CSK vs SRH, IPL 2024: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tushar Deshpande lead Chennai Super Kings to easy win | cricket news

Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad’s fighting knock of 98 was helped by a brilliant bowling performance led by pacer Tushar Deshpande as Chennai Super Kings defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 78 runs in the Indian Premier League in Chennai on Sunday. Invited to bat, Gaikwad’s courageous inning of 54 balls helped CSK score 212 runs for three wickets. They got full support from Daryl Mitchell, who returned to form with a crucial inning of 52 runs in 32 balls, before Shivam Dubey’s unbeaten 39 runs in 20 balls took CSK past 200.

In reply, SRH’s extremely cautious batting approach again backfired as they could not recover from the shock of three wickets with the new ball from Deshpande (4/27 in 3 overs) and were all out for 134 in 18.5 overs in the middle overs. Have become. CSK broke its two-match losing streak.

After the win, CSK moved up to third position with 10 points, along with Kolkata Knight Riders, Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals. SRH, who also have 10 points, slipped to fourth place after their fourth defeat.

Chasing 213 to win, Travis Head (13) and Abhishek Sharma (15) started fast, but Deshpande dismissed the former with a slower wide ball and then hit the stumps with an outswinger from the batsman. Returned to remove Anmolpreet Singh’s influence. For a golden goose.

Abhishek was caught at deep point next time as Deshpande broke his back, leaving SRH at 40 for 3 in the fourth over.

Nitish Reddy (15) and Aiden Markram (32) tried to take control of the situation, but Ravindra Jadeja dodged Nitish Reddy with a bouncer, while Mathisha Pathirana bowled a brilliant yorker to uproot the middle stump of the South African player.

With the score at 85-5 in 10.5 overs, Heinrich Klaasen and Abdul Samad joined forces, but runs were difficult to score as the bowlers executed their plans perfectly.

While Jadeja completed a brilliant spell of 4-0-22-1, Shardul Thakur continued to bowl wide outside off to frustrate the batsmen as CSK hit just two fours in nine overs after the powerplay.

With an impossible 104 runs required off 30 balls, Klaasen, Samad, Pat Cummins and Shahbaz Ahmed were all out, while Mitchell took five catches in the outfield during the match.

Earlier, Gaikwad missed consecutive centuries, but his 107-run partnership with Mitchell was the cornerstone of CSK’s innings. This is CSK’s 35th score of over 200, the most by any team in T20 cricket.

Gaikwad was the star of CSK’s batting as he hit 10 fours and three sixes in his innings.

Opening the innings, Ajinkya Rahane (9) was out again early and Bhuvneshwar Kumar got his prized wicket in the third over, but Gaikwad took CSK forward. The captain did not back down and attacked the bowlers at will as the hosts ended the powerplay at 50 for one.

In no time, 27-year-old Gaikwad completed his 17th IPL half-century in just 27 balls.

Gaikwad and Mitchell batted intelligently as they managed to maintain boundaries, with the latter hitting boundaries from time to time even after a slow start (11 off 12).

With dew falling in the 12th over, the batting pair tried to take advantage as Mitchell soon reached his maiden IPL 50 off 29 balls in the 13th over.

But the New Zealand players failed to last long and in the next over, they got out to Jaydev Unadkat after giving a full toss to Nitish Kumar Reddy at deep midwicket.

After this, in-form Shivam Dubey joined Gaikwad and both decided to move ahead. SRH captain Pat Cummins was targeted by the batsmen, conceding 49 runs in his four overs.

Gaikwad looked set to score two consecutive centuries but the Chennai heat and humidity were taking a toll on him as his vigilance ended with a tired looking shot as T Natarajan sent him back in the final over.

Crowd favorite MS Dhoni scored five runs from two balls which included a four, while Dubey bowled a full toss into the stands as 53 runs were scored in the last four overs.

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