His astonishing 12-ball 37 helped Sunrisers Hyderabad achieve success against Chennai Super Kings on Friday, a feat he attributed to his work with the help of former batting stars Brian Lara and Yuvraj Singh before the IPL. effort. Abhishek, 23, smashed a listless Mukesh Chaudhary for 27 runs in the second over to set up a 166-run chase with the help of two fours and three sixes point. Aiden Markram then dominated the SRH innings with 11 balls to spare.
“It’s all the hard work I put in before this. Special thanks to my father Yuvi Paji and Brian Lara,” Abhishek, who was named the man of the match, said in his post-match speech.
“While bowling, we felt it was a slow wicket. So we wanted to take a strong attack. We have a chance to prepare well before the IPL. We knew the pace would be slow, but if we go against the bowlers, it won’t be Yes. Because it will be difficult for the bowlers as well,” added the youngster, who scored a staggering 308.33. When asked which one he prefers between high strike rate and big runs, he said: “Big scores are important but I went with the flow today. Hopefully next time I can get out last.” SRH captain Pat Cummins joked that he didn’t want to bowl to Abhishek.
“I didn’t want to bowl to him,” the Australian said.
“Different soil, it slowed down as the game went on. Still a good game. We had a lot of fast bowlers. Shivam was hitting the spinners. So we took our chances and bowled with fast The bowler bowled the cut ball.”
When asked about the home fans, he said: “The fans were crazy tonight, especially when MS (Dhoni) bowed out. We love playing here and love the conditions at home.”
CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad feels his team will not be able to cash in on the last five games.
“It was a slow pitch. They pitched it well on the back end. We couldn’t capitalize in the last five overs. We had a good situation in the middle, but they pitched it well on the back end.
“Black soil pitch, so we expected it to be slow. As the ball gets older, it gets slower. They took advantage of the conditions well – big boundary end. We didn’t play well on the power play, but played well Delayed the game.
“170-175 is par and if we can have a good strong play with the ball, we can win the game. There was a slight dew in the late stages. Moeen was spinning the ball in the 15-16th over, so there wasn’t much difference.”
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