Hyderabad: The bowlers executed the rate-off system and hitting challenging lengths properly to help Sunrisers Hyderabad prohibit Chennai Super Kings to 165/5 in 20 overs on a sluggish pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi Intercontinental Stadium in this article on Friday.
With slower deliveries gripping off the pitch when the ball received older, SRH bowlers did effectively to continue to keep CSK batters in verify by conceding just 38 operates in the past 5 overs. It was a period in which the batters uncovered it tough to time their photographs, with Shivam Dube’s 45 getting the prime score by a CSK batter, including hitting two fours and 4 sixes.
Electing to bowl initial, pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar observed some early swing and was rewarded with his 1st wicket of IPL 2024 when Rachin Ravindra major-edged a pull to mid-on in the fourth in excess of.
Ajinkya Rahane bought going by hitting both Cummins and Bhuvneshwar about very long-on and non-striker’s head for 6 and four respectively. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad steered and hit a magnificent, lofted push for six off Bhuvneshwar as CSK achieved 48/1 in six overs.
But CSK have been presented a jolt on the first ball of the eighth in excess of when Gaikwad mistimed a loft and holed out to very long-on for 26 off 21 balls off Shahbaz Ahmed. Shivam Dube came out all guns blazing in opposition to spinners by hammering Ahmed for 6 and four, adopted by handing out the exact procedure to Mayank Markande.
Dube thrilled anyone by hammering T, Natarajan for back again-to-back sixes over the mid-wicket fence, nevertheless he was kept silent by a improve of speed from Cummins. From the other finish, Rahane struggled to get fluency because of to SRH’s improve of tempo.
Cummins bowled a slower bouncer nicely outdoors the off stump, forcing Dube to throw his hands at it and the batter gave a capture straight to backward point, slipping for 45 off 24 balls. The slower ball yet again did the trick for SRH has Rahane sliced to backward position off Jaydev Unadkat, slipping for a 30-ball 35, followed by Daryl Mitchell holing out to prolonged-on off Natarajan in the final around.
Temporary scores:
Chennai Super Kings 165/5 in 20 overs (Shivam Dube 45, Ajinkya Rahane 35 Shahbaz Ahmed 1-11, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1-28) in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad