In the 20th match of the 11th season of Indian Premier League (IPL) between Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings and Kane Williamson’s SunRisers Hyderabad, Ambati Rayudu’s fireworks took CSK to 182 runs for three at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, on Sunday.
After winning the toss, Kane Williamson invited MS Dhoni’s side to bat first and Shane Watson was sent back by Bhuvneshwar Kumar in fourth over for 9 runs.After Watson’s departure, Faf du Plessis (11) was sent back by Afgan spinner Rashid Khan.
After the departure of CSK’s opening duo, star all-rounder Suresh Raina along with Ambati Rayudu took the charge of Chennai’s innings and put up the 112-run partnership for the third wicket.
However, Raydu was run-out by Siddarth Kaul and Kane Williamson.
Following Rayudu’s departure, Chennai’s skipper MS Dhoni (23) joined Suresh Raina (54) at the crease and gave CSK a flying finish.
From KXIP camp, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rashid Khan took one wicket each.
Fall of wickets:
CSK:
14-1 (Shane Watson, 3.3), 32-2 (Faf du Plessis, 7.1), 144-3 (Ambati Rayudu, 16.4)
Teams:
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, MS Dhoni(w/c), Sam Billings, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Kane Williamson(c), Yusuf Pathan, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan, Ricky Bhui, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Billy Stanlake, Siddarth Kaul.