India, May 11 -- Jamie Overton's spell against Lucknow Super Giants looked harsher on the scorecard than it felt in the match. He finished with 3 for 37 in four overs, pushed above nine an over after conceding 17 in his final over, but Chennai Super Kings had already taken the part of his spell that mattered most to the game: three wickets with real batting weight attached to them.

Josh Inglis, Rishabh Pant and Akshat Raghuwanshi all fell to Overton. The most important damage came when Inglis and Pant were removed in the same over, breaking LSG's middle-order rhythm before it could settle into command. Inglis's wicket gave the spell its force. Pant's dismissal tightened the phase. Raghuwanshi's wicket turned a useful spell into a high-im...