IPL 14:2021, 23rd March 2021 Played at New Delhi
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) VS Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
CSK 173/3 in 18.3 Overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 75, Faf du Plessis 66, Moeen Ali 16, Rashid Khan 3/36)
SRH: 171/3 in 20 Overs (Manish Pandey 61, David Warner 57, Kane Williamson 26* Luigi Ngidi 2/36)
CSK won by 7 wickets
Player of The Match: Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Well-oiled Chennai Express cantered past Hyderabad station on the way to the top of IPL pointes table. Batting first SRH scored 171/3 on easy paced Delhi Wicket. It ultimately turned out not a defendable score as Ruturaj Gaikwad (75) and Faf du Plessis (66) producing 129 runs first wicket partnership made the chase a cakewalk for CSK. Chennai Express has gathered momentum at IPL 14 is approaching the business round .
The wicket was flat; ball was coming at even height. Sunrisers lost Jonny Bairstow early. But Warner (57) and Manish (61) producing 106 runs second wicket partnership set a solid foundation. But on such a wicket SRH score of 171/3 was perhaps 25-30 runs too less.
When CSK started their chase flamboyant Ruturaj (75) and dynamic Faf du Plessis (66) led CSK sailing over and across SRH . Afghan mystery spinner Rashid Khan chipped in with 3 wickets. But it was too little to less. CSK scoring 173/3 won the match easy by 7 wickets.
With 10 points of 6 matches CSK now top the list. RCB earning 10 points also is marginally behind in NRR
BDST: 1144 HRS, APR 29, 2021
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