Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) pacer Jaydev Unadkat after the team’s 6-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Said that bowlers must be “unpredictable” in the following areas: their line and pace. Unadkat took one wicket in four games against CSK on Friday and conceded 29 runs at an economy rate of 7.20. The 32-year-old pacer dismissed CSK’s Ajinkya Rahane for 35 in the 15th over of the match in Hyderabad.

At the post-match press conference, Unadkat said the slow ball stuck to the pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, adding that it was to adapt to the conditions.

“I think from what we have seen so far, wickets with slow balls sticking to the pitch have to do with adapting to the conditions. I think the conditions are suitable for this kind of pitch… As a bowler, you have to be on the line and The speed aspect has to be unpredictable,” Unadkat said.

Looking back at the match, SRH won the toss and elected to bowl first. Rachin Ravindra (12) and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (26 off 21 balls, including three fours and a six) were out early, reducing CSK to 54/2 in 7.1 overs.

Then, Shivam Dube (45 off 24 balls with 2 fours and 4 boundaries), Ravindra Jadeja (31 off 23 balls with four boundaries) and Ajinkya Rahane (35 off 30 balls with 2 fours and 4 boundaries) 6 boundaries) batting took CSK to 165/5 in their 20 overs.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/28), T Natarajan (1/39), Skipper Cummins (1/29) and Jaydev Unadkat (1/29) were among the wickets for SRH.

In the run-chase, Travis Head (31 off 24 balls with three fours and one six) and Abhishek Sharma (37 off 12 balls with three fours) ball and 4 sixes) started very well, taking SRH to 106 in 9.4 overs. Aiden Markram scored a brilliant half-century (50 off 36 balls with 4 boundaries and 6 boundaries). Heinrich Klaasen (10*) and Nitish Reddy (11*) led SRH to a six-wicket win.

Moeen Ali (2/23) is the bowler for CSK. Deepak Chahar and Maheesh Theekshana also picked up a wicket.

Abhishek’s explosive knocks earned him the Man of the Match award.

SRH climbed to fifth place with 4 points with 2 wins and 2 losses in four games. With the same win-loss ratio, CSK is in third place with 4 points due to a better run rate.

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