In the match between Chennai Super Kings and SunRisers Hyderabad IPL 2024, the latter won by six wickets with his brilliant batting. The CSK bowlers were unable to stop SRH’s hammering with the bat and the team fell to its second consecutive defeat. After the defeat, SRH climbed to fifth place in the IPL 2024 standings, while CSK remained at third place. In addition to the usual battle between ball and bat, there was an interesting phenomenon in this game.

There was one run in the 19th over of CSK’s innings when Ravindra Jadeja thwarted a delivery aimed at the stumps by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. SRH’s Heinrich Klaasen also seemed to indicate that he could be a hindrance to the game. But SRH skipper Pat Cummins withdrew the appeal.

Former Indian cricket team star Mohammad Kaif has an interesting take on the incident.

“Two questions for Pat Cummins regarding withdrawing the obstruction spot appeal against Jadeja. Is it a tactical call to bring the struggling Jadeja into the crease and keep Dhoni in the room? What if? Is it Virat Kohli in World T20, will he do the same thing?” Mohammad Kaif posted on X.

Two questions for Pat Cummins regarding the withdrawal of the obstruction of duty appeal against Jadeja. Was it a tactical decision to let the struggling Jadeja take center stage while keeping Dhoni indoors? If it were Virat Kohli in the T20 Worlds, would he have done the same thing?

Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 5, 2024

Talking about the match, Chennai Super Kings made a mistake in their batting innings and then got hit by a tornado named Abhishek Sharma who gave Hyderabad 37 off 12 balls Sunrisers Hyderabad eased past the defending champions by six wickets in an IPL match on Friday.
The SRH bowlers were very disciplined while restricting CSK to 165 runs in 5 overs of 20 while scoring just 37 runs in the last 5 overs.

If 37 runs in the last five games was a poor showing for CSK, young left-hander Abhishek also scored 37 runs in a brilliant game but only from 12 deliveries, including 4 sixes The ball laid the foundation. Aiden Markram then completed a run chase with a 36-ball 50 as SRH completed the run in just 18.1 overs.

After Abhishek dismissed a listless Mukesh Chaudhary for 27, he joined opener Travis Head (31 off 24 balls) in seven overs The victory was achieved by 60 runs on the second wicket. The match ended as a one-on-one affair with CSK having lost both of their away games while SRH have now won both of their home games. CSK had a chance first but Moeen Ali bowled Hyder off the second delivery bowled by Deepak Chahar.

Thereafter, there was chaos as 23-year-old Abhishek hit two fours and three sixes off Mukesh. Mukesh was forced into the squad in the absence of Mustafizur Rahaman, who had taken a break to return home and submit his US visa application. Mukesh, playing his first competitive match in 16 months, impressed in his only outing and will again warm up the bench in the next game when Mustafizou returns.

Abhishek didn’t let up as he also bowled the ‘IPL expert’ Chahar for a boundary and a six in the third over, but his fireworks ended there as his lob was Diver Jadeja hits.

With PTI input