Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has added that the SunRisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) stunning bowling and Pat Cummins’ excellent captaincy helped them beat the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the final few overs of their innings in their IPL 2024
clash in Hyderabad on Friday, April 5 as well.

Reviewing the game in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said, “Pat Cummins’ captaincy was good. He didn’t let them see spin at all after 10 overs. They did a lot of bowling by rotating their fingers over the ball. Everyone, including him, did that, and everybody was economical.”

“Ultimately, in the last 5-7 overs, it seemed like the Chennai Express’ wheels had got stuck. They went crawling until the 20-over mark, whether it was Ravindra Jadeja or Daryl Mitchell. Moeen Ali didn’t get to bat and Mahi (MS Dhoni) came for just two or three balls. It just did not get going,” he further added.

However, CSK seemed to have chased a 180-plus total when the score read 119/2 after 13.3 overs. But soon Pat Cummins removed Shivam  Dube (45 off 24), and that cost CSK the game as well.

“Abhishek Sharma, eventually Player of the Match as well, how well he is batting – a strike rate of 308. He is doing clean hitting. We have been saying from the start that this could be the breakthrough season for this batter and he is consistently showing that by doing it,” Aakash Chopra concluded. “Abhishek Sharma batted beautifully and Aiden Markram started from where he left. The thing I liked about his batting is that he was giving himself room and trying to hit on the off-side. He came with a plan and absolutely stuck with it till the end. He exposed Chennai’s bowling a little.”