Chen🐼nai Super Kings survived a late assault from Sunrisers Hyderabad to seal a thrilling four-run win in an IPL match on Sunday. Chasing a targe𓃲t of 183, SRH managed 178/6 in their allotted 20 overs as CSK climbed to the top of the points tally.
The SRH came close to winning the match, thanks largely to their captain Kane Williamson who scored a valiant 84 off 51 balls after their chase was jolted by three early blows. Deepak Chahar dismissed opener Ricky Bhui and Manish Pandey for a duc✤k in successive overs and then added the scalp of Deepak Hooda (1) in his third to leave the orange army in trouble at 22/3 in 4.2 overs.
Williamson then first combined with Shakib Al Hasan (24) to revive the innings before adding 79 runs with Yusuf Pathan (45) to bring them back in the game. When he fell to Dwayne Bravo off the final delivery of the 18th o✨ver, SRH needed 33 off the final two overs.
However, the fall of Yusuf in the following overall but ended the hopes of the home fans before Rashi𒈔d Khan gave CSK a mighty scare. With 19 needed off the final over, Rashid struck a six and a four to leave his team needing six from the last delivery. However, he managed a single off it to remain unbe🌸aten on 17 as CSK took home two points.
Earlier, it was Kane Williamson who won the toss and opted to chase the total. Justifying the toss, SRH bowlers started the innings in a grand way by giving only 🅷40-odd runs in the first 8 overs and scalped both opening batsman wickets. However, Ambati Rayudu who has played enough cricket on Hyderabad soil completely changed the complexion of the game by smacking a blistering 🍎79 runs off 37 balls.
Suresh Raina, quite unlike to him, played an anchor ꧅role in the innings by knocking the ball down the ground for singles and occasional boundaries. Raina scored an unbeaten 54 off 43 balls. In the end, it was MS Dhoni who smacked a brill♍iant 25 runs off 12 balls to shoulder his side to a massive total of 182 runs on the board.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to CSK’s close win over SRH:
MS Gony, Mohit Sharma and now Deepak Chahar , continue producingꦛ les♊ser known Indian seamers who make a name for themselves and make a big impact. Kudos to the scouting team
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
CSK CSK CSK!!! Raised everyone's BP as usual before clinching in a roaring victory. Pumped up. Couldn't have asked for a better Sunday. Well done champs. Loud whistle!
— Parvati (@paro_nair)
What a knock from ,a complete package, arguably the most complete batsman of the modern era, and🦄 that.. across formats 👍🏼🏏☝🏻
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath)
Such a exci♛ting game this one. Great effort by to fight till the end. continue their dominant run an✅d move to the top of the table!
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
What a super super game! Biওg applause to both teams ꦫ👏👏��
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur)
I♈t was a great game of cricket between in the end it was CSK who got the cake. But for fans this IPL 2018 has been a great treat n close finishes
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Another Nail Biting finish in the IPL. lucky to be on the winning side with the kind of deliverie⛦s they bowled in the final overs. Also goes on to show how catches can win you matches. Williamson was looking dangerous out there in the middle.
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
Close cal🐬l for CSK, but SRH not shamed by defeat. Doughty run chase. Terrific match!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Masters of the🌠 heartbeat. close another thriller!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Didn’t expect that to go down to the wire! Valiant effort from the captain bu༺t in the end and just too go𒊎od!
— Erin Holland (@erinvholland)
lose by 4 runs. At least 2 no-balls were NOT called in the death overs. That's why we need to apply common sense and use the technology to get the right decisions.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh)
Looking At Their Age During Haters Made Fun Of Them Calling As Old Age Home. Today They've Shown Again Who's The Daddy. Chennai Super Kings Tops The Table Like A BOSS. 💪🙏
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja)
I’ve never seen Rayudu bat like this before…it’s the franchise…the culture..CSK..more than a team!
— Frankenstein (@FrankensteinFW)
For a change, 3 minutes for lot of them out here who were expecting SRH to cross the line and 🍌wanted CSK to lose.
— Prabhu (@Cricprabhu)
Aꦯ close one but we got it! Great innings by and Kane Williamson 🏏��! The Yellow Army marches on! 💛💛 𝓰
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
4 of CSK's 5 matches have gone to the last over.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Brilliant victory for ….on a roll. will feel that above waist high full toss cost them the match.
— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris)
A harsh decision by the umpire which eventually🍷 cost SRH t꧃he match.
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
In the end the difference between winning and losing was Karn Sharma's fielding effort. He saved 5 runs and won by 4 runs!
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
4 runs that could have been made off a free hit had it been called, these decisions can be crucial in a game why are we not taking the time to make sಞure the right call is made?
— Andrew Tye (@aj191)
Can't understand why the third umpire can't intervene and call that a no ball. When you've the technology why don't you use it to eliminate howlers
— Arun Venugopal (@scarletrun)
Super Kings take the match away. Meanwhile! SRH have all our hearts. Came back into the game when it looked impossible!
What a fabulous performance by and
Massive respect for 🙏🙏👏👏— Utkarsh Pandey (@utkarsh_u2)
