IPL 2019, Match 33: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings - Statistical Highlights

The home side Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) secured an easy victory in their crucial encounter against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Wednesday (17th April) night at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Uppal, Hyderabad). They won this match by six wickets with 19 balls to spare.

CSK stand-in captain Suresh Raina decided to bat first after winning the toss. However, the visitors struggled in their innings and managed to put the total of 132/5 (20 overs) on the board. Chasing down that target, SRH successfully reached there in 16.5 overs after losing four wickets.

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Brief Scores: CSK – 132/5 in 20 overs (Faf du Plessis 45, Shane Watson 31; Rashid Khan 2/17)

SRH – 137/4 in 16.5 overs (Jonny Bairstow 61*, David Warner 50; Imran Tahir 2/20)

Result – SRH won by six wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

Teams’ stats

CSK

i) CSK was restricted to 132/5 (20 overs) in the first innings. It is the lowest completed total for the Chennai franchise against SRH. 170/6 (20 overs) was their previous lowest completed total against this side at Hyderabad (Deccan) on 2nd May 2015.

SRH

i) SRH claimed their third victory against CSK after beating them by six wickets (with 19 balls remaining) in this match. Also, this victory was the first victory for SRH against CSK since 2015. After their previous victory at Hyderabad (Deccan) on 2nd May 2015, the Hyderabad franchise suffered four consecutive defeats against the Chennai franchise before their latest victory.

Players’ stats

SRH

i) The Afghan leg-spinner Rashid Khan had the bowling figures of 4-0-17-2. It was the second best bowling figures by an SRH bowler against CSK at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Uppal, Hyderabad). Thisara Perera is the record holder with the bowling figures of 4-0-45-3 (on 8th May 2013).

ii) Australian cricketer David Warner has scored 3,029 T20 runs for SRH (all in IPL). The left-handed batsman is the first SRH cricketer to score 3,000+ T20 runs. Moreover, he is the third overseas batsman and eighth overall batsman to score 3,000+ IPL runs for one team.

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CSK

i) During this match, Sam Billings played as a wicketkeeper for CSK. The English cricketer is the first overseas wicketkeeper to keep wicket for CSK in a match.