Early Blow to CSK but Mhatre Keeps Scoring
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and chose to bowl first. Ayush Mhatre and Shaik Rasheed opened for CSK. However, Mohammed Shami struck on the very first ball. He removed Rasheed for a golden duck. Sam Curran walked in at No. 3 and got off the mark with a single. Mhatre started confidently with a boundary. After the first over, CSK were 7/1.
Pat Cummins bowled the second over. Mhatre hit him for two boundaries. Sam Curran also found a four off Shami in the third over. CSK reached 27/1 after three overs.
Jaydev Unadkat bowled the fourth. Mhatre hit consecutive boundaries again. CSK added 10 runs from that over. Then Harshal Patel came into the attack and dismissed Curran for 9 runs. Jadeja arrived and instantly hit a boundary. After five overs, CSK were 45/2.
Cummins Strikes Again
Cummins got the big wicket of Ayush Mhatre in the sixth over. He scored a quick 30 from 19 balls. Dewald Brevis joined Jadeja in the middle. After six overs, CSK stood at 50/3.
Zeeshan Ansari bowled the seventh over. Brevis hit a boundary, but Jadeja got a life as Patel dropped him. Mendis bowled the eighth and gave away just 3 runs. In the ninth, Jadeja smashed a six off Ansari. CSK moved to 73/3. Mendis returned in the 10th and dismissed Jadeja for 21 runs. Shivam Dube came next. CSK were 76/4 at the halfway mark.
Brevis Pushes the Score
Shami bowled the 11th over. Dube hit two boundaries. Then Brevis smacked three sixes off Mendis in the 12th over. CSK crossed 100 and reached 107/4.
Patel returned in the 13th and took the wicket of Brevis, who made 42 off 25. Hooda replaced him. Unadkat struck in the 14th, removing Dube for 12. Dhoni walked in next. CSK were 119/6 after 14 overs.
SRH Wrap Up the CSK Innings
Ansari bowled the 15th over and gave just 8 runs. Cummins followed with a tight over, conceding only 3 runs. In the 17th, Patel sent Dhoni back for 6 runs. CSK were now 133/7.
Cummins got another in the 18th. He removed Kamboj for 2. Patel cleaned up Noor Ahmad in the 19th over. Hooda struck a six but Unadkat dismissed him in the final over. CSK were all out for 154 in 19.5 overs.
SRH Lose Early Wicket
Chasing 155, SRH opened with Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma. Khaleel Ahmed bowled the first over and dismissed Abhishek for 1 run. Ishan Kishan came in next. Head hit a boundary in the first over. Kishan added another in the second over. He then hit two more in the third. SRH were 21/1 after 3 overs.
Head hit boundaries in the fourth over. Noor Ahmad bowled the fifth and dismissed Head for 19. Heinrich Klaasen came in next. SRH reached 37/2 after six overs.
Middle Overs Drama
Jadeja gave just 5 runs in the seventh. In the eighth, both Kishan and Klaasen got a boundary each. SRH moved to 54/2. Jadeja bowled again in the ninth and got Klaasen out on the first ball. Aniket Verma replaced him. The 10th over saw a four from Kishan and a six from Aniket. SRH were 69/3 at the halfway point.
Kishan Anchors, Mendis Finishes
Aniket hit a six in the 11th over. Kishan smacked a six in the 12th but got out on the last ball. He made 44 runs off 34 balls. Mendis entered next. After 12 overs, SRH were 90/4.
Pathirana bowled a tight 13th over, conceding just 4 runs. Noor Ahmad returned in the 14th, and Mendis completed SRH’s 100 with a double. Noor then removed Aniket for 19. SRH stood at 106/5 after 14 overs.
Calm Finish by Mendis and Reddy
Mendis added a boundary in the 15th over. In the next, he added more runs to push SRH to 127/5. Nitish Kumar Reddy struck two boundaries in the 17th. SRH moved to 142/5.
Khaleel’s 18th over cost 7 runs. Jadeja bowled the 19th. Mendis completed 150 with a double. Another double on the 4th ball sealed the win for SRH. Mendis remained unbeaten on 32 off 22 balls. Reddy stayed not out at 19 from 13. Sunrisers Hyderabad won with one over to spare.