Sunrisers Hyderabad climbed to fourth on the table with a hard-fought 10-run win, snapping Chennai Super Kings’ two-match winning streak
Nitish Kumar Reddy and Eshan Malinga shared five wickets between them as hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs in their IPL match in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Defending 195, Hyderabad restricted struggling CSK to 184 for eight. CSK have crashed to fourth defeat in six matches.
For CSK, Jamie Overton and Anshul Kamboj picked up three wickets apiece while Mukesh Choudhary bagged two.
Key Points
- Abhishek Sharma's explosive half-century gave Sunrisers Hyderabad a strong start in their IPL match.
- Chennai Super Kings' pacers Jamie Overton and Anshul Kamboj took three wickets each, restricting SRH's scoring.
- Heinrich Klaasen's half-century helped SRH reach a total close to 200 after a mid-innings collapse.
- CSK's disciplined bowling, featuring hard lengths and deceptive variations, stifled SRH's scoring in the later overs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad batting unit imploded despite Abhishek Sharma's rollicking half-century as Chennai Super Kings pacers Jamie Overton and Anshul Kamboj headlined a fine bowling show to restrict the hosts to a below par 194 for 9.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad decided to bowl first and once Abhishek Sharma (59 off 22 balls) blazed his way to another 15-ball half-century, one might have thought that the decision had backfired.
CSK's Powerplay Comeback
However, the normally profligate left-arm seamer Mukesh Choudhary (2/21 in 2 overs) dismissed Travis Head (23 off 20 balls) and skipper Ishan Kishan (0) off the last two deliveries of the Powerplay.
Suddenly 75 for no loss in 5.4 overs became 75 for 2 at the end of six overs. That was the opening that CSK needed and the post Powerplay overs became an ordeal for the batters from 'Orange Army' save Heinrich Klaasen (59 off 39 balls), who helped himself to another half-century which eventually took the score closer to 200.
Overton and Kamboj Dominate Middle Overs
Overton (3/37) and Kamboj (3/22) were the wreckers-in-chief during the middle and death overs to keep the home team under a tight leash.
However, SRH could have easily scored 225 to 230 had it not lost four wickets in four and half overs.
Key Moments and Tactical Bowling
Once they became 112 for 4 at the halfway stage, it became a case of stemming the rot before counter-attacking which exactly what Klaasen did.
Sanju Samson's cricketing smarts also helped as he appealed for a review against Abhishek off a Jamie Overton short ball and it was one of the game changing moments.
For CSK, the combination of Overton's hard lengths and Noor Ahmed's (0/33 in 4 overs) deception through the air didn't allow Klaasen or other batters to chance their arms. The Indian batters like Nitish Reddy (12) or uncapped ones like Aniket Verma and Salil Arora couldn't force the pace, leaving Klaasen with all the heavy lifting.
No words of praise would be enough for Kamboj (3/22 in 3 overs), who has now become an exponent of fast wide yorkers coming from round the wicket -- one such delivery that got Klaasen played on.
Gurjapneet Singh (1/34 in 4 overs), the lanky left-arm hit-the-deck bowler, also bowled 12 dot balls to make matters worse for the hosts. In the last five overs, SRH managed only 40 runs.
This is SRH’s highest total vs CSK. Their previous highest score against CSK was 192/7 in Hyderabad back in 2015.
Only the 11th time in IPL history that an innings has begun with a first-ball six and a first for both Chennai Super Kings and against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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