The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have finally managed to win their third game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 as they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 20 runs at the Dubai International stadium On Tuesday. In the first innings, Shane Watson And Ambati Rayudu gave the much-needed impetus for the CSK’s innings followed by brilliant bowling by Dwayne Bravo and Karn Sharma.
Earlier, MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first for the first time in the tournament. CSK made a rare experiment when they decided to send the all-rounder, Sam Curran to open the innings alongside Faf du Plessis. However, the latter got out on a golden duck. Curran repaid the faith as he took the attack to Khaleel Ahmed in the powerplay before eventually getting castled by Sandeep Sharma.
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Shane Watson [42 off 38 balls] and Ambati Rayudu [41 off 34 balls] added as many as 81 runs for the third wicket, but they perished in an attempt to up the ante in the final 5 overs. CSK, however, ended on a high courtesy of Ravindra Jadeja’s whirlwind 10-ball 25 to eventually post a competitive total of 6-167 in 20 overs. For Sunrisers, Sandeep Sharma, Natarajan, and Khaleel Ahmed picked a couple of wickets each, but Sandeep was the19 most economical one as he gave away just 19 runs in his spell of four overs.
Chasing 168 on a slow pitch in Dubai was going to be a difficult task for SRH and things went from bad to worse as their openers, Jonny Bairstow and David Warner couldn’t get going against the new ball. Bairstow never looked comfortable on a slow pitch and Ravindra Jadeja ended his misery for a 24-ball 23. Manish Pandey also got run-out earlier and at 59/3 in the 10th over, SRH looked a bit under pressure.
However, Kane Williamson decided to take control of the game in his own hands as the required rate continued to shot up. He batted smartly throughout the innings and scored a fine half-century and brought down the equation to 42 of 17. Unfortunately, for SRH, he got out off the second ball of the 18th over to Karn Sharma. But this time around, Rashid Khan smashed the leggie all-over the park.
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The Afghanistan leggie smacked 14 more runs in the same over to even make the mighty cool MS Dhoni lose his cool. But it was all smiling in the end for CSK owing to the brilliant bowling by Shardul Thakur and Dwayne Bravo who bowled exceptional last two overs to win the game for their team by 20 runs.
Match Summary:
Chennai Super Kings – 167/6 in 20 overs (S Watson: 42, A Rayudu: 41; S Sharma: 2/19) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad – 147/8 in 20 overs (K Williamson: 57; K Sharma: 2/37, D Bravo: 2/25) by 20 runs
Here is how netizens reacted to CSK’s win:
Great effort @SunRisers. 🧡#WhistleFromHome #WhistlePodu #Yellove #SRHvCSK
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) October 13, 2020
No point blaming just Indian umpires if Paul Reiffel, an elite panel ump, a former world cup winner with 127 international caps changes his mind when he sees Dhoni is pissed. Weak umpiring. #CSKvSRH #IPL2020
— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK) October 13, 2020
So, Paul Reiffel is a Dhoni fan too. #CSKvsSRH
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) October 13, 2020
So, Paul Reiffel is a Dhoni fan too. #CSKvsSRH
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) October 13, 2020
Much needed 20 runs victory for @ChennaiIPL. This win will get them back in the race. Second half of the tournament might change the fortunes for them. @IPL @BCCI #IPL2020 #CSKvsSRH
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) October 13, 2020
Not only a good win for @ChennaiIPL here but also a morale booster for them.
It could be just a matter of few games and they could be found in top half of the table like always#CSKvsSRH
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349) October 13, 2020
With seven bowling options, CSK looked more comfortable in this match. They needed a bit of help from the toss and they got it. Batting first and posting a big total was crucial. #CSKvsSRH #SRHvsCSK #IPL2020
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) October 13, 2020
Impressive win for #CSK. Importantly, batting, bowling and fielding vastly improved from with contributions from virtually everybody. Dhoni quite superb as captain. Picked 7 bowlers, which can be confounding, but read the pitch well, used spin and pace astutely. Well played
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) October 13, 2020
In the end #CSK winning it comfortably !! A total team effort !! #whistlepodu #CSKvsSRH #IPL2020
— Mithun V Manhas (@MithunManhas) October 13, 2020
Let’s not forget the crucial partnership between @msdhoni and @imjadeja in the end ,to me that’s the difference between the sides #CSKvsSRH #IPL2020
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) October 13, 2020
3 spinners for #csk today and it worked straightaway for them even though didn’t require to ball full quota of overs,just like the way they play regularly.They are very much in the game #Watson #Rayudu #Bravo
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) October 13, 2020
