After being invited to bat, Gaikwad’s spectacular 54-ball innings powered CSK to a formidable 212 for 3. He was supported by Daryl Mitchell‘s return to type, contributing a key 52 off 32 balls, whereas Shivam Dube added an unbeaten 39 off 20 balls to push CSK previous the 200 mark.
In response, SRH’s overly cautious batting strategy failed as soon as once more as they could not get well from Deshpande’s (4/27 in three overs) early three-wicket burst and the following strain within the center overs, finally being bowled out for 134 in 18.5 overs. This win ended CSK’s two-game shedding streak.
With the victory, CSK climbed to 3rd place with 10 factors, the identical because the Kolkata Knight Riders, Lucknow Tremendous Giants, and Delhi Capitals. SRH, additionally with 10 factors, fell to fourth after their fourth loss.
Chasing 213 to win, Travis Head (13) and Abhishek Sharma (15) made fast begins however Deshpande removed the previous with a slower broad ball after which returned to take away affect sub Anmolpreet Singh with an outswinger on the stumps because the batter went for a golden duck.
Abhishek was subsequent caught at deep level as Deshpande broke their again, leaving SRH at 40 for three within the fourth over.
Nitish Reddy (15) and Aiden Markram (32) tried to regular the ship however Ravindra Jadeja bamboozled the previous with a bouncer, whereas Matheesha Pathirana produced an excellent yorker to uproot the center stump of the South African.
At 85-5 in 10.5 overs, Heinrich Klaasen and Abdul Samad joined arms however runs have been robust to come back by because the bowlers executed their plans to completely.
Whereas Jadeja accomplished an excellent spell of 4-0-22-1, Shardul Thakur stored bowling at broad outdoors off to frustrate the batters as CSK conceded simply two boundaries in 9 overs after the powerplay.
With an unbelievable 104 wanted off 30 balls, Klaasen, Samad, Pat Cummins and Shahbaz Ahmed all holed out as Mitchell claimed 5 catches within the outfield in the course of the match.
Earlier, Gaikwad missed out on a successive hundred by a whisker however his 107-run stand with Mitchell was the cornerstone of CSK’s innings. It’s CSK’s 35th 200-plus whole, essentially the most by any aspect in T20 cricket.
Gaikwad was the star of the CSK batting as he hit 10 fours and three sixes in his innings.
Opening the innings, Ajinkya Rahane (9) perished early once more with Bhuvneshwar Kumar incomes his prized wicket within the third over however Gaikwad stored CSK going. The skipper didn’t again down and attacked the bowlers at will because the hosts ended the powerplay at 50 for one.
Very quickly, the 27-year-old Gaikwad introduced up his 17th IPL half-century off simply 27 deliveries.
Gaikwad and Mitchell batted sensibly as they managed to maintain the boundaries coming, with the latter chipping in periodically too after a sluggish begin (12 off 11).
With dew setting within the 12th over, the batting duo tried to benefit from it as Mitchell quickly introduced up his maiden IPL 50 off 29 deliveries within the 13th over.
However the New Zealander did not get going for too lengthy and perished within the following over to Jaydev Unadkat after depositing a full-toss into the arms of Nitish Kumar Reddy within the deep mid-wicket.
In-form Shivam Dube then joined Gaikwad and the 2 determined to up the ante. SRH skipper Pat Cummins was focused by the batters, having been dispatched for 49 in his 4 overs.
Gaikwad regarded set to back-to-back tons however the warmth and humidity of Chennai appeared to have an effect on him as his vigil ended with a tired-looking shot as T Natarajan despatched him again within the last over.
Crowd-favourite MS Dhoni scored 5 off two deliveries that included a 4, whereas Dube deposited a full toss within the stands as the ultimate 4 overs yielded 53 runs.
(With inputs from PTI)
