On the back of unbeaten century by Ambati Rayadu, Chennai Super Kings cruised to an 8 wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 46th match of VIVO IPL played at MCA Stadium, Pune just finished a few minutes ago. CSK captain Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first. Shikhar Dhawan and Kane Williamson scored important runs, posted 181 for 4 in 20 overs. Chasing 182, Rayadu century helped them to an easy win.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field first. Deepak Chahar got the early wicket of Alex Hales for 2 runs. Kane Williamson and Shikhar Dhawan played slowly in first few overs. At the end of 6 overs, SRH scored just 29 for 1.
After the power play overs, Kane Williamson and Shikhar Dhawan showed aggression with positive intent putting pressure on Chennai Super Kings bowlers. Both of them made sure that they took on CSK bowlers. Shikhar Dhawan scored his half-century off 38 balls while Williamson continued his brilliant form in the tournament with another 50 off 37 balls.
Dwayne Bravo dismissed Shikhar Dhawan for 79 runs ending a 123 runs stands for the 2nd wicket. In the next over, Kane Williamson has also dismissed for 51 runs. The Chennai Super Kings bowlers then bowled good line and lengths. Deepak Hooda hit a quickfire 21 off 11 balls. SRH posted a score of 179 for 4 in 20 overs. For Chennai Super Kings, Shardul Thakur picked 2 wickets for 32 runs.
Chasing 180 runs, Ambati Rayadu and Shane Watson got the team off to a positive start with good batting from both batsmen. At the end of 6 overs, CSK scored 53 for 0.
After the power play overs, Rayadu and Watson continued their aggression against SRH bowlers. Shane Watson reached his half-century off 31 balls while Rayadu completed 50 too off 31 balls. The Australian all-rounder was dismissed for 57 ending a brilliant 134 runs partnership for the opening wicket. CSK lost the wicket of Suresh Raina cheaply.
Rayadu continued his brilliant form and completed century off 62 balls. MS Dhoni remained not out on 20 off 14 balls. CSK won the match by 8 wickets with 1 over to spare.
CSK 180 for 2 in 19 overs (Rayadu 100*, Watson 57, Dhoni 20*, Sandeep Sharma 1/36) beat
SRH 179 for 4 in 20 overs (Dhawan 79, Kane Williamson 51, Shardul Thakur 2/32, Deepak Chahar 1/16) by 8 wickets.
SRH captain Kane Williamson said: Our bowling let us down badly in today’s match. The pitch had swing and the opening batsmen had troubles. In the first 6 overs, we scored fewer runs which went against us. I and Kane Williamson played well but a score of 179 against CSK batting line-up was less. We need our middle order to fire in the upcoming matches.
CSK captain MS Dhoni said: It was a good performance by our bowlers. Deepak Chahar was outstanding with the bowl that made the ball swing. Ambati Rayadu and Shane Watson provided a brilliant start which gave the momentum. We need to search for our death bowlers.
When these two teams met last time in this tournament, CSK won a thriller by 4 runs at Hyderabad.
With this win, CSK moves to 16 points and a step closer to qualifying for playoffs stage.
