IPL 2022 / Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi Star As SunRisers Hyderabad Register Eight-Wicket Win

Zoom News : Apr 09, 2022, 05:41 PM
Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets in the first match of the day played on Saturday in IPL 2022. SRH had a target of 155, which the team achieved by losing only 2 wickets in 17.4 overs. Abhishek Sharma (75) was the top scorer. While Rahul Tripathi played an unbeaten innings of 39 runs.


It was Hyderabad's first win in this tournament after two consecutive defeats. At the same time, this is Chennai's fourth consecutive defeat. This is the first time in the history of IPL, when CSK has lost the first four matches in a row.


Earlier, batting first after losing the toss, CSK scored 154 for 7 wickets. Moeen Ali (48) was the top scorer, while Ambati Rayudu contributed 27 and captain Ravindra Jadeja contributed 23 runs. Washington Sundar and T Natarajan took 2 wickets each for SRH.


Tripathi and Abhishek's hot pairing

Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi added 56 runs for the second wicket. This partnership was broken by Dwayne Bravo by dismissing Abhishek (75). However, by the time of getting this wicket, Chennai's defeat was confirmed.


Excellent batting by Abhishek

SRH's young opener Abhishek Sharma completed his half-century off 32 balls while batting brilliantly. This is his first fifty in IPL. He played a brilliant innings of 75 runs in 49 balls. In the mega auction, Abhishek was bought by Hyderabad for Rs 6.50 crore.


Ken and Abhishek's super pair

Kane Williamson and Abhishek Sharma added 89 runs for the first wicket. The pair saw their excellent partnership making the target for SRH a lot easier. This partnership was broken by Mukesh Chaudhary by dismissing Kane. He was dismissed for 32 runs off 40 balls.


SRH's Power Play

Chasing the target, captain Kane Williamson and Abhishek Sharma got the team off to a good start. In the first 6 overs, both the players added 37 runs without losing any wicket. Both hit four fours and a six in the power play.


Jadeja's short innings

Captain Ravindra Jadeja scored 27 runs in 15 balls while playing a fast-paced innings. In the 19th over of the innings, he hit a four and a six in the last two balls against T Natarajan. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took Jadeja's wicket.


  • In the last 5 overs, CSK scored 47 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.
  • MS Dhoni got out after scoring 3 runs.
  • Marco Yensson took his first IPL wicket by dismissing Dhoni.
  • Aiden Markram dismissed Moeen Ali. This was also his first wicket in IPL.

Natarajan's impressive performance

T Natarajan also performed brilliantly, taking 2 wickets for 30 runs in 4 overs. He clean bowled CSK's opener Rituraj Gaikwad. At the same time, Shivam Dubey was caught by Umran Malik and showed the way to the pavilion. In the match, Natarajan troubled many times with his yorker balls.


shine beautiful again

Washington Sundar again took two wickets while bowling amazingly for SRH. He dismissed Robin Uthappa (15) and Ambati Rayudu (27). Uthappa and Rayudu are caught by Aiden Markram. Sundar has taken 4 wickets in 3 matches of the current tournament.


Moin missed half century

Moeen Ali was dismissed for 48 runs in 35 balls. His wicket came in the account of Aiden Markram. Before getting out, Moeen hit a brilliant six over long on. This was Moin's best innings so far this season.


Rayudu and Moin's partnership

CSK had lost the first 2 wickets at the score of 36. After this Moeen Ali and Ambati Rayudu took the team's innings by adding 62 runs for the third wicket. The pair was broken by Sundar by dismissing Rayudu. He was dismissed for 27 runs in 27 balls. His catch was caught by Long on Markram.


CSK's power play

Robin Uthappa and Rituraj Gaikwad got the team off to a good start. The team's score was 25 runs in the first 3 overs. However, SRH made a strong comeback after this and showed the way to the pavilion by dismissing both the openers. The team's score was 41/2 till the power play. The team hit 5 fours in the first 6 overs.


Looking for runs for the season

The bat of Rituraj Gaikwad, who won the Orange Cap last year, has been completely silent in the current season so far. Against SRH also he lost his wicket after scoring 16 runs in 13 balls. He was clean bowled by T Natarajan on a very brilliant ball. Gaikwad has scored only 18 runs in 4 innings.


First wicket fell as Uthappa

Batting first after losing the toss, CSK got off to a bad start. On the first ball of the fourth over, Robin Uthappa, scoring 15 runs in 11 balls, got out in an attempt to hit a big shot off Washington Sundar. His catch is caught by Aiden Markram at long on.


Jadeja's 150th match

This is Ravindra Jadeja's 150th match for CSK. He became the third player to play 150 matches for Chennai. Before him, the names of MS Dhoni (217) and Suresh Raina (200) come.


Playing XI of both the teams

CSK: Robin Uthappa, Rituraj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja (c), Shivam Dubey, MS Dhoni (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Chris Jordan, Mahish Thikshana, Mukesh Choudhary.


SRH: Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Yensen, Umran Malik, T Natarajan.


Both teams looking for first win

On the one hand, while Chennai Super Kings are in 8th place with defeats in all their three matches, Sunrisers Hyderabad have also lost their first two matches. Both the teams are standing without any points in the points table so far, one thing is certain that in this match a team will definitely open its account.

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