 50 fours in the IPL.

1 – Dwayne Bravo (170) requires one wicket to surpass Lasith Malinga (170) and become the highest wicket-taker in the IPL.

69 – Ambati Rayudu (3931) is 69 runs away from reaching 4000 runs in the league.

2 – KL Rahul (498) needs two fours to reach 500 fours in T20 cricket.

1 – Moeen Ali (149) requires one wicket to get to 150 wickets in the T20 games.

4 – Krunal Pandya (46) is four big hits away from reaching 50 sixes in the league.

15 – MS Dhoni (6985) needs 15 runs to get to 7000 runs in T20 games.

1 – Dwayne Bravo (249) is one grab away from completing 250 catches in T20 cricket.

2 – Shahbaz Nadeem (48) needs two scalps to complete 50 wickets in the IPL.

52 – Ravindra Jadeja (2948) is 52 runs short of reaching 3000 runs in T20 cricket.

8 – Moeen Ali (42) needs eight sixes to get to 50 sixes in the tournament.

2 – K Gowtham (48) requires two scalps to complete 50 wickets in T20 matches.

3 – Deepak Hooda (147) is three fours away from reaching 150 fours in T20 cricket.

3 – Evin Lewis (447) is also three fours away from completing 450 fours in T20 matches.

395 – Runs scored by KL Rahul in just 10 innings against CSK. His average of 43.88 is the highest of all players who have scored at least 300 runs against CSK.

4 – Fours needed by Dwayne Bravo to reach 100 fours for Chennai Super Kings in T20 cricket.

3 – Sixes needed by Dwayne Bravo to reach 50 sixes for CSK in the IPL. He will become the fourth overseas player with 50+ sixes for CSK after Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, and Dwayne Smith.