SRH vs CSK Highlights
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings 18th Match Highlights
SRH vs CSK Highlights: It has been a wonderful day for the Orange Army as the Hyderabad team chased down the 166 target set by five-time champions with ease. Chasing 166 the Hyderabad side did not even flinch as the Hyderabadies cruzed to victory by 6 wickets with still 11 balls to play.
Early on in the day the home side Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bowl first keeping the pitch conditions in mind. CSK as usual came out to start the innings with Rachin Ravindra and skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Things did not pan out well for Chennai at first as Rachin Ravindra was dismissed in the third over by Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Shivam Dube played a wonderful innings but failed to convert it into a big match-winning knock. Dube however scored a magnificent 45 runs of 24 balls. While Ajinkya Rahane scored (35 off 30 balls) & Ravindra Jadeja scored 31* of 23 balls.
No one kept going for CSK and players who started well were unable to covert it, which resulted in Hyderabad restricting CSK for 165/5 in 20 overs.
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SRH vs CSK Highlights: Hyderabad Restricted Chennai for Below Par Score
It was a combined effort from Hyderabad and especially the leadership of Pat Cummins everything was on point today. Under Pat’s leadership, this SRH side looks dangerous. Bhuvneshwar Kumar started with the wicket of Rachin Ravindra, then Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins, T Natarajan, and Jaydev Unadkat all of them picked up a wicket each to restrict Chennai to 165 in 20 overs.
The home crowd was pretty happy with the performance of SRH after the first half of the match and Hyderabad walked back into the dressing room with positive intent in mind. Even Pat Cummins argued the SRH team players to show aggressive intent in all aspects of the game.
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SRH vs CSK Highlights: Mistakes Make Things Difficult for Chennai In Stoping Hyderabad from Winning the Game
With 165 to defend against strong opposition, Chennai had to be on points with bowling and fielding. However, things did not turn out as expected as Chennai Super Kings spinner Moeen Ali dropped the catch of inform Travis Head in the very first ball of the innings.
This catch drop was a big mistake as Abhishek Sharma broke his leach in the next over as he smashed Mukesh Choudhary for 27 runs in the second over of the innings. Abhishek however was dismissed later by Deepak Chahar after scoring a brilliant 37 of 12 balls.
Most importantly Travis Head after that catch drop went on to score 31 runs in 24 balls.
Aiden Markram also played his part with an amazing half-century, he smashed 50 runs off 36 balls with four boundaries and one six. However, in the end, it was Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Reddy who finished the run chase without any trouble.
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Conclusion: What Happened in SRH vs CSK Highlights Match 18 of IPL 2024
It was a total effort from the home side Sunrisers Hyderabad as they cruzed past Chennai without any issues.
First, it was the combined bowling effort from Hyderabad, then it was Abhishek Sharma and Adien Makram who took charge and made sure the Sunrisers were close to chasing down the target.
With this win, Hyderabad is now in fifth place with 4 points from four games, while CSK is in third place with the same four points from four games.
This was one hell of a game for both teams but in the end, it was Sunrisers Hyderabad who left the stadium with a smile.
