Mustafiz on top again, Chennai won by 78 runs

Sports Desk: After good batting, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafiz and Pathiran handled the rest of the work with the ball very well. Chennai Super Kings won by 78 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad at home with bat-ball and fielding skills. Mustafiz got 2 wickets. His total number of wickets is 14.

Mumbai Indians Bumrah, Punjab Kings Harshal Patel and Mustafiz have come to the top in taking wickets in rhythmic bowling. The three of them took their wicket tally to 14 in the ongoing season. But while Bumrah and Harshal Patel have taken 14 wickets in 9 matches, Mustafiz has touched them in 8 matches.

On Sunday, M. Chidambaram of Chennai lost the toss and went into bat first, and the host team made a big capital of 213 runs for 3 wickets. Captain Ruturaj played an innings of 98 runs off 54 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from this, Darryl Mitchell scored 52 runs off 32 balls. 

In response, Sunrisers Hyderabad were bowled out for 134 runs. The team, which has made one record after another with the bat this season, is looking at the reverse side of the coin after coming down to bat in their last two matches. For Hyderabad, the highest innings of 32 runs from 26 balls came from the bat of Aiden Markram. Tushar Deshpande took four wickets for Chennai. Apart from this, Mustafiz and Pathirana picked up two wickets each. 

Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins sent Chennai to bat first after losing the toss. However, the start was not too fast for the hosts. Opener Ajinkya Rahane returns to court after 19 runs. From there, Ruturaj and Daryl Mitchell started building the team's innings. 107 runs came from their pair. By the time Mitchell got out, Chennai had a big run base. 

After the departure of Mitchell, who made 52 off 32 balls, Shivam Duber stormed to the crease. There were 4 sixes against 1 four. Standing on the contrary, Ruturaj did not fall short. Fifty said 27. Still played 27 balls. Stopped the innings of 98 runs off 54 balls. According to Natarajan, he returned with a catch in the hands of Shahbaz Khan. Dhoni came and saw the boundary. However, he played singles in the next ball. Shivam Dube got 1 six off the last two balls of the innings. With that, Chennai's innings went up to 212.

With the target of 213 runs in mind, Hyderabad's batting collapsed. Tushar Deshpande dismissed Travis Head early on. He took the wicket of Anmalpreet Singh in the very next ball. Hyderabad suffered the first blow by losing 2 wickets for 21 runs. Abhishek Sharma was the third victim of Tushar before he could handle it. This young Indian pacer ended the top order single-handedly.

Mathisha Pathirana, Ravindra Jadeja collapsed in the middle order. In the end, Mustafiz put the last nail in Hyderabad's coffin. The team that easily scored more than 250 runs batting first, Hyderabad were stopped at a total of 134 runs. The question of Hyderabad's ability to handle the pressure when they come to bat later can be raised.

 

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