The Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday notched their second win of the Indian Premier League 2024 season with a cushty six-wicket win over the Chennai Tremendous Kings.
After proscribing the Tremendous Kings to 165 on a slow-ish pitch, Hyderabad chased down their goal with 11 balls to spare due to Abhishek Sharma (37) and Travis Head’s (31) onslaught within the energy play adopted by Aiden Markram’s fluid 50.
After opting to bowl first, Hyderabad lowered Chennai to 54/2 within the eighth over earlier than Ajinkya Rahane (35) and Shivam Dube (45) accelerated the scoring within the center overs.
Nonetheless some disciplined bowling from Hyderabad’s tempo bowlers within the demise overs ensured Chennai couldn’t go previous the 170-run mark.
Within the chase, Sharma and Head took on the Chennai bowlers within the powerplay overs as they posted 78 runs in six overs for the lack of one wicket. Markram joined the celebration scoring a 36-ball 50 to take Hyderabad residence.
Turning level of the match
Chennai have been motoring alongside properly with Rahane and Dube stitching collectively a 65-run stand in simply 39 balls. Nonetheless, Dube perished within the 14th over with Rahane following go well with the subsequent over.
With two new batters in Jadeja and Daryl Mitchell within the center, the Hyderabad bowlers utilized the squeeze gifting away simply 38 runs within the closing 5 overs.
T Natarajan, who had given away 27 runs in his first two overs, conceded simply 12 runs in his closing two overs and in addition took the wicket of Mitchell. Jaydev Unadkat and Bhuvneshwar Kumar solely let 13 runs scored within the two overs between them.
On a pitch the place 175 may have been a par rating, Chennai captain Gaikwad acknowledged that Hyderabad’s bowling within the demise gave the house aspect the higher hand.
Participant of the match
It’s not typically {that a} participant who scores a match-winning half-century will not be the participant of the match. However even Markram, who anchored Hyderabad’s chase, wouldn’t thoughts acknowledging that Sharma was the participant of the match.
His 12-ball 37 which included clobbering Mukesh Chaudhary for 27 runs in a single over successfully took the match away from Chennai.
‘Seems to be fairly enjoyable for the time being’
Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins was filled with reward for Sharma within the post-match presentation joking that he wouldn’t need to face the southpaw.
“It seems to be fairly enjoyable for the time being,” Cummins stated. “I wouldn’t need to bowl to him (Sharma) and Travis Head on the prime. They’re enjoying with freedom and that’s what we would like from them.”
Through the bowling we felt it was a bit sluggish wicket. We knew someway if we take the powerplay on, then we are able to float after that. We had an opportunity to arrange nicely earlier than the IPL. We knew will probably be a bit sluggish however not a lot if we tackle the bowler. It’s troublesome for the bowler as nicely.
Large scores matter, however simply I went with the stream at present. Hopefully I’ll get it (an enormous rating) subsequent time. It’s all the arduous work I’ve put earlier than this. Particular due to my dad, Yuvi paaji (Yuvraj Singh) and Brian Lara.
— SRH’s Abhishek Sharma
