Thanks to the amazing innings by Ambati Rayudu and Suresh Raina, Chennai Super Kings were able to post the target of 183 for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Dhoni came at the end of the innings and played some big shots to help the cause of a big total. SRH will need 183 to win. Rayudu made 79 from 37. After losing Shane Watson and Faf Du Plessis, Chennai Super Kings did not look in good touch at all, as they found it very difficult to score runs. CSK posted the lowest score in powerplay in the current season of the Indian Premier League. They made 27-1 in six over. In next three overs they made 14 runs. All SRH bowlers kept it really tight and gave CSK batsmen no scope to score. In the 20th match of the latest edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2018) Kane Williamson-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) won the toss and invited M S Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to bat first at Rajiv Gandhi International stadium in Hyderabad. The opener for SRH Shikhar Dhawan will miss out this game due to injury and Ricky Bhui makes his debut in today's match.
Chennai Super Kings innings update: Over by over
Over 1: Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson to open for CSK. Bhuvneshwar Kumar to open for SRH. Good ball, almost took outside edge. First runs for CSK, towards the third man. No run to Faf. Barely gets it away, Faf, one run. End of the over, very decent and tight line. CSK 2-0 Over 2: Billy Stanlake to bowl. Edge, did it carry, oh, it almost did, one run. Good ball, no run. Dot ball again. Bouncer, what a ball, wide it is. One run. Dot again. Dot to end the over. CSK 4-0 Over 3: Shakib into the attack. Good ball, dot. One run. One run to Shakib. Faf too takes a single. Good shot on the off side, no run. One to end over. CSK 8-0 Over 4: Bhuvi to continue. Down the leg to Bhuvi, no run. Bhuvi pitches it short, Watson wacks him for six. What a revenge, got hit for a six, and gets him, Watson is gone and look at Bhuvi's expression. CSK 14-1. Suresh Raina is the new man in. Raina tries to chase one outside the off, misses. Driven for no run. One to end the over. CSK 15-1 Over 5: Stanlake continues. Dot to Raina. Another dot. Cover drive, four runs. No run. nice line by Billy. In the air, clears in infield, no man's land. Two run. no run. CSK: 21-1 Over 6: Siddharth Kaul is the new bowler. Faf welcomes him with a four. Dot ball. Another dot. Singles. CSK 27-1 Over 7: Shakib comes in to bowl. Singles coming easy. Wide. CSK: 32-1 Over 8: Rashid Khan comes in. Faf tries to pull him, misses and stumped! Rashid strikes first ball. Rayudu comes in, Four runs. Single taken. CSK: 37-2 Over 9: Kaul is back. One run. Raina defends. Good bowling. Raina gives himself room, no run. Another dot, beautiful. Finally Raina takes a single. Single to end the over. Wide. Single to end the over. CSK: 41-2 Over 10: Bhuvi continues. Straight one, no runs. Rayudu pulls him for a six. Single taken by Rayudu. Single to Raina. Cheeky single. 50 up for CSK. Four to end the over. 14 runs from the over. CSK 54-2 Over 11: Deepak Hooda comes in. Welcome with a four. Reverse swept by Rayudu. In the air, did not carry. One run. Flicked it, for one. CSK 62-2 Over 12: Rashid continues. One run. Single again. Another single. Nicely played by Raina, six runs. Here is another one. CSK: 78-2 Over 13: Shakib continues. Huge appeal, turned down for caught behind. Four for Rayudu. Singe. CSK: 87-2 Over 14: Billy Stanlake into the attack. Rayudu plays for dot. Rayudu cuts for four. Cuts again for one. Rayudu swings, and gets a lucky four.
Wide from Billy. Rayudu hits a six down the ground. 100 up for CSK. Towards third man, four. Lucky again, 19 from the over. CSK 106-2 Over 15: Shakib is back. one run. Single, 50 up for Rayudu. Full toss, six. And a four now. Rayudu on song. Single to end. CSK 120-2. Run rate now at 8. Over 16: Rashid is back. Single. Another single. Pulled for four, Rayudu fired up. Huge huge six. Single. Raina wacks him for four. CSK 137-2 Over 17: Kaul comes in, Single to Rayudu. What a mix up, Rayudu is run out, misreable he looks. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is on strike. steps out, just one. Over 18: Rashid to Dhoni, dot ball. Smashes for four. Easy single. Single to Raina. Boundary to end the over. CSK: 157-3 Over 19: Kaul continue, Dhoni gets the top edge, four. Slow and wide to Raina outside the off, four runs. 50 for Raina. Onto the pads for single. Dhoni ones the face of the bat and it goes four. Dot to end. 14 runs came from it. CSK: 171-3 Over 20: Stanlake to end the over, top edge Raina's bat, one run. Dhoni hits it to the fence. One run. Dot ball. Single brings Dhoni on Strike to finish the innings. Two to end the over. CSK 183-3 Chennai Super Kings innings analysis after at the end of innings
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bowl first, Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis came to open the batting for Chennai Super Kings. Bhuvneswar Kumar came to bowl the first over of the innings and gave only 2 runs. Stanlake came to bowl the second over and didn’t allow CSK batsmen to break free and gave only 2 runs. Captain Kane asked Shakib Al Hasan to bowl the 3rd over and he gave away only 4 runs. Slowest start in IPL 2018 as CSK scored 8 runs in his first 3 overs. Bhuvi came to bowl the 4th over and Watson hit a six of the 2nd ball before Bhuvi took the wicket of Shane Watson as he scoops the knuckleball in the air and Hooda takes the catch to dismiss last match centurion. Suresh Raina came to bat the after the dismissal of Watson. Stanlake came to bowl the 5th over and gave only 6 runs as CSK struggled to score quick runs. Siddharth Kaul came to bowl the last over of the powerplay and du Plessis hit the first ball for four but Kaul pulled it back as he gave only 2 runs of the last 5 five balls. After the end of the powerplay, CSK was 27/1: the lowest Powerplay score in IPL 2018.
Shakib came to bowl the 7th over and gave only runs as miseries for CSK batsmen continues. They were not able to score any big shot. Rashid Khan came to bowl the 8th over and got the wicket of du Plessis of the first ball as he scored 11 runs off 13 balls. Ambati Rayudu came to bat and hit the 3rd ball for four. Rashid gave only 5 runs in his first over after hitting for four sixes in the previous match. Kaul came to bowl the 9th over and gave away only 4 runs. CSK was 41/2 as none of the CSK batsmen able to score big shots, wonderful bowling by SRH. Bhuvneswar Kumar came to bowl the 10th over and Rayudu hit the 2nd ball for 6 over deep square. Rayudu took a single of the 5th ball to bring the fifty for CSK. CSK didn’t score they crawled to reach the 50-run mark. Raina hit the last ball of the Bhuvi over for four as they scored 13 runs of the 3rd over. Deepak Hooda came to bowl the 11th Shakib Al Hasan came to bowl the 13th over and Rayudu took double of the first ball. While trying to hit big shot Rayudu danced down the pitch but didn’t able to hit the ball and it scooped in the air and takes the catch an as SRH appeal and took the DRS but replay shows the ball didn’t hit the bat and SRH wasted their review. Shakib gave away 9 runs in his 3rd over. Stanlake came to bowl the 14th over and Rayudu cuts the 2nd ball for four in the backward point region followed by another four of the 4th ball. What an over for CSK as Rayudu hit the last two balls for 10 runs, a six over long-on and a four in the third man region. Stanlake gave away 19 runs in his 3rd over. Shakib came to bowl the 15th over and Rayudu took a single off the second ball to complete his half century in just 27 balls when all other CSK batsmen struggled to score big runs. Rayudu hit the last two balls for a six and four to collect 14 runs of the over. Rashid Khan came to bowl the 16th over and Rayudu hitting the ball very hard as he a four and six of Rashid before taking a single of the 5th ball. Raina too joined the party as he hit the last ball of the over for 4 in the cover region. After the end of the 16th over CSK was 137 for 2 scoring with a run-rate of 8.56 Siddhartha Kaul came to bowl the 17th over and gave two runs of the first two balls before Rayudu played a cheeky shot for 4 in the third man region What a batting performance by Rayudu and its over for him a ridiculous runout to end a marvellous batting performance. Rayudu scored 79 runs off 37 balls with a strike rate of 213.51, when every CSK batsmen struggled to score runs. Kaul gave away 9 runs in his 3rd over. Rashid came to bowl the 18th over as Dhoni and Raina scored 11 runs with the help of one boundary each. CSK pulled it back, inspired by Rayudu superb batting. Kaul came to bowl the 19th over and the ball took the top edge of the DHon’s bat as the ball went for four. Raina completed his half century with a four in the point region. Dhoni hit the 5th ball for 4 to collect 14 runs of the 19th over. Stanlake came to bowl the 20th and Dhoni hit the 2nd ball for six over long-off as Stanlake gave away 11 runs in the 20th over. CSK recovered from 50/2 in 9 overs to 182/3 in 20 over.
Here is the squad for both the teams:
Chennai Super Kings Playing XI: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, MS Dhoni(w/c), Sam Billings, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur. Change: Faf du Plessis replaces Imran Tahir.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Kane Williamson(c), Yusuf Pathan, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan, Ricky Bhui, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Billy Stanlake, Siddarth Kaul. Billy Stanlake and Ricky Bhui in the team.
Having lost their first tie of the season against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) as a Chris Gayle storm swept the team away in Mohali on April 19, SRH will look to return to winning ways against CSK in the first match of the day. Chennai Super Kings, on the other hand, will be more confident after a thumping win in their previous match against Rajasthan Royals at their new home ground in Pune. Both Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Chennai Super Kings have six points each from their four matches. Each has so far lost only one match -- to KXIP -- and whoever wins today leaps to the top of the . SRH began their IPL campaign with three wins on the trot until their juggernaut was halted by by West Indian swashbuckler Chris Gayle, who played a special innings of 104 not out off 64 balls at Mohali in the Match 16 of IPL 2018. The formula that had worked for Sunrisers Hyderabad in their first three matches was restricting the opponents to totals in the region of 140-160, with full points to their bowlers, and then chase down the total. But against KXIP, their bowlers failed as KXIP set the target of 194 and no power-hitting ability in the side cost Sunrisers Hyderabad their first loss of IPL 2018. In the previous match, among the bowlers, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was excellent as usual, and Siddartha Kaul got away with respectable figures, but Rashid Khan had a forgettable outing – suffering at the hands of Chris Gayle, who struck 4 consecutive sixes off Rashid’s third over of the match. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings, who, despite having to shift home venue to Pune amid the Cauvery water dispute, have been doing strong. After winning their first two matches, Chennai Super Kings slumped to a defeat against Kings XI Punjab before bouncing back with a 64-run win over Rajasthan Royals in Match 17 of IPL 2018 on the back of a century (106 from 57 balls) by veteran Australian Shane Watson. Watson took full toll of RR’s largesse in the field and helped himself to a third IPL hundred, while Suresh Raina looked good on his return to the team after an injury. Watson has been in a fine touch with both bat and ball, thereby proving his utility as a top-class all-rounder. He is currently the top scorer and top wicket-taker for CSK but in today’s match he will be up against one of the most balanced sides in IPL 2018. Here are a few things to know about the CSK vs SRH match to be played at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, and who might prove the trump card for each team today: Chennai Super Kings performance in the previous match: Seasoned all-rounder Shane Watson smashed his third IPL century as Chennai Super Kings moved to their new 'home' in style by producing a comprehensive 64-run win over Rajasthan Royals, here tonight. CSK, forced out of Chennai due to the Cauvery dispute, were shepherded by the 36-year-old Australian, who hammered 106 from 57 balls to lead his side to a challenging 204 for five after being invited to bat. Making full use of a dropped chance in the very first over on a flat track, Watson swung his arms when the ball was pitched outside off and positioned himself nicely against short and straight deliveries to find boundary after boundary. Watson hit nine fours and six sixes in his entertaining knock as another senior player enthralled the fans after Chris Gayle and CSK captain MS Dhoni showed their vintage touch in previous matches of the League. Three early wickets pegged Royals back and they were all out for 140 in 18.3 overs. How Sunrisers Hyderabad was hit by a Gayle storm in their previous match: Chris Gayle scythed through Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling attack with a 21st T20 hundred firing Kings XI Punjab to 193 for 3 in an IPL encounter here tonight. Arguably one of the greatest exponents of T20 batsmanship, Gayle showed that he is far from finished en route his unbeaten 63-ball-104 that had 11 towering sixes and a solitary boundary. Gayle's 58-ball-hundred incidentally is the first of this edition of IPL and also against a bowling line-up that is being touted as the most balanced of all eight teams. Gayle moved to 99 with his 11th six hit off Bhuvneshwar Kumar over long-off. In Siddartha Kaul's next over, he dabbed the ball towards point to complete a quick single. As a mark of celebration, Gayle gestured rocking a baby in a cradle, with his wife and daughter in the VIP box. How CSK and SRH compare head to head in IPL matches played so far Overall Matches played: 6 Sunrisers Hyderabad won: 2 Chennai Super Kings won: 4 Some trivia ahead of today’s match between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad CSK’s struggles against spin this season are well documented. Though CSK have lost 13 wicket to the quick bowlers, they’ve scored at a rate of 10.73; they’ve lost 10 wickets to spinners, but have only managed to score at 7.70 runs per over. Sunrisers Hyderabad have the lowest boundary percentage of all teams in VIVO IPL 2018; they score only 51.4% of their runs through boundaries.