IPL 2024: Marcus Stoinis trumps Ruturaj Gaikwad-Shivam Dube tango as LSG beat CSK at home
Hindustan TimesChasing 210 at any other venue isn’t the same as doing it at the Chepauk. Another four, this time pulling Rahman over short fine-leg, and Stoinis had done the almost unthinkable, breaching Chennai Super Kings’ fortress. Lucknow Super Giants batter Marcus Stoinis celebrates after winning the Indian Premier League T20 cricket match over Chennai Super Kings, at MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai That boundary was the finishing touch to a 63-ball 124 that is now the highest individual score in an IPL chase, bettering Paul Valthaty's 120* in 2011, also against CSK. To not let the run rate drop throughout the innings was an assuring hallmark of Gaikwad’s second IPL hundred, but more promising was the way he switched to aerial shots towards the end. He was responsible for bulk of the sixes hit in a 104-run partnership off just 47 balls but Gaikwad embodied the anchor that steered CSK throughout almost the entire innings.