In a lopsided encounter, CSK dominated SRH as they put up an all round show with Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad showing great leadership skills by playing a phenomenal 98 off 54, tragically falling short of his 2nd consecutive century. It was sensational from him regardless, especially as a captain.
Gaikwad received able support from Daryl Mitchell and later on Shivam Dube who smashed 4 sixes, giving CSK a solid finish.
Many fans would have been in the speculation of a video game chase from SRH, however they met the same fate as in the match against RCB as they lost both their dangerous openers Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head early on, along with all other potent batsmen down the lineup failing to deliver. All of CSK’s bowlers bowled scintillating spells as Tushar Deshpande picked up 4 wickets including those of Hyderabad’s dangerous openers, along with Mustafizur Rahman and Matheesha Pathirana picking up 2 wickets while being highly economical.
Jadeja and Thakur also bowled decently with Deepak Chahar also being economical despite going wicketless. CSK’s entire bowling attack bowled very well and there is only praise that can be given to them. Gaikwad’s leadership and the way he has been handling the team well effortlessly without relying on Dhoni’s assistance is sensational and he would want to keep this up to help himself and the team stay on winning track and grab their sixth IPL title.
The law of averages has struck SRH hard in the last two games and they would definitely like to bounce back to winning ways and continue delivering the blitzkrieg performances giving mammoth scores like they have earlier in this season. Meanwhile, CSK would want to keep winning consistently to get and stay in the Top 4 and race for their sixth title.
