India, May 10 -- Lucknow Super Giants are overwhelmingly out of playoff contention after a five-wicket defeat against Chennai Super Kings at the Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday evening.

LSG were defending a good target of 203, but Urvil Patel's onslaught was just too much for them. Having said that, their catching was quite pathetic. They dropped as many as three catches, and had that not happened, they could have won the match and kept their slim play-off hopes alive. Rishabh Pant highlighted this at the post-match presentation.

"Definitely, it was a great game. Everything was coming nicely, we knew they'd put us under pressure, as that's how it happens in Chennai. In T20s, fielding standards have to be there, too many dropped catches," ...