2024-04-07 21:51:19
After the departure of Mustafizur Rahman, Chennai Super Kings are not seeing the face of victory. Chennai witnessed the second loss in a row. Rituraj Gaikwad’s team lost by 6 wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last match.
In the match held at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad, Chennai scored 165 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Hyderabad should easily beat this target. That’s it. The opening pair of 46 runs from 16 balls of the two openers basically ended the match.
They have won two out of 4 matches. Hyderabad also won 2 out of 4 matches. Mostafizur Rahman could not play in this match as he came to Dhaka on an urgent basis to complete the visa process for the T20 World Cup venue, USA. Mathisha Pathirana was also absent due to injury.
Abhishek Sharma was the main architect of Hyderabad’s victory in the match. Abhishek played a stormy innings of 37 runs off just 12 balls. There were 4 sixes and 3 fours in the innings. Then another opener Travis Head got out with 31 runs off 24 balls. Aiden Markram scored his fifty in three overs. Pat Cummins’ team won with 11 balls in hand.
Earlier, Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and sent Chennai to bat. Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up Rachin Ravindra in the beginning. He scored 12 runs off 9 balls. Rituraj Gaikwad departed at the crease. He was dismissed for 26 off 21 balls.
Despite losing two openers, Ajinkya Rahane kept the team on course for a big collection. Shivam Dubey started playing big shots on the opposite side. However, Dube departed after 45 runs. Rahane scored 35 runs off 30 balls.
In the end, Ravindra Jadeja scored 31 runs off 23 balls. Daryl Mitchell played a slow innings of 13 runs off 11 balls. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Natarjan, Cummins, Shahbaz Ahmed and Unadkat took 1 wicket each for Hyderabad.