IPL 2024: Kavya Maran and MS Dhoni© Twitter
MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings returned to winning ways in the IPL 2024 as they defeated SunRisers Hyderabad by 78 runs. After two consecutive defeats, CSK suffered a mini slump but the defending champions held off a marauding SRH with Ruturaj Gaikwad and Daryl Mitchell coming out with all guns blazing as CSK scored a total of 212 runs. In reply, SRH were all out for 134. A few times during the match, MS Dhoni could be seen occupying the field. On one such occasion, Dhoni instructed Daryl Mitchell to move a little. What followed was New Zealand star catching Travis Head off Tushar Deshpande's bowling. The camera then showed SRH over Kavya Maran, very disappointed when Head fell on 13 off 7 balls.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper Pat Cummins had no qualms in admitting that chasing is an aspect they need to work on after losing to Chennai Super Kings by 78 runs.
On a dry MA Chidambaram Stadium pitch, CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad fell two runs short of becoming the second batsman to hit back-to-back IPL centuries, while Daryl Mitchell got his maiden fifty in the tournament as the duo took the hosts to singled. huge 212/3.
In response, SRH, who opted to bowl first due to the dew factor, were never able to chase it down and were eventually bowled out for 134 in 18.5 overs, which is also their second successive attempt at failing to achieve a second innings .
Deshpande struck thrice in powerplay and picked IPL-best figures of 4-22, while Matheesha Pathirana, Mustafizur Rahman (two wickets each), Ravindra Jadeja and Shardul Thakur (one scalp each) were among the wicket-takers for CSK.
“It's hard to put your finger on it. Nothing has really gone to plan here. It feels pretty good to hunt, but it hasn't come off yet, so we have something to work on. There's definitely something here dew;i So far I haven't seen much elsewhere at other venues, but we haven't made the most of it. They bowled really well, so the dew didn't factor in as much as we would have liked,” Cummins said in a speech .press conference after the match.
With IANS inputs
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