SRH vs CSK: On April 5, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings came face to face in IPL 2024. Playing first, CSK scored 165 runs thanks to Shivam Dubey's stormy innings of 45 runs and Ajinkya Rahane's 35 runs. In these, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad also contributed 26 runs. While chasing the target, SRH got a brilliant and fast start from Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma. But after the powerplay overs, Hyderabad's batting also slowed down. In such a situation, the bowlers made a comeback for Chennai, but SRH had a lot of wickets left, so the team's batsmen adopted an aggressive stance even on a slow pitch and led the team to victory by 6 wickets.
Till the 15th over, SRH's score was 135 runs for 3 wickets and they needed 31 runs in the last 5 overs. This appears to be a very easy score, but it was not easy for SRH to achieve this on a low-scoring pitch. On the third ball of the 16th over, Moeen Ali dismissed Shahbaz Ahmed, who was set at the crease, on the score of 18 runs. The match had become exciting and SRH needed 15 runs in the last 18 balls. Tushar Deshpande's 9 runs in the 18th over had made the match somewhat one-sided. In the last 2 overs, Hyderabad needed only 6 runs to win. Nitish Reddy gave a big win to SRH by hitting a six on the very first ball of the 19th over.
Travis Head's 31 runs in 24 balls and Abhishek Sharma's 37 runs in 12 balls also played an important role in Hyderabad's victory. Abhishek hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in this innings. In the last over, Nitish Reddy played a cameo inning of 14 runs in 8 balls, who was replaced in this match by Mayank Agarwal, who is currently ill.
Aidan Markram overshadows Shivam Dubey
Chennai Super Kings batted first, but due to slow innings of 26 runs and 35 runs by Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ajinkya Rahane, CSK looked to be in trouble. In such a situation, Shivam Dubey's inning of 45 runs in 24 balls at a strike rate of 187.5 played an important role in taking the team to a respectable score of 165 runs. On the other hand, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head gave a good start to SRH, but after their dismissal, Aiden Markram took over the innings. Markram played an inning of 50 runs in 36 balls, hitting 4 fours and 1 six.
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