How Hyderabad Crowd’s MS Dhoni reception leaves SRH skipper Pat Cummins stunned Cricket News

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Pat Cummins praised young all-rounder Abhishek after the team beat five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by six wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Sharma and Travis Head’s batting performance, saying he didn’t want to bowl to them because they were batting well. Abhishek Sharma’s blitzkrieg and clinical bowling led the way as Chennai Super Kings suffered their second consecutive defeat in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Friday. Sunrisers Hyderabad registered a six-wicket victory at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

Cummins was surprised by the reception that former CSK captain MS Dhoni received from the crowd.

Speaking after the match, Cummins said: “Different soil, it slowed down as the game went on. It was still a good game. We had a lot of fast bowlers. Shivam (Dube) ) were hitting the spinners. So we took chances with the fast bowlers bowling cutters. I didn’t want to bowl to him (Abhishek Sharma) and (Travis) Hyde. The crowd was crazy tonight , especially when MS (Dhoni) steps out. We love playing here, the family conditions.”

“The crowd was crazy tonight, especially when MS walked out. It was the loudest I’ve ever heard in a stadium” – Pat Cummins @msdhoni #MSDhoni #IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/sFbxocIkAw

— DHONI GIFS (@DhoniGifs) April 6, 2024

Once the game started, 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, leaving CSK 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 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 ranked third with 4 points due to a better run-rate.

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