The Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday notched their second win of the Indian Premier League 2024 season with a comfortable six-wicket win over the Chennai Super Kings.
After restricting the Super Kings to 165 on a slow-ish pitch, Hyderabad chased down their target with 11 balls to spare thanks to Abhishek Sharma (37) and Travis Head’s (31) onslaught in the power play followed by Aiden Markram’s fluid 50.
After opting to bowl first, Hyderabad reduced Chennai to 54/2 in the eighth over before Ajinkya Rahane (35) and Shivam Dube (45) accelerated the scoring in the middle overs.
However some disciplined bowling from Hyderabad’s pace bowlers in the death overs ensured Chennai could not go past the 170-run mark.
In the chase, Sharma and Head took on the Chennai bowlers in the powerplay overs as they posted 78 runs in six overs for the loss of one wicket. Markram joined the party scoring a 36-ball 50 to take Hyderabad home.
Turning point of the match
Chennai were motoring along nicely with Rahane and Dube stitching together a 65-run stand in just 39 balls. However, Dube perished in the 14th over with Rahane following suit the next over.
With two new batters in Jadeja and Daryl Mitchell in the middle, the Hyderabad bowlers applied the squeeze giving...
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