The effect of the dew

The dew in the second half was the only reason LSG opted to chase. They have otherwise preferred to chase this season. The first obvious sign of dew came in the 13th over when Tushar Deshpande bowled a beamer. Stoinis hit it for four. And when Mustafizur dug a cutter into the pitch, the ball came onto the bat nicely and Stoinis launched it off the back foot to the straight boundary.

When Shardul Thakur was dismissed in the 16th over, Stoinis and Pooran knew they had to cash in, with Mustafizur and Pathirana sharing the remaining four. Pooran hit the first three balls for 6, 4, 6 and LSG eventually took 20 runs off Shardul.