🏏IPL 2024: Match 18 - SRH vs CSK at Hyderabad @ 7:30PM IST🏏 - Page 58

Mast match tha, really had fun! Tuk tuk nahi khele

Ruturaj Gaikwad, CSK captain: "It was a slow pitch. At the back end they bowled well. We couldn't capitalise in the last five overs. We were in a good situation halfway but they bowled well at the back. Black soil pitch, so we expected the slowness. As the ball got older, it got slower. They used the conditions well - big boundary one end. We did not bowl well in the powerplay but did well to drag the game. 170-175 is par, if we would have had a good powerplay with the ball, we could have had the game. There was slight dew at the later stage. Moeen was spinning the ball in the 15th-16th over, so not much of a difference."

Unlike the top three from SRH, CSK's batters struggled barring Shivam Dube who smashed 45 off 24 balls to inject some momentum in the middle overs. However, once he was dismissed, CSK scored just 46 off the last 6.2 over with Rahane, Jadeja and Mitchell struggling to find the boundary as the older ball got harder to hit. SRH could've faced a similar difficulty if not for that early blast.

Originally posted by: Rosyme

I feel thy should make Dhoni as the vice captain, so that he can set field and take decisions if needed.

Rutu s also little over confident and casual i feel.

He is and I am really disappointed with his approach.

It feels like he knows Dhoni and CSK has no one except him to make the Captain so chalta hain.

This is his 2nd Or 3rd potm?

Originally posted by: Vr15h

Okay, I get toss points, and which team will win points. Not too shabby

My extras were way off. Two days ago, got those points since there were exactly 40, but today, extras were 8. Lost those, but great bowling, both sides!

srh didn’t ve much bowlers but srh bowlers done nice

Back to back losses on the road for the defending champions. On a pitch where their batting firepower was stifled due to the sluggish nature of the track, they had to face the full wrath of the hosts who came out blazing in the powerplay knowing that it'll get difficult later on. Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head and Aiden Markram came out swinging to smash 78 off the first six overs, and the game was all but sealed right there. CSK did pull things back through a wonderful spell from Moeen Ali, but it was too little too late.

Toss & win - SRH

Win margin - 6 wkts

Runs - Aiden Markram

4s - Aiden Markram

6s - Abhishek Sharma

Wickets - Moeen Ali

Total - 331

Extras - 8

POTM - Abhishek Sharma

Originally posted by: SoniRita

Ruturaj Gaikwad, CSK captain: "It was a slow pitch. At the back end they bowled well. We couldn't capitalise in the last five overs. We were in a good situation halfway but they bowled well at the back. Black soil pitch, so we expected the slowness. As the ball got older, it got slower. They used the conditions well - big boundary one end. We did not bowl well in the powerplay but did well to drag the game. 170-175 is par, if we would have had a good powerplay with the ball, we could have had the game. There was slight dew at the later stage. Moeen was spinning the ball in the 15th-16th over, so not much of a difference."

Learning from the best

Originally posted by: Prizi

Rajkumar Lingav: "Klassen finishes without hitting a Six!!! "

Not going to pick him again

SRH fans must be happy they atleast won.. im not sure whether to celebrate or mourn - i love klaasen but hate pat..