SRH vs CSK: Chennai Super Kings score much-needed win, beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 20 runs | Cricket news

DUBAI: a desperate Super Kings of Chennai delivered a full performance for a much-needed victory while staying afloat in the IPL playoff race with a 20-run win over Hyderabad sunrises, here on Tuesday.
Shane Watson and Ambati Rayudu shared an 81-run position to propel the Chennai Super Kings to 167 of six after choosing to hit.
CSK skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni He then used seven bowlers, who executed his plans to perfection, to restrict the SSR to 147 for eight.

With 57 of 39 balls, Kane williamson was Sunrisers’ top scorer. He hit seven fours to keep him on the chase, but the strong running pace required made it difficult for SRH after the Kiwi hitter’s knockdown.
For CSK, the victory, the third of the tournament, comes after two consecutive defeats. Now they add up to six points and rank sixth on the points table. While the sunrises remain in fifth place.
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Dawns were hit with two more hits in the fourth with the starter. David warner (9) and Mainsh Pandey (4) came out, but Jonny Bairstow (23 of 24) and Williamson led them to 40 for two in the Powerplay overs.

The sunrise troubles were amplified when Ravindra Jadeja eliminated the dangerous Bairstow with the team battling 60 for three in the middle of the stage.
With Priyam Garg (16) at his side, Williamson kept the score going with Sunrisers needing 75 of 36 balls.
But as soon as the Sunrisers looked to return to the chase, Jadeja caught the youngster in deep midwicket with a delivery from Karn Sharma in the 15th.

Vijay Shankar (12) did not last long as the New Zealand skipper watched helplessly from the other side.
With the pressure mounting, Williamson had no choice but to go for the big shot, which resulted in him getting caught long. Rashid Khan contributed 14 of eight balls in a losing cause.
Dwayne Bravo (2/25), Karn Sharma (2/37) chose two plots each while he was with Sam curran (1/18), Jadeja (1/21), Shardul Thakur (1/10) each claimed a wicket.
Previously, Watson 42 of 38 balls was studded with one four and three highs, while Rayudu hit three limits and two sixes in his 34-ball, 41-run knock.
Jadeja (25 not out) and Dhoni (21 of 13 balls) played quick cameos breaking a total of five fours and two sixes between them at a position of 32 in just 2.4 overs.
The SRH bowlers did a commendable job, claiming four wickets for 47 runs in the last six overs. Sandeep Sharma (2/19), Khaleel Ahmed (2/45) and T Natarajan (2/41) chose two sites each.
Desperate to break their two-game losing streak, CSK chose to hit. The three-time champions sent young England all-rounder Sam Curran in place of Watson to open the innings with Faf du Plessis.
Sharma drew first blood from the Sunrisers, eliminating du Plessis early in the third over. The South African slipped one to Jonny Bairstow on the first ball he faced for a golden duck.
Curran got off to a brilliant start, crushing Ahmed by the first limit of the match in the second round. He continued his onslaught at the pacemaker by hitting him with two fours and six sixes in the fourth over, rushing to 31 of 21 balls.
But Curran’s time in the middle was ended by Sharma, who came around the wicket to launch a good-length shot at an angle to the stump of the leg. CSK finished the power play at 44/2 with both starters back on the bench.
With pacemaker Sandeep Sharma representing the two starters at Powerplay, Watson and Rayudu joined a valuable 81-run partnership. The duo initially held the scoreline by marking with occasional limits on a dry but tired surface, but upped the ante at 15, beating Rashid Khan by six apiece.
Ahmed broke the stands by getting rid of Rayudu, who was caught at long distance by skipper David Warner. Watson soon followed up with Natarajan firing the Australian. The pacemaker then went on to claim Dhoni’s wicket as well.