Sunrisers Hyderabad were back on track with a comfortable six-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings in an IPL match here on Friday. This was CSK's second defeat in as many games. This was CSK's second defeat in as many games.
Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers restricted CSK to a manageable 165 for 5 and the chased down the target in 18.1 overs. Abhishek Sharma teed off with 37 off just 12 balls to set the ball rolling while Aiden Markram's 50 off 36 balls and Travis Head's 31 off 24 balls also proved to be useful in the final context of the game. Most of the CSK batters got starts but didn't go on to play a big knock with Shivam Dube smashing 45 off 24 balls with four sixes apart from two fours. Most of the CSK batters got starts but didn't go on to play a big knock with Shivam Dube smashing 45 off 24 balls with four sixes apart from two fours.
Ravindra Jadeja's 31 not out off 23 balls gave the team some muscle towards the end of the innings. Jaydev Unadkat (1/29) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/28) were key bowling performers for SRH. Jaydev Unadkat (1/29) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/28) were key bowling performers for SRH.
Here are some key moments from the match:
1st Innings
SRH win the toss, put CSK to bat
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra open the batting for CSK
Gaikwad hit his first boundary to deep backward point on Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar dismisses Rachin Ravindra
Ajinkya Rahane welcomes Cummins with a big six
Gaikwad gets out off the bowling of Shahbaz
Shivam Dube takes on the SRH bowlers
Smashes Shahbaz for a six and a four
Dube hits Mayank Markande for a four and a six over deep square leg
Shivam Dube clobbers T Natarajan for two consecutive sixes
Shivam Dube caught by Bhuvneshwar Kumar at backward point for 45
Unadkat gets Rahane on 35
Dhoni welcomed with huge cheer by Hyderabad crowd
CSK end innings at 165/5 in 20 overs
2nd Innings
Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma open the SRH run chase
Moeen Ali drops Head, a simple catch at first slip
Abhishek Sharma on fire, scores 37 off just 12 balls
50 up for SRH in 3.3 overs, fastest fifty by any team in the IPL
Deshpande concedes 14 runs off his first over
Aiden Markram smashes a six to bring up the 100 for SRH in 8.5 overs
Aiden Markram reached his 50 off 35 balls
Markram gets out on 50
Shahbaz Ahmed hits a six off Moeen Ali over long-on
Shahbaz Ahmed falls LBW to Moeen Ali
Heinrich Klaasen hits Tushar Deshpande over the covers for four
Deepak Chahar comes back in the attack with 6 runs needed
Nitish Reddy hits the first ball straight over the top for a SIX
SRH win by 6 wickets against CSK
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