Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 7 wickets in match number 29 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.
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Devon Conway starred in the chase with an unbeaten 77 from 57 balls, including 12 strokes to the boundary and one over it.
Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad notched up 50 in the 6th over.
Conway waded into the tall pacer Marco Jansen, smacking a six and four boundaries as CSK appeared to hurtle towards the target.
The New Zealand batter reached his 50 from 33 balls to power CSK’s chase, overshadowing the talented Gaikwad in the process.
The opening duo appeared set to see the team home when misfortune struck Gaikwad, who was run-out after a shot by Conway got deflected off Umran Malik’s hand and hit the stumps with the CSK batter out of his crease.
Leg-spinner Mayank Markande was the best performer with the ball for SRH on a rather forgettable day, finishing with 2 for 23 (4 overs). He got the wickets of Ajinka Rahane (9) and Ambati Rayudu (9), bowling the latter with a googly.
In the end, Moeen Ali (6) hit the winning runs of Washington Sundar.
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Earlier, Ravindra Jadeja led a brilliant bowling performance with his impressive 3/22 to help CSK restrict SRH to 134/7.
CSK bowlers were at their best as they didn’t let SRH batters pace up the innings. After a modest start in the powerplay, SRH scored 57 runs in the middle overs with just four boundaries and a maximum and also lost four wickets in quick succession, getting reduced to 102/5 after 15 overs.
Put into bat first, SRH were off to a modest start with 13 runs coming off the first two overs. However, the opening duo of Abhishek Sharma And Harry Brook then went for few boundaries.
Akash Singh bowled a brilliant fifth over, giving away just one run and claiming the big wicket of Brook. With 10 runs from the sixth over, SRH posted 45/1 in the powerplay. In the next four overs post-powerplay, the visitors collected just 31 runs with and lost a crucial wicket in the form of their opener Abhishek.
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In the 10th over, Jadeja removed the set batter Abhishek, who went for a pull but the ball hit the higher side of his bat, and ballooned to long-on where Ajinkya Rahane pouched it safely. Halfway through the innings, SRH were 76/2.
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Soon, Jadeja struck again dismissing Rahul Tripathi for 21. Mahessh Theekshana then trapped skipper Aiden Markam, with Dhoni doing the stumping job behind the wicket. Jadeja was at his classic best as he claimed his third in the next over and half of Sunrisers players headed back to the pavilion in 15 overs.
There was no respite for SRH from CSK bowling attack as Matheesha Pathirana put further dent, dismissing Heinrich Klassen in the 18th over. With 32 runs coming off the last five overs along with a run-out on the last ball SRH finished with 134/7 in 20 overs.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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