IPL 2020, CSK vs SRH Live Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers HyderabadIPL 2020, CSK vs SRH Highlights: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 7 runs.
Batting first, SRH were 69/3 at one stage, till they were rescued by a partnership by young Abhishek Sharma (31) and Priyam Garg (51*), as they posted 164/5 in 20 overs. In the chase, CSK started losing wickets from the outset, with Faf du Plessis (22) being run out. MS Dhoni (47*) and Ravindra Jadeja (50) took the game deep and went into carnage mode in the last four overs, but CSK finished at 157/5, seven runs short of SRH’s total.
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MS Dhoni, unbeaten on 47 off 36 balls, speaks after the match: "Not able to middle a lot of deliveries, tried to hit the balls too hard. (asked about whether he was feeling fatigue towards the end of the chase) Quite all right, it's dry out here, throat gets dry." He again stresses on the extras given away in their bowling innings and the catches dropped.
Curran can only get a single. That's it. It's out of CSK's hands now. Dhoni also can only get a single. Warner seen heaving a sigh of relief at long on. Curran ends the over and the match with a six, but it's not good enough. SRH have won by 7 runs. What a match!
Two off the second ball. Dhoni looks drained. A boundary slammed down the ground for four off the third ball. It's happening! Dhoni is pulling off his Midas touch in the dying seconds of this match. A single to follow. Curran on strike. Dhoni on 47* off 36
Samad to bowl the 20th over. Dhoni on strike. First ball is wide. Past Bairstow. Five wides! What a start to the over.
Warner is not happy with this break. The umpires are in the middle too. Dhoni does not seem to point to any particular problem with himself. Takes a sip of water. A long delay. Stretching the game to its extent here. Play resumes. SIX! Over midwicket! Dhoni's got it over the ropes for the first time after that delay. This chase is on! Single off the last ball. Keeps strike for the last over. Dhoni on 39 off 32.
Khaleel will complete the 19th over! Which leaves Abhishek Sharma or Abdul Samad to bowl the last over. Dhoni gets a boundary off his first ball. Misfield in the deep! All in danger of falling apart for Warner's men now. Another quickly run two. Dhoni takes a moment to regain his breath, he's been batting for over an hour now. Another quickly run two off the next ball. Dhoni is on his haunches. He's calling out for the physio. Another break. CSK 130/5 after 18.4, Dhoni on 32 off 30, with physios out to take a look at him.
Jadeja and Curran's charge has kept this chase alive. Dhoni has not hit any sixes so far but we all know what he can do. Bhuvi bowls the 19th. How much will either side like to leave for the last over? Bhuvi nails an yorker first ball - single. Dhoni on strike. Bhuvi pulls up in his bowling run-up. He tries again. Again, pulls up. Bhuvi cannot complete the over! He is walking gingerly off! Looks like a muscle strain of some sort. Who do SRH go to? CSK need 43 off 11 balls.
Sam Curran is in at 7. And he swings at his first ball like he has been swinging all day. A huge huge six smashed over fine leg. Single off the last ball. CSK need 44 in 2 overs.
Natarajan bowls the 18th. Jadeja takes the aerial route. Pandey cannot hold on to a difficult catch and this over starts with a four too. Jadeja swings to midwicket for six. Gets his 50 up, off 34 balls. Off the next ball, he pulls again, but this time it is straight to the fielder. Jadeja is out for 50 off 35. All on Dhoni now, on 24 off 27. CSK need 51 off 14 balls.
Bhuvi bowls the 17th. 4, 4, 4 to start for Jadeja. An under edge that goes past the keeper for the first, and the second pulled to fine leg, the third flicked off his pads to fine leg again. 15 runs off the over. Jadeja gets a single off the last ball. CSK need 63 in 3 overs
Samad bowls the 15th. Jadeja steps out and tonks a six straight down the ground. Dhoni tries to swing hard but cannot find the connection. CSK need 86 in the last 5 overs. Rashid Khan bowls the 16th. SRH take an LBW review, unsuccessfully, against Jadeja. DHoni pulls Rashid for four to find what is only his second boundary. Two dot balls to follow. Dhoni on 24 off 27, Jadeja on 23 off 25. CSK need 78 in last 4 overs
Khaleel bowls a brilliant 13th over. Just 3 singles off it. Natarajan bowls the 14th. Jadeja gets his first boundary, slashed through the gap. Dhoni on 16 off 19, Jadeja on 16 off 21. CSK need 94 in 6 overs.
Dhoni gets going against Samad in the 11th over. Slammed past the bowler for a four. A few more powerful shots in the over from Dhoni, Priyam Garg does well to cut off a four. Jadeja still more circumspect. Rashid Khan bowls the 12th, with CSK needing to get some runs off his over too now. They get 3. The required run rate is now 13. Dhoni on 14 off 15.
CSK win 63 percent of the time when Dhoni bats at 5. Will need a special effort today. Jadeja is in at 6. Dhoni and Jadeja batting with Williamson fielding nearby. Will bring back memories of a World Cup semifinal last year for some, this. It's all SRH at the moment now though, and it's their spinners ruling the roost, with Murali, their coach, cheering from the dugout. Rashid Khan bowls the 10th over. Jadeja plays out three dot balls in succession. 0/2 in 2 overs for Rahid so far.
Dhoni on 4 off 10, Jadeja on 2 off 6
It's Dhoni in at 5. Abhishek Sharma bowls the 7th over. A watchful effort from both kedar and Dhoni. 4 runs from the over. Rashid Khan in the attack in the 8th over. Kedar plays out four dot balls. Just the 1 run from the over. Abdul Samad bowls the 9th over. Kedar is caught at cover by Warner. Trouble for CSK!
Faf shimmies down the track and cracks Natarajan for a four back over his head. Action replay of that in the next ball. Faf is carrying on in fine form, but can someone else from the CSK order support him? Drama off the last ball in the Powerplay. Faf du Plessis could be run out. He is short of his crease, replays confirm, but there is a doubt whethere Bairstow broke the stumps with his gloves or with the ball. OUT is the decision. Faf is gone for 22. CSK lose their in-form batsman.
Rayudu is bowled by Natarajan. Played completely down the wrong line. Rayudu is out for 8. CSK lose a second. Kedar Jadhav is in at 5.
Faf du Plessis attacks Khaleel in the 5th over. Comes down the track and hits his first boundary. Rayudu pulls as well and the ball just lands short of an incoming Rashid Khan. Du Plessis's shot also falling just short of gully. Du Plessis then scoops Khaleel back over his head for a four.
Rayudu gets a four to midwicket off the last ball of the 4th over, as T Natarajan bowls. That is the first boundary of the chase. Gets CSK's score to double digits finally.
Shane Watson chops one on to his stumps. Bhuvi's swing does the trick. Shane Watson is out for 1 off 6 balls. CSK's top order woes continue. Rayudu in at 3.
Plenty of movement on offer for Bhuvi in his first over. One single to Faf in the over. Just the one run. Khaleel Ahmed bowls the 2nd over. Just 2 singles off Khaleel's over. Another slow start for CSK.
At 70/4, SRH would have been thinking 150 would be a bridge too far. Until young Priyam Garg and Abhishek Sharma changed the course of the innings. CSK need 165 to win. Faf du Plessis opens with Watson tonight, and takes first strike too. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar bowls the first over for SRH.
Last over. Shardul Thakur is preferred over Curran. Garg is caught off the first ball. But the hooter goes off. It's a no ball. Garg gets a reprieve. CSK get Abdul Samad on strike for most of the last over. And it's singles and doubles for most of the over too. Garg stays not out on 51*.
Lowest combined age for a 50 stand in IPL:
39y 335d Abhishek Sharma - Priyam Garg 77 v CSK 2020
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Bravo bowls the 19th. Garg sweeps against the slower ball. Four to fine leg. Garg gets to his 50 with a single off the last ball. Off 23 balls. Will keep strike for the last over too.
Chahar bowls the 18th. Ravindra Jadeja has dropped a catch! Repeat: Jadeja has missed a sitter. Never thought would say that! Off the next ball, it's Shardul Thakur who drops a catch. Two catches dropped off back to back balls. Two reprieves for Abhishek Sharma. Garg places it cleverly to fine leg for a four. Abhishek Sharma is finally out off the last ball. Chahar gets him to nick through to Dhoni. He goes for 31 off 24 balls.
A huge over as Curran bowls the 17th. Priyam Garg puts on the fireworks! 4, 4, 6, 4. The 19-year-old smashes Curran to all parts of the ground. 22 runs scored in the over. This young pair has now added 64 runs. They started off slowly, but they are going for he kill now, nullifying CSK's advantage.
Abhishek Sharma is putting on a show. Bravo bowls a good 15th over but the left hander clears mid off for a four off the last ball of the over. Shardul back into the attack in the 16th. Garg picks up his first boundary, rocked to square leg.
Abhishek Sharma and Priyam Garg, two young prospects, are in for SRH with 9 overs to play. On the positive side for them, they have time to get themselves set in and put on big scores. Jadeja brought in for the first time in the 12th over. Just 2 runs off his over. An edge runs down past Dhoni for four in Chawla's over. Just 2 singles off the over otherwise. Jadeja continues in the 14th. Abhishek Sharma goes after him. A reverse sweep for four and a smash over midwicket for six. 14 runs off Jadeja's second over.
Priyam Garg joins Williamson. And there is disaster! Garg turns down KW's call for a qyuick single. KW cannot get back. He is Run out. Williamson out for 9 off 13. A rare show of emotion from the Kiwi captain. He is disgusted at how he lost his wicket.
Bravo gives away just 3 runs from the 10th over. Chawla continues in the 11th over. Warner tries to go for the reverse sweep against him. Chawla follows him and cramps him up. Warner slog sweeps for four. But then he is caught in the deep as he goes for an aerial shot. Faf takes another brilliant boundary catch. Would have been a six otherwise. Warner is gone for 28 off 29 balls.
Williamson joins Warner at 4. He gets off the mark with a boundary off Shardul, driven through the covers. The team 50 comes up in the 8th over. Piyush Chawla bowls the 9th over. Warner plays the reverse sweep for four off the first ball of spin he faces.
Dwayne Bravo is into the attack in the 7th over - his first appearance in IPL 2020. 5 runs from his over. And then Manish Pandey is caught at mid off by Curran. The partnership is broken, Shardul the wicket taker. Pandey is out for 29 off 21 balls.
Pandey smashes another four as Chahar continues in his 3rd over. Shardul Thakur brought into the attack for the first time in the 6th over. Warner gets a move in the over. Offered width on the off stump and he slashes for just his first four. SRH 42/1 after 6
Curran continues in the 4th over. Pandey goes down the ground against him. A lofted shot. Another boundary for Pandey. Pandey moves swiftly to 20, even as Warner is still in single digits.
Sam Curran bowls the 2nd over. Pandey picks on a pitched up delivery and hits a firm four down the ground. SRH 12/1 after the second over. Another straight drive down the ground for four from Pandey as Chahar continues in the 3rd over. Late swing from him troubles Warner.
Wicket! Chahar has a breakthrough in the first over. Bairstow is bowled through the gates. Deflected off his pads and on to his stumps. SRH lose their English opener for a duck. Manish Pandey is in at 3. Chahar gets a genuine edge off his bat straight up. Pandey gets a lucky four. Faf looks impressed with the amount of swing Chahar is generating, has a word with the bowler. SRH 6/1 after the first over.
Warner and Bairstow out to open the SRH innings. They'll be looking to post a big total. Dhoni leads CSK out. Warner takes first strike. Deepak Chahar to bowl the first over.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Priyam Garg, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, K Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan
Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w/c), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Piyush Chawla, Deepak Chahar
Murali Vijay, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Josh Hazlewood make way for Ambati Rayudu, Shardul Thakur and Dwayne Bravo.
SRH win the toss, choose to bat first vs CSK.
'There is not a lot of grass on the pitch. The Test match length has been hard to get away on this pitch. Maybe, it will play a little low today,' say KP and Slatz in their pitch report.
“Both Rayudu and Bravo are available for selection,” CSK CEO KS Viswanathan said yesterday. Rayudu’s presence could well mean that he will replace an out-of-form Murali Vijay at the top alongside Shane Watson. Who does Bravo come in for though? Sam Curran has been one of their top players this season.
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CSK need to find a winning combination quickly. Not much has gone their way so far this season, and the lack of incision by their spinners has hurt them especially. Of the six games played in Dubai, four have been won by the teams batting first and the other two have been decided by Super Overs.