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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) registered their third victory in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 after defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 20 runs at the Dubai International C🌟ricket Stadi♕um on Tuesday.
Chasing 168, Sunrisers did not have the ideal start as they lost back-to-back wickets in the 4th over of the innings bowled by Sam Curran. First, Curran dismissed SRH skipper David Warner (9), and then a tremendous fielding display by Dwayne Bravo ran Manish Pandey (4) out.
Jonny Bairstow (23) and Kane Williamson (57) tried to steady the ship as the duo added a 32-run stand for the third wicket. Bairstow, who came to open the innings, was looking settled before he faced Ravindra Jadeja in the 10th over.
J🌄adeja set Bairstow up brilliantly and knocked over his stumps to provide a much-needed breakthrough to Super Kings.
Williamson, on the other hand, kept on tickling the scoreboard. He formed another crucial partnership of 40-runs with youngster Priyam Garg (16), who threw his wicket in the 15th over.
Meanwhile, the Kiwi star reached his half-century, but the growing asking-rate pressurised him as Karn Sharma bagged his wicket in the 18th over. Williamson scored 57 off 39 deliverie♈s with the help of seven boun🏅daries.
In the same over, Rashid Khan showed his batting moves as he slammed three boundaries includi🐻ng🔯 one six to collect 19 runs.
Shardul Thakur, who came to bowl the penu𒐪ltimate ov🌊er, completely changed the things as he conceded only five runs, including the dismissal of Rashid (14).
In the end, SRH could only reach 147/8, losing the game by 20 runs. With the victory, CSK acquired the sixth spot in the points table.
Watson-Rayudu guide CSK to 167/6
Earlier, CSK came up with a new opening pair of Faf du Plessis and Curran. Though Du Plessis went for a golden duck, but the move of sending Curran at the top worked out for Super Kings. The English all-rounder scored 31 off 21 balls with three fours and two maximums.
Shane Watson (42) and Ambati Rayudu (41) shared an 81-run stand for the third wicket to push CSK to 167/6 in their allotted 20 overs. Watson’s 42 off 38 balls was studded with one four and three sixes, while Rayudu smashed five boundaries, including two sixes in his 34-ball 41. Jadeja made valuable contribution down the order with a quickfire 25 from 10 deliveries.
For Sunrisers, pace trio of Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, and T Natarajan picked up two wickets each. Rashi𝓡d, on the other hand, went wi𓂃cketless.
Here is how Twitter reacted
3 spinners for today and it worked straightaway for them 🐷even though didn’t require to ball full quota of overs,just like the way they play regularly.They are very much in the game
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
may not be batting at his best yet but you could see it in his eyes to🐓day that he wanted to win it so badly.have never seꦡen him this animated on the field and showing such raw emotions.tells u how hungry he is and what means to him.
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
Much needed 20 runs victory for . This win will get them back in the 💞race. Second half of the tournament 💙might change the fortunes for them.
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
Deadly in the death to seal the much neeไded deal.𓄧 🦁💛
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
Let’s not forget the crucial partnership between and in the end ,to me that’s the difference between the sides 𝓀
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath)
Impressive win for . Importantly, batting, bowling and fielding vastly improved from with contributions from virtually everybody. Dhoni quite superb as captain. Picked 7 bowlers, which can be confounding, but read the pitch well,꧅ used spin and pace astutely. Well played
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Not only a good win for here but also a morale booꦑster for them.
It could be just a matter of few games and they could be found in top hꦗalf of the table like always
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349)
Is 's … Ravindra Jadeja the most underutilised cricketer in this years
— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris)
In the end winning it comfortabl✱y !! A total team effort !!
— Mithun Manhas (@MithunManhas)
With seven bowling options, CSK looked more comfortable in this match. ಞThey needed a bit of help from the toss and they got it. Batting first and posting a big total was crucial.
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Its that time again!
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth)
Three teams have got 10 Points
Three teams have got 6 Points
Interesting phase of the tournament!
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket)