Lucknow, April 14 -- Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper Rishabh Pant continued his fine run against five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK), scoring a valuable return-to-form half-century at Lucknow on Monday.

After managing 40 runs in the first five innings as LSG captain, Pant finally came good, scoring a valuable 63 in 49 balls, with four boundaries and four sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 128.57.

In 12 innings against CSK, Pant scored 438 runs at an average of 48.66, with a strike rate of 152.1. He has also scored four half-centuries. This is the second most runs he has scored against a team in IPL, behind his 551 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).

Pant fell to Matheesha Pathirana, being dismissed by him for the...