Match – 17th IPL 2014 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Sun Apr 27
Time – 18:30 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Toss – Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat first
Result – Chennai Super Kings Won by 5 wickets.
Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets today against Sunrisers Hyderabad in a well fought match to add to their points tally. Earlier Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat first. S Dhawan got out after scoring just 7 and in the same over, D Warner got out leaving Sunrisers struggling at 15/2 in 2.4 overs. Rahul and Finch then steadied the innings and took the score past 50. Just when the duo started to look dangerous, Smith got the wicket of Rahul. Finch continued to score run a ball and along with cameo from Sharma and Sammy, helped Sunrisers post a total of 145/5 in 20 overs.
Chasing 146 to win, CSK got off to a flying start with openers D Smith and B McCullum adding 85 runs for the first wicket stand. McCullum was the first to fall after scoring 33 ball 40 but he had done his job as a perfect platform was laid for the upcoming batsmen. Smith (66 off 46 balls 4×4, 5×6) on the other continued his scintillating batting and along with Raina took the team score past 100. Just when it looked that CSK will cruise to an easy win, Raina got out which brought Sunrisers back into the match. One after the another, wickets started to fell which increased the pressure on both the teams. CSK needed 6 off the last over with Dhoni and Manhas playing at the center. Captain Cool and Minhas played sensibly and took their team to a 5 wicket win.
Match – 17th IPL 2014 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard