In the 46th match of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League played on Sunday (April 28, 2024) evening, Chennai Super Kings maintained their dominance in Chepauk by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the match, Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bowl first. CSK proved this decision wrong by scoring 212 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad played an important role in helping the team reach the big target by playing an inning of 98 runs. He was supported by Daryl Mitchell with 52 runs and Shivam Dube with 39 runs. While chasing the target of 213 runs for victory, the top order of Sunrisers Hyderabad once again collapsed. Tushar Deshpande turned the match in Chennai's favor by taking the wickets of Travis Head, Anmolpreet Singh, and Abhishek Sharma in his first two overs. After this, the Hyderabad team could not make a comeback and lost the match by a huge margin of 78 runs. 

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SRH Won the Toss

In the match against Chennai Super Kings at their home ground, Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Chennai Loses His First Wicket

 Ajinkya Rahane started the innings for Chennai Super Kings after coming to bat first. The Ruturaj Gaikwad duo did it. In the third over of the innings, Rahane scored 9 (12) runs and was caught by Shahbaz Ahmed on the ball of Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Ruturaj-Mitchell Took Charge

 'After losing the first wicket early, Ruturaj Gaikwad took charge of the innings with Daryl Mitchell who was promoted to bat. Together they took the team beyond 50 runs in 5.3 overs. In the powerplay, CSK could score 50 runs at the loss of 1 wicket.

Gaikwad hit First half-century in IPL 2024

Both players took the innings forward and completed the half-century partnership for the second wicket in 32 balls. After this, Gaikwad completed his fourth half-century with the help of 7 fours and 1 six in 27 balls and took Chennai beyond 100 runs in 10.5 overs. The century partnership between the two for the second wicket was completed in 58 balls.

Mitchell scored his First Half-Century in the IPL

Darryl Mitchell then completed his half-century in 29 balls with the help of 7 fours and one six. But after scoring 52 (32) runs, he was caught by Nitish Kumar Reddy on the ball of Jaydev Unadkat. He smashed 7 fours and 1 six in his innings. There was a partnership of 107 (64) runs between the two. Dube again created a stir with the bat. After Mitchell's dismissal, Shivam Dube came to support captain Ruturaj. Both of them wreaked havoc by hitting sixes from Hyderabad bowlers and took Chennai beyond 150 runs in 15.2 overs. The half-century partnership between the two for the third wicket was completed in 21 balls. Both of them took Chennai beyond 100 runs in 18.5 overs.

Ruturaj Missed a Century, Dubey Remain Not Out

After this, while trying to hit a six on the second ball of the 20th over, Ruturaj got caught after scoring 98 runs and missed scoring the second consecutive century. Reddy caught Natarajan's ball. There was a partnership of 74 runs in 35 balls between the two for the third wicket. MS Dhoni came on the field for the last four balls and along with Shivam Dube took Chennai to the score of 212 runs for 3 wickets in 10 overs.

Dhoni remained not out after scoring 5 runs in 2 balls and Shivam Dubey remained unbeaten after scoring 39 runs in 20 balls. Thus, in the realm of online betting, you can get the Online Betting ID with Golden444 which will give you a highlight about every match.

Tushar Deshpande Broke Hyderabad's Kamarjeet in the beginning

Chasing the huge target of 213 runs, the important responsibility of giving victory to Sunrisers Hyderabad was on the opening pair of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma. But in the second over, Tushar Deshpande pushed Hyderabad on the backfoot by dismissing Travis Head (13) and Anmolpreet Singh (0) in two consecutive balls. In such a situation, Hyderabad scored 21 runs for 2 wickets in 2 overs. Tushar's hunger for wickets did not stop here, he gave the third blow to Hyderabad by getting Abhishek Sharma caught by Moeen Ali on the fifth ball of his second over and pushed him on the back foot.

Markram-Nitish Crossed 50 runs

After losing 3 wickets for 40 runs, Hyderabad was in danger of defeat. In such a situation, Aiden Markram took the lead along with Nitish Kumar Reddy. Both of them took the team beyond 50 runs in 5.3 overs. Hyderabad had scored 53 runs for 3 wickets in the powerplay. After this, the partnership of both was progressing but Ravindra Jadeja gave the fourth blow to Hyderabad in the form of Nitish Reddy on the last ball of the ninth over. Nitish was caught by Dhoni behind the wicket. He scored 15 (15) runs and made a partnership of 32 (31) runs with Markram for the fourth wicket.

Pathirana scattered Markram's wickets. After Reddy's dismissal, Markram and Heinrich Klaasen took the innings forward. But on the score of 85, Markram was bowled and gave the fifth blow to Hyderabad. Markram scored 32(26). After this, Abdul Samad, who came to bat, supported Klaasen and took the team beyond 100 runs in 12.3 overs and kept alive the hope of victory, but Pathirana once again wreaked havoc and got Klaasen caught by Daryl Mitchell With this, Hyderabad's chances of victory were blurred. Hyderabad's score became 117 runs for 6 wickets in 15.5 overs.

SRH Batsmen Scattered like Cards

After this, there was a flurry of wickets. Samad was out after scoring 19(18), Pat Cummins 5(7) and Shahbaz Ahmed 7(5). The last wicket fell in the form of Jaydev Unadkat. Mustafizur Rahman got caught by Moeen Ali.

Markram was the most successful batsman in Hyderabad. Tushar Deshpande was the most successful bowler of Chennai, taking 4 wickets for 27 runs. Mathias Pathirana and Mustafizur Rahman took two wickets each. Ravindra Jadeja and Shardul Thakur got one success each. Chennai bowled out Hyderabad for 134 runs and won by a huge margin of 78 runs.

Ruturaj became the Player of the Match

Ruturaj Gaikwad was adjudged the player of the match for his brilliant captaincy innings of 98 runs.

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