Williamson blasts 84 in losing IPL cause

Chennai Super Kings held its nerve to win by four runs, off the last ball, in its Indian Premier League match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi global stadium on Sunday evening. SRH are now 22 for 3, with 20 out of those runs being scored by Kane Williamson, who is at the other end dejected. He first induced an edge of Ricky Bhui, then got Manish Pandey and finally sent Deepak Hooda back to strengthen CSK’s cause.

Over 7: 32/1, Another slow over as Shakib Al Hasan bowls a tidy over andCSK managed just 5 runs. Williamson finally lost his wicket in the 18th over to Dwayne Bravo. Williamson, deep in the crease against Shardul Thakur, tried to fend off a beamer that was clearly above waist height. With 19 needed off the final over, Rashid struck a six and a four to leave his team needing six from the last delivery. In fact, Hyderabad had picked up 25 out of the 30 wickets in their first three encounters, making the job of the batsmen rather easy. Thakur, Sharma and Bravo took a wicket apiece.

Earlier, opener Shane Watson, who smashed a blisstering century in previous match, could only score 9 runs off 15 balls while his opening partner Faf du Plessis added 11 runs off 13 balls.

The win helped MS Dhoni’s team climb to the top of the table where they are level on 8 points with Kings XI but are ahead owing to a superior net run rate. Rashid Khan pulled back things with one six and one four in the last over off Bravo but still, six was required in the last ball.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in an absolute thriller, which went down to the last ball. Two-time champions Mumbai Indians were off to a terrible start this season, suffering three successive reverses, before skipper Rohit Sharma came to the team’s rescue with a blazing 94 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bhuveneshwar Kumar is in an wonderful form with his bowling.Taking view of the form of players of both the team, today’s match is surely going to be a nail-biting experience for viewers. This after Mumbai Indians had clinched three quick wickets to change the face of the game in their favour.

Earlier, Ambati Rayudu played a sensational inning to guide a struggling CSK to a winnable total of 182/3 against an upbeat SRH bowling.

Super Kings had put up both the season’s lowest powerplay total, of 27-1, and 10-over mark, 54 for 2.

Watson, 36, mixed power and finesse to rattle up 106 off 57 balls – his third IPL ton – in a score of 204-5 after being dropped on eight and 18. Kishan posted a steady 58 off 42 balls which included four boundaries and three sixes. Ben Laughlin (2-38) managed to pick up the wicket of his countryman (albeit far too late), but the veteran seamer was far from the worst of a largely wayward Rajasthan attack.