Chennai Super Kings defeated SunRisers Hyderabad by 13 runs on the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune to safe their third win of IPL 2022 after MS Dhoni returned as CSK’s captain on Sunday. Nicholas Pooran’s 67-run knock went in useless as Mukesh Choudhary’s four-wicket haul propelled CSK to their third win of the season. SRH have now misplaced two back-to-back matches after profitable 5 on the trot.
After Kane Williamson gained the toss and determined to bowl, Chennai Super Kings openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway received off to an excellent begin. The two had been relentless in opposition to a top-quality SRH bowling line-up and hit some gorgeous pictures to all corners of the bottom.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad was unlucky to overlook out on 100, falling for 99, however he was concerned in a 182-run partnership for the opening wicket with Devon Conway.
Devon Conway was enjoying his first match since his marriage and he completed unbeaten on 85 off 55 balls – his knock was studded with 8 fours and 4 sixes.
Ruturaj Gaikwad’s 99 got here off solely 57 balls and he smashed 6 fours and 6 sixes in the middle of his innings.
T Natarajan took each CSK wickets and completed with 2 for 42 off 4 overs.
SRH INNINGS
Chasing 203, Sunrisers Hyderabad wanted a fast begin they usually received it from Abhishek Sharma and Kane Williamson. The two had been aggressive from the phrase go and gave SRH the right launchpad in pursuit of a steep goal.
Abhishek Sharma had hit an aesthetic half-century when SRH defeated CSK of their earlier encounter this season and on Sunday, he was getting within the groove once more. However, his blitz was ended by Mukesh Choudhary and Sharma was again within the hut for a 24-ball 39.
Mukesh Choudhary struck once more with the subsequent ball to dismiss the harmful Rahul Tripathi for a golden duck.
Suddenly, SRH had been 58 for two on the finish of the powerplay and the sport was vast open.
CSK might have taken a stronger maintain of the match at that stage, however MS Dhoni dropped Kane Williamson off Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling within the seventh over of the innings. Jadeja received one to show away from Williamson who received a faint edge on the ball and Dhoni failed to carry on to the catch.
The onus was now on SRH skipper Kane Williamson and Aiden Markram.
Markram has been in good type this season and he hit Mitchell Santner for successive sixes within the tenth over earlier than hitting a half-track straight to Ravindra Jadeja at vast long-on.
Halfway by way of the innings, SRH had been 89 for 3 and wanted 114 runs within the final 10 overs.
GAIKWAD’S 99
Sunrisers Hyderabad have the very best bowling assault in IPL 2022. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is intelligent along with his variations, Marco Jansen makes use of his top nicely, T Natarajan is troublesome to get away from and Umran Malik is pure tempo. In reality, he had single-handedly virtually denied Gujarat Titans just a few nights again with a five-wicket blitz.
On Sunday, this all-star tempo assault bumped into the defending champions who’ve had a poor run this season. As MS Dhoni returned to guide Chennai Super Kings, he made two modifications, one in all which was compelled.
Dwayne Bravo, Dhoni’s trusted lieutenant for a number of years, needed to be dominated out with an harm. And in got here the newly-married Devon Conway, who proved to be the right foil for Ruturaj Gaikwad, the Orange Cap winner in 2021.
And collectively, they despatched the SRH bowlers on a leather-based hunt throughout the MCA Stadium.
This was Ruturaj Gaikwad’s residence floor. And he selected this venue to make an enormous assertion.
Ruturaj Gaikwad had began the season with a duck and had scored just one half-century in a horror run for the Super Kings, however on Sunday, he was decided to make amends and smashed his first hundred of the 12 months and his second within the IPL general.
Along with Conway, Gaikwad bullied the SRH assault they usually had been notably harsh on Umran Malik, the quickest bowler on present within the IPL this 12 months.
Ruturaj Gaikwad seemed sensible in that knock however he fell for 99 and was clearly heartbroken. However, even the opposition acknowledged a particular effort. He was concerned in a 182-run partnership with Devon Conway.
MS Dhoni walked in to bat at No.3 however managed to get solely 8.
Both CSK wickets went to T Natarajan, who completed with 2 for 42 off 4 overs.
Devon Conway completed unbeaten on 85 to take CSK to a commanding 202 for two off their 20 overs.
In their earlier match in opposition to SRH, CSK had misplaced by 8 wickets. Nothing was going proper for CSK then, however Sunday evening promised to be completely different.
That CSK-SRH conflict on the DY Patil Stadium is a distant reminiscence now, however Ruturaj Gaikwad would have remembered how unhealthy he was made to look by T Natarajan, who dismissed him with a peach of a ball. Moeen Ali had made 48 to present CSK’s rating some sense of respectability, however two wickets apiece from Natarajan and Washington Sundar had restricted them to 154 for 7 off their 20 overs.
