Hyderabad; News Agency: Opener Abhishek Sharma sealed the win over Sunrisers Hyderabad with a knock of 37 runs off 12 balls. Abhishek hit 4 sixes and 3 fours. Sunrisers Hyderabad's Travis Head (31), Aidan Markram (50) capped the victory on the foundation he laid. They defeated Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets. Batting first, Chennai scored 165 for 5. They were overtaken by Hyderabad in 18.1 overs. (SRH vs CSK)
Chasing the challenge of 166 runs by Chennai, opener Abhishek Sharma played an explosive knock for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He was on fire from the first over to create a headache for the visitors Chennai. Abhishek scored 37 runs in 12 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 3 fours. He picked up 27 runs in one over of Chennai's impact player Mukesh Chaudhary.
Deepak Chahar succeeded in dismissing the dangerous Abhishek. Ravindra Jadeja caught Abhishek trying to hit a big shot. Hyderabad got their first blow on 46 runs of the innings. 37 of these runs belonged to Abhishek alone. After Abhishek, Travis Head and Aidan Markram joined the pair. He shaped the innings well. So the required running speed never felt too high. Head was dismissed for 31 runs. Markram then reached his half-century in 35 balls; But he was dismissed on the same run. Moeen Ali replaced him. At this time, Hyderabad needed 34 runs in 36 balls.
Shahbaz Ahmed and Henrik Klaassen were the pair in the field. Rachin Ravindra conceded 3 runs in his over. In the next over, Shahbaz hit Moeen Ali for a huge six; But he got caught on the next ball. Hyderabad needed 25 runs from 26 balls to win.
Classen completed the victory with the help of Nitishkumar Reddy with 11 balls to spare. Reddy hit Deepak Chahar for a winning six. Klassen remained unbeaten on 10, while Reddy remained unbeaten on 14.
Earlier, batting first, the Chennai team scored 165 for 5 in the allotted 20 overs. Shivam Dubey top-scored for Chennai, hitting 45 off 24 balls with 4 sixes and 2 fours, while Rachin Ravindra (12), Rituraj Gaikwad (26), Ajinkya Rahane (35) and Daryl Mitchell (13) were dismissed. Ravindra Jadeja (31) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (1) returned unbeaten with runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pat Cummins, Shahbaz Ahmed, T. Natarajan and Jaydev Unadkat took 1 wicket each.
