urvil patel changed the chase fast for Chennai Super Kings in Chennai on Sunday, scoring 65 off 23 balls against Lucknow Super Giants before he was caught for the 65th run. He reached his fifty with the joint-fastest IPL half-century and kept CSK moving at pace at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
MA Chidambaram Stadium burst
Patel’s innings came in a live update from IPL 2026, but the numbers were the story. He struck 2 fours and 8 sixes, turning 23 balls into a burst that left Chennai Super Kings at 136/2 when the dismissal was noted.
He brought up his fifty with a single off the last ball of an over, then kept attacking. One six over long on gave him his seventh six of the innings, and he later stacked four sixes in a row before going even further with five sixes in a row during the same knock.
Urvil Patel’s rapid finish
Lucknow Super Giants had to manage Shahbaz Ahmed and Avesh Khan through the spell that ended the innings. Avesh took the catch off Shahbaz to remove Patel after the 65-run burst, but Chennai’s scoring rate had already been driven hard by the time he departed.
The innings stands out because it paired volume and speed in a chase, with Patel reaching 50 in record-equaling time and then adding more power before his wicket. For CSK, the immediate value was simple: 73 runs from 10 overs had been turned into a far stronger position by the time the update showed 136/2.
CSK’s chase position
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Kartik Sharma were part of the Chennai lineup around the same innings, but Patel supplied the sharpest acceleration. The chase was still alive when he fell, and the scoring rate had already shifted the match toward Chennai’s side.
What comes next for CSK is built around that tempo. The score of 136/2 left them with work still to do, but Patel’s 65 off 23 balls had already changed the shape of the chase and put Lucknow under pressure in Chennai.
