Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 6 wickets in match 41 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Chasing 176 runs, CSK lost Faf du Plessis (1) early through a run-out. Shane Watson, who was joined by Suresh Raina, then plundered boundaries at will as the right-left hand pair stitched together 77 runs for the second wicket. Raina scored 38 off 24 balls. His innings included 6 fours and 1 six.
Watson struck form as he notched up his 17th IPL half-century. He single-handedly took CSK to the doorstep of victory before getting out on 96. He hit 9 fours and 6 sixes during his stay at the crease.
He missed his 5th IPL century by a whisker. He put on an 80-run stand with Ambati Rayudu (21). Kedar Jadhav (11 not out) hit the winning runs for CSK.
With this win, CSK go top of the points table with 8 wins (16 points).
Earlier after being put in to bat, half-centuries from David Warner and Manish Pandey helped propel SRH to 175-3 in their 20 overs.
Warner (57) and Pandey (83*) led the way with the bat even as CSK successfully managed to strangle the flow of runs towards the end of the innings.
This post was published on April 24, 2019 7:07 pm