Sunrisers Hyderabad produce strong bowling performance to down Chennai Super Kings in IPL

[p]After being put in to bat, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunrisers-hyderabad/ltywUfPr/"]Hyderabad[/a] posted a formidable 194-9 on the back of Abhishek's 59 off 22 and veteran South Africa international Heinrich Klaasen's 59 off 39.[/p][p]In reply, five-time winners [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chennai-super-kings/hQRNSDp4/"]Chennai[/a] lost opener and India's T20 World Cup hero Sanju Samson cheaply for 7 off 3.[/p][p]Impact substitute Ayush Mhatre hit a quickfire 30 off 13, giving the chase momentum, but a sharp catch by Klaasen cut short the teenager's heroics.[/p][p]A flurry of quick wickets followed, stymying the run flow in the middle overs.[/p][embed guid="cfc948ae-736a-4465-9375-41899ec105ec" url="https://x.com/SunRisers/status/2045569637061210593" social-type="twitter" /][p]Despite handy contributions by Australian T20 specialist Matthew Short and Indian batter Sarfaraz Khan, Chennai's innings never recovered from the early blows.[/p][p]Chennai skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad blamed the defeat on the lack of partnerships in the middle over.[/p][p]"[b]It was just about 80 runs needed in (the last) 10 overs in the chase[/b]," he said.[/p][p]"[b]From there it was just about building a couple of partnerships[/b]."[/p][p]Malinga was ably assisted by Indian all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, who returned figures of 2-31 in his four overs.[/p][p]Sunrisers captain Ishan Kishan was all praise for his bowlers who he said helped his team cross the line despite being "20-30 (runs) short".[/p][p]"[b]Lovely when you have a bunch of young bowlers coming up with their plans[/b]," said Kishan.[/p][p]Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad got off to a flying start with openers Abhishek and Travis Head notching up 75 runs in the powerplay.[/p][embed guid="6a9ba357-4f93-4cec-8194-ccb0856578a9" url="https://x.com/SunRisers/status/2045575800720863731" social-type="twitter" /][p]Head was the first to go, immediately followed by captain Ishan Kishan, who was out for a first-ball duck.[/p][p]Abhishek followed soon after.[/p][p]Klaasen held steady at one end before being bowled by pacer Anshul Kamboj.[/p][p]For Chennai, Kamboj returned the most productive figures, taking three wickets for 22 runs.[/p][p]One of the most successful franchises in the T20 tournament, Chennai are still waiting for the return of India legend M.S. Dhoni, who is recovering from a calf injury and is yet to play a game in this edition.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/chennai-super-kings-hQRNSDp4/sunrisers-hyderabad-ltywUfPr/?mid=EPxRJ56C"]Check out the scorecard here![/a][/b][/p]