India, May 11 -- The swashbuckling Urvil Patel equalled the record for the fastest fifty in IPL history as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) edged out Lucknow Super Kings (LSG) by five wickets to keep their play-off hopes alive here on Sunday.

Batting first, Josh Inglis played a sensational 85-run knock before CSK bowlers rallied to stop LSG at 203 for eight. With the defeat, their eighth in 11 matches, LSG's play-off hopes went up in smoke.

A lot of credit for the CSK comeback must go to Jamie Overton (3/36), who took the big wickets of Inglis and Rishabh Pant in a space of three balls, before Shahbaz Ahmed chipped in with a useful 43 off 25 balls.

Thanks to Urvil's exploits and some sensible batting by Shivam Dube (15 not out off 7 balls) an...