CSK vs SRH: Pat Cummins "pretty happy" with Sunrisers Hyderabad batters despite back-to-back failures

The CSK vs SRH clash was held on Sunday, April 28. The match between the Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) was held at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bowl first in the match. The bowlers were not up to the mark in the innings as Ruturaj Gaikwad and Daryl Mitchell played brilliant knocks. Gaikwad missed out on his ton by 2 runs while Mitchell scored 52 runs. Also, Shivam Dube scored a quickfire 39 to power CSK to 212/3. For SRH, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Jaydev Unadkat were among the wickets.

Chasing the target, SRH were off to a poor start in the match as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Aiden Markram tried to show some fight but he too was dismissed for 32. In the end, Sunrisers Hyderabad were bundled out for 134 in 18.5 overs to lose the match by 78 runs.

After the match, SRH skipper Pat Cummins was asked whether he would've liked to change his toss decision in hindsight. Responding to this, Pat Cummins said that they would have always decided to bowl first as it provided them with the best chance to win.

"(On would he have batted first in hindsight) Not really. We thought it was our best chance to win."

Pat Cummins added that the pitch was good to bat on and with the kind of batting line-up SRH have, they backed themselves to chase down. Pat Cummins further said that he is happy with his batting department despite back-to-back failures and assured that they will bounce back strong.

"They batted well to get to 210 but with thought we were in with a chance with our batting lineup, the pitch was playing well too. We’re pretty happy with how the batting lineup is going. Everyone in that lineup has performed and won us a game at some point in the tournament. It’s definitely dewy now but it was the same in the first innings as well. We’ll bounce back quickly."

SRH vs CSK Previous Meeting Result 

In their previous meeting in the Indian Premier League 2024, the Sunrisers Hyderabad had comprehensively defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets with 11 balls remaining on April 05 at their home ground of Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad.

Electing to bowl first in the match, Sunrisers Hyderabad stopped Chennai Super Kings to a total of 165/5 with Jaydev Unadkat, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins, T Natarajan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar picking one wicket each. The top two run-scorers for CSK in the match were Shivam Dube (45) and Ajinkya Rahane (35).

Chasing the target, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma provided SRH with a great start with the uncapped Indian batter playing ultra-aggressive cricket. After the openers were dismissed, Aiden Markram hit a brilliant half-century while Nitish Kumar Reddy Heinrich Klaasen, and Shahbaz Ahmed made decent contributions to help SRH complete the run-chase inside the 19th over. For CSK, Moeen Ali (2), Maheesh Theekshana(1), and Deepak Chahar (1) were among the wickets. Also, Abhishek Sharma was awarded Player of the Match for his cameo of 12-ball 37.