IPL 2021: Twitter Reacts As Faf Du Plessis Belligerence And Ruturaj Gaikwad's Artistic Strokeplay Helps Chennai Super Kings Beat SunRisers Hyderabad By Seven Wickets
Updated - 29 Apr 2021, 01:26 AM
A blistering 129-run-stand between Faf du Plessis [56 off 38 balls] and Ruturaj Gaikwad [75* off 44 balls] has helped Chennai Super Kings swat aside SunRisers Hyderabad by nine wickets in Delhi to make it in a five wins in a row in IPL 2021.
Chasing 172, Chennai Super Kings once again got off to a sensational start thanks to their opening duo of Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Du Plessis once again blazed away in the powerplay as he took SunRisers Hyderabad seamers to task by smashing as many as five boundaries in his 19-ball 34.
Ruturaj Gaikwad too chipped in with some brilliant strokes, and he, along with Du Plessis ensured that the Chennai Super Kings ended up with 50 runs in the powerplay.
The duo took Jagadeesh Suchith to task as they smashed a total of four fours and one six in his first two overs to take the total to 0/84 after 9.
Faf Du Plessis completed his third consecutive half-century in the 11th over as Chennai Super Kings went past the 1oo-run mark.
The young opener [75 off 44 balls] then proceeded to rub salt on Rashid’s wounds by pulling him both in front and back of square for a couple more boundaries.
The veteran leggie eventually got his man as he knocked over the opener with a ripper of a leg-break. Khan backed it up with the dismissals of Moeen Ali and Faf du Plessis in his last over to give SunRisers Hyderabad a glimmer of hope.
But the damage had already been done. And, the duo of Suresh Raina 17* off 15 balls] and Ravindra Jadeja [7* off 6 balls] ensured that Chennai Super Kings romped home to their 5th consecutive win by nine wickets.
Manish Pandey’s 50 and quickfire cameos from Kane Williamson and Kedar Jadhav helped SunRishers Hyderabad post 171 against Chennai Super Kings
Batting first, SunRishers Hyderabad got off to a poor start as England seam-bowling all-rounder Sam Curran got the better of his English teammate, Jonny Bairstow.
It all happened on the second ball of the 4th over when Sam Curran went around the wicket and dug the ball short.
Bairstow rocked back on the backfoot and proceeded to pull it towards deep square-leg but the swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batsman couldn’t time it the way he would have liked and picked out Deepak Chahar who completed a simple catch.
Bairstow had begun to flex his arms as he had smoked a couple of disdainful boundaries off Deepak Chahar in the over leading to his dismissal.
But with David Warner struggling for his timing and going at a strike rate of less than 100, SunRisers Hyderabad struggled to increase the tempo between overs 6-10, managing a mere 29 runs.
It was that sort of a day for David Warner where he just couldn’t hit anything out of the middle of the bat. And his frustration every time he picked out a fielder or mistimed a shot was truly visible.
Manish Pandey, who started off brilliantly, got bogged down in the middle-overs as he struggled to get the timing on his shorts. He finally got one out of the middle in the 13th over bowled by Shardul Thakur as he smoked the latter down the ground for a much-needed boundary.
Pandey got another four in the next over bowled by Jadeja as SunRisers Hyderabad brought up their 100. The Karnataka batsman also proceeded to complete his half-century (off 35 deliveries).
Warner (57 off 55) smashed another six in the next over bowled by Jadeja over deep-midwicket to become the first IPL batsman to rack up 50 half-centuries.
Williamson smashed four fours and one six in his rapid 10-ball 26 while Kedar Jadhav too chipped in with a valuable 4-ball 12.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) April 28, 2021
The side to beat this season? Definitely YES! #CSK #IPL2021
— Anant Tyagi (@anantyagi_) April 28, 2021
@ChennaiIPL @msdhoni ❤️❤️❤️???
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3) April 28, 2021
If #CSK turnaround is stunning this season so is the dramatic downfall of #SRH . Another ordinary game for Hyderabad and they already are looking for the next season. #CSKvsSRH
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) April 28, 2021
5 wins a row for #CSK
5 wins in 6 games in #IPL2021
No major contributions yet from Dhoni and Bravo.
Great transformation from last season. #CSKvSRH
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 28, 2021
Most consecutive wins for #CSK in an IPL season:
7 – 2013
6 – 2014
5* – #IPL2021
5 – 2009— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 28, 2021
#CSK becoming team to beat this season. Batting and bowling both clicking, all bases look covered. Runs from Dhoni awaited, but if they win as comfortably as today, it doesn’t matter as he won’t need to bat!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 28, 2021
David Warner's 57 (55) today has an impact rating of -15.2.
This is the 15th lowest impact rating for any of the 9274 T20 innings in our database in which the batsman scored over 50 runs.#IPL2021 #CSKvSRH
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 28, 2021
Well played #RuturajGaikwad youngster taking the lead and scoring those crucial runs for @ChennaiIPL #CSKvsSRH #IPL2021
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) April 28, 2021
Form, timing, momentum- things that you can’t always be sure when they are going to be with you and when they can abandon you! Look at Ruturaj – Wow. From how he started this season to what he’s doing now has been ??. Terrific timing. #CSK
— RK (@RK_sports) April 28, 2021
Ruturaj Gaikwad getting better with every innings #VIVOIPL #CSKvSRH Such a wonderful timer of the ball
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) April 28, 2021
Faf du Plessis is averaging 86.66 in #IPL2021
This is his highest batting average in any T20 tournament in which he has scored over 150 runs.#CSKvSRH
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 28, 2021
Really enjoying watching Ruturaj Gaikwad play. And credit to #CSK for staying with him in spite of an indifferent start to the tournament
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 28, 2021
https://twitter.com/im_yash2307/status/1387430997726167040?s=19
Watching how Kane Williamson goes about his business, he only sees gaps. I don’t believe he is thinking 6’s!! Just shows that there are different ways to tackle T20 innings. #SRHvDC #IPL2021
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) April 28, 2021
https://twitter.com/FarziCricketer/status/1387431583016050690?s=19
Faf du Plessis likes to take off early, and that's what he's doing tonight
20 off 10 for him so far#IPL2021 | #CSKvSRH pic.twitter.com/XQIyOEl1oA
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) April 28, 2021
A dolly catch by the standard of Faf du Plessis. #IPL
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 28, 2021
Kane Williamson is like one of those great film-makers who can make a 30 sec ad film too.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 28, 2021
Kane Williamson is so much more than he's given credit for
— Will Macpherson (@willis_macp) April 28, 2021
1⃣0⃣,0⃣0⃣0⃣ T20 runs for David Warner ??
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 28, 2021
Very well done @im_manishpandey. Actions speak louder than words. Keep rocking ??✌️#CSKvSRH #IPL2021 @SunRisers
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) April 28, 2021
A high-quality fifty from @im_manishpandey on his 150th IPL match ??#CSKvSRH #OrangeOrNothing #OrangeArmy #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/BR4QtMraC4
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 28, 2021
A tool given along with captaincy in the IPL. #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/TD4KPnAP9x
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) April 28, 2021
SRH have struggled to kick on in the middle overs (7-15) this tournament, and have the lowest RR and highest balls-per-boundary count of any team in this years competition.
CSK on the other hand have been the best team at finding the boundary during the middle phase. #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/PlCMzNCxIr
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 28, 2021
Manish Pandey and David Warner switched souls. #IPL
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 28, 2021
atleast Warner is showing disappointment, KL toh does this happily ?
— ? (@DrogonDracarys_) April 28, 2021
https://twitter.com/im_yash2307/status/1387414781146001416?s=19
Sam Curran.
Who expects a 78mph bowler to try a short ball? Bairstow would have likely hammered a 85mph bowler for a six.
In a way, that is a knack. https://t.co/RdF0ybAIiJ
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) April 28, 2021
Just ten bowlers have taken 40+ Powerplay wickets in IPL cricket. Of those ten bowlers, none have a better strike rate than Deepak Chahar (21.9). #IPL2021 #CSKvSRH
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 28, 2021
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He was dropped in the first over but Jonny Bairstow fails to make it count. @CurranSM takes the first wicket and has the opener caught in the deep.https://t.co/dvbR7X1Kzc #VIVOIPL #CSKvSRH pic.twitter.com/FspocjL7Kt— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 28, 2021
Second ball of the match, and Dhoni drops one ?#IPL2021 #CSKvsSRH pic.twitter.com/Am2VLB3GZH
— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) April 28, 2021
CSK have been the most deadly team with the ball in the PP, taking 13 wickets in #IPL2021. Their opponents today, SRH, have taken only 2 PP wickets.
Bals per wicket in PP:
CSK – 13.8
DC – 21.6
RCB – 24.0
RR – 25.7
PBKS – 27.0
KKR – 27.0
MI – 60.0
SRH – 90.0#CSKvSRH— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 28, 2021
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