Dubai: Gritty batting by young Indian batsmen Priyam Garg (51 not out) and Abhishek Sharma and exceptional bowling by spinners led Sunrisers Hyderabad to a narrow seven-run win over Chennai Super Kings in an IPL match, here on Friday.
CSK’s poor fielding also aided SRH as the fielders dropped Sharma twice in the 18th over bowled by Deepak Chahar.
CSK lost quick wickets at the start and it was left experienced Ravindra Jadeja (50) and his skipper MS Dhoni (47 not out off 36 balls) to do the job.
They added 72 runs for the fifth wicket but could not take the side home, ending at 157 for five.
A dejected CSK skipper Dhoni said, ‘ I was not able to middle a lot of deliveries. Was trying to hit it too hard. When the wicket is slightly at the slower side, it is better to time it. Looking at outfield it was subconsciously coming to us to hit the ball hard. Tried to get as much as time as possible. It is quite dry out here. So, the throat gets dry and you start to cough. When you have legal signs, you can take some time off. Long time back once we lost three in a row. We need to get a lot of things right. It is the professionalism. We need to take our catches not bowl no-balls. Those are the controllables and may be we are getting too relaxed. We have been a bit too relaxed at times. After the 16th over, we had two good overs but overall we could have been slightly better. Nobody wants to drop catches but at the same at this level, we need to draw a line and take these catches especially when the team hasn’t been doing that outstandingly well. It is very important to be at your best. There are plenty of positives in this game but we will try to come back strong.’