SRH vs CSK / CSK reached the top-4 of the points table – beat Hyderabad by 7 wickets

SRH vs CSK: Chennai Super Kings, captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, have defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 15th time in the 29th match of the Indian Premier League-2023. The team defeated Sunrisers by 7 wickets at their home ground. There have been 20 matches between the two so far. Hyderabad has been able to win only 5 of these. With this win, Dhoni's team has moved to the third position in the points table, while Hyderabad are at number 9. 

Chennai won the toss at Chepauk Stadium and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Hyderabad scored 134 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Chennai achieved the target of 135 runs for 3 wickets with 8 balls to spare.

This is how the wickets of Chennai fell.

First: Rituraj Gaikwad was run out on the last ball of the 11th over.

Second: Mayank Markande got Rahane caught by Markram on the fourth ball of the 15th over.

Third: Rayudu was bowled by Mayank Markande on the last ball of the 17th over.

Conway scored a hat-trick of half-centuries

Chennai opener Deven Conway completed his half-century in 33 balls. Conway has scored his third consecutive half-century of this season. This is his overall sixth half-century.

Opening partnership of 87 between Conway-Gaikwad

Deven Conway and Rituraj Gaikwad shared an opening partnership of 87 runs. Umran Malik broke the partnership. He ran out Gaikwad on the follow throw.

Explosive start of Chennai

Chasing a target of 135 runs, Deven Conway and Rituraj Gaikwad gave a bang to Chennai. Both added 60 runs in the first six overs. Conway collected 23 runs in Jansen's over. Four fours and a six came in this over.

Abhishek Sharma scored the highest 34 runs, Hyderabad scored 134 runs

Chennai won the toss at Chepauk Stadium and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Hyderabad scored 134 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Abhishek Sharma, who came out to open, got out after scoring 34 runs. Rahul Tripathi contributed 21 runs.

Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets from Chennai. Akash Singh, Mahish Teekshana and Mathisha Pathirana took one wicket each.

This is how the wickets of Hyderabad fell.

First: On the second ball of the 5th over, Akash Singh got Harry Brook caught by Rituraj Gaikwad.

Second: On the second ball of the 10th over, Jadeja got Abhishek Sharma caught by Rahane.

Third: On the second ball of the 12th over, Jadeja got Rahul Tripathi caught by Akash Singh.

Fourth: On the 5th ball of the 13th over, Mahish Teekshana got Aiden Markram caught by Dhoni.

Fifth: Jadeja got Mayank Agarwal stumped by Dhoni on the 5th ball of the 14th over.

Sixth: On the third ball of the 18th over, Pathirana got Heinrich Klaasen caught by Gaikwad.

Seventh: Washington Sundar was run out on the last ball of the 20th over. He was run out by Dhoni.

Hyderabad changed opening pair, Abhishek landed with Brooke

Hyderabad made a change in the opening pair. Abhishek Sharma came out to open the innings with Harry Brook, although the pair was not that successful. The team lost the wicket of Brooke for 35 runs. Hyderabad scored 47 runs in 6 overs.

Chennai landed without change

Chennai Super Kings, captained by Dhoni, has landed without any change. At the same time, Sunrisers have also not made any significant changes.

Now see playing eleven

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (Captain), Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik and Mayank Markande.

Impact players: Abdul Samad, Sanveer, Phillips, Dagar and T. Natarajan.

Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Rituraj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Singh, Mathisha Pathirana and Mahish Teekshana.

Impact players: Rayudu, Pitorius, Senapati, Sheikh Rashid and Hengargekar.