Chennai Super Kings played against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium and faced a defeat by 10 runs. Batting first, SRH posted a target of 194/9 which was possible due to half-centuries by Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen.
Abhishek started off aggressively and Klaasen stabalised the innings in the middle.
CSK faces defeat against SRH
For CSK, Jamie Overton, Anshul Kamboj and Mukesh Choudhary stopped SRH from crossing the 200-run mark. While batting, Ayush Mhatre, Matthew Short and Sarfaraz Khan started strong but tight spells from Eshan Malinga and Nitish Kumar Reddy did not let the batters complete the chase, ultimately CSK fell short of 10 runs.
Ruturaj Gaikwad reflects on CSK's loss
After the match, CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad reflected on the loss and admitted that the team lost its control during the middle overs. He also revealed that SRH read the conditions well.
"Looking at how their power play went, I was looking at a score around 220-230. To pull it back by 30 runs, I would have taken it any day under 200. It was just about 80 runs needed in 10 overs (with the bat). From there, it was just about building a couple of partnerships. We scored just 4 runs in the next 2 overs after the 10-over mark. Chasing 12-13 at the death is going to be difficult,"
Gaikwad praises his team's bowling
"It's been three successive games that the bowling unit has been doing really well. Even the power play today, I thought Abhishek played brilliantly. I think everyone did a good job (with the ball)," he said.
"He (Anshul Kamboj) is working really hard on his bowling, especially the death bowling. Very rarely you get bowlers who have clarity and tell the captain that I know what to do, this is what I am going to do," Gaikwad concluded