MS Dhoni’s return as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain did wonders as they defeated the Sunrises Hyderabad by 13 runs to win their third recreation within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. After setting a mammoth 203-run goal, the yellow military restricted Kane Williamson & Co to 189 for six, sweeping away a exceptional win on Sunday evening on the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.
Chasing a 203-run goal was by no means simple for SRH and the duo of Kane Williamson and Abhishek Sharma began off accordingly. They went berserk after inexperienced Mukesh Choudhary and debutant Simarjeet Singh, smashing a flurry of boundaries to deliver a 50-run opening stand contained in the powerplay.
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They added 58 runs for the opening wicket earlier than the Choudhary broke the opening pair within the sixth over. Abhishek went for a lofted pull off a slower supply and was caught by Dwaine Pretorius on the long-on. The left-arm pacer struck on the very subsequent ball and bought the higher of Rahul Tripathi for a first-ball duck, making a hat-trick probability for himself however he needed to look ahead to that as skipper MS Dhoni determined to usher in the spin assault.
Meanwhile, Kane Williamson was joined by Aiden Markram they usually added one other 30 runs to the overall. The partnership didn’t go additional as Mitchell Santner struck within the 10th over and bettered Markram for 17.
The dismissal of the South African batter made means for Nicholas Pooran who, together with captain Williamson began to rebuild the innings. But as quickly as they bought the rhythm, Pretorius trapped the latter and jolted SRH’s chase as soon as once more. Williamson missed out on a fifty, getting dismissed for 47 within the 15th over.
Now the onus was on Pooran’s shoulders however he lacked strong help from the opposite finish. Choudhary returned to bowl his second spell and although he failed to finish the hat-trick, he triggered SRH’s middle-order collapse.
Earlier, CSK openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway hammered the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling assault into submission, notching up a scintillating 182-run partnership, the very best opening stand of the season, to put up an imposing 202 for two.
Gaikwad (99 off 57 balls) was at his harmful finest as he smashed six sixes and as many fours earlier than falling wanting a deserving hundred by only one run. His opening associate Conway, enjoying solely his second recreation of the season, made an unbeaten 85 off 55 balls studded with eight hits to the fence and 4 maximums.
Gaikwad was in his zone as he stood on his again foot, ready for the ball to come back to him and performed some distinctive photographs to dominate the formidable SRH bowling unit. Anything quick was pulled with immaculate ease, whereas pitched up deliveries have been handled with equal disdain as Gaikwad didn’t miss a trick to ship SRH on a leather-based hunt throughout his elegant innings.
Conway too confirmed nice temperament as he was the proper foil for Gaikwad. He bide his time initially earlier than going for the massive photographs within the slog overs.
(With Agency Inputs)
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