Spinner Ravindra Jadeja produced an unimaginable present with the ball, claiming three-fer whereas opener Devon Conway slammed his third IPL half-century on the trot as Chennai grabbed their fourth win of the season.
The Sunrisers batting unit seemed completely clueless towards the Chennai spinners as Jadeja returned figures of three for 22. The skilled India all-rounder and Maheesh Theekshana (1/27) strangled the Sunrisers batting unit, limiting them to a lowly 134 for 7 after which Chennai openers blasted 60 runs within the powerplay to seal the destiny of the match.
As Conway slammed a powerful 57-ball 77 not out, CSK made mild work of the goal, grabbing the victory with 8 balls to spare.
With the win, MS Dhoni and co. keep their third spot on the factors desk whereas Sunrisers stay anchored on the ninth spot with fourth defeat of the season.
As It Happened
Stylish Conway hit 12 fours and one six throughout his sensational knock and shared an 87-run stand with opening associate Ruturaj Gaikwad (35) to offer a rollicking begin to the chase.
Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad notched up 50 within the sixth over.
Conway waded into the tall pacer Marco Jansen, smacking a six and 4 boundaries as CSK appeared to hurtle in direction of the goal.
The New Zealand batter reached his 50 from 33 balls to energy CSK’s chase, overshadowing the gifted Gaikwad within the course of.
The opening duo appeared set to see the group residence when misfortune struck Gaikwad, who was run-out after a shot by Conway bought deflected off Umran Malik’s hand and hit the stumps with the CSK batter out of his crease.
Leg-spinner Mayank Markande was the most effective performer with the ball for SRH on a somewhat forgettable day, ending with 2 for 23 (4 overs). He bought the wickets of Ajinka Rahane (9) and Ambati Rayudu (9), bowling the latter with a googly.
In the tip, Moeen Ali (6) hit the successful runs of Washington Sundar.
Earlier, it was trial by spin for the Sunrisers Hyderabad batters because the Chennai Super Kings gradual bowlers, particularly Jadeja, got here up with an excellent efficiency to limit the visiting group to a modest 134 for 7.
Jadeja was the most effective bowler for CSK with 3 for 22, whereas Abhishek Sharma (34) was the highest scorer for the Sunrisers, who simply could not get going after being despatched in to bat by skipper M S Dhoni.
SRH batters faltered regardless of a 35-run partnership for the opening wicket between Harry Brook (18) and Sharma and a 36-run stand for the second wicket between Sharma and Rahul Tripathi (21) because the CSK spinners took over.
There was no vital partnership within the center order because the Hyderabad batters did not push the rating, struggling towards the CSK spinners.
Jadeja was the important thing bowler for the Super Kings as he spun an online across the opposition batters.
The skilled Jadeja (3/22) and Maheesh Theekshana (1/27) strangled the SRH batting unit after Dhoni made the spinners bowl in tandem from over 7 to fifteen.
Jadeja, as all the time, bought by means of his 4 overs shortly and put the brakes on the SRH scoring. He picked up the wickets of Sharma, Tripathi and Mayank Agarwal (2).
Such was the dominance of the spinners that after 10.3 overs, SRH batters could not get any boundary for the subsequent 36 balls.
Brook appeared to seek out his groove and hit Tushar Deshpande for 2 consecutive boundaries earlier than he fell to a very good catch by Ruturaj Gaikwad off Akash Singh.
Sharma, who hit the primary six of the match within the third over off Singh, hit three fours and a sixer earlier than turning into Jadeja’s first sufferer.
The left-handed batter fell to a very good catch by Ajinkya Rahane within the deep as Jadeja bought into the act.
Agarwal, who was bumped down the order to No.6 didn’t final too lengthy.
After surviving a caught and bowled likelihood to Jadeja, who couldn’t maintain on to an opportunity as Klaasen bought in the best way, Agarwal jumped out of the crease solely to overlook the ball as Dhoni did the remaining behind the stumps.
(With inputs from PTI)
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