Sunrisers Hyderabad secured a convincing victory over the Chennai Tremendous Kings within the 18th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Batting first, CSK managed 165 runs for five wickets of their 20 overs. In response, SRH comfortably chased down the goal in 18.1 overs, with Abhishek Sharma main the way in which with a blistering 37 runs off simply 12 balls. He was deservedly named Participant of the Match for his impactful innings.

Chennai Tremendous Kings fall to second straight loss in IPL 2024

The CSK’s IPL 2024 marketing campaign has hit a stumbling block. After beginning with two convincing wins at residence, they’ve suffered back-to-back defeats of their away fixtures. New captain Ruturaj Gaikwad‘s type is a priority, having solely managed 88 runs in 4 matches at a strike price of 118. This contributed to CSK failing to capitalize on a good begin, in the end ending their innings at a modest complete of 165 runs.

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Ruturaj Gaikwad explains CSK’s batting struggles after defeat

Gaikwad addressed CSK’s struggles after second consecutive defeat towards SRH and acknowledged {that a} promising begin wasn’t capitalized upon. He highlighted Sunrisers Hyderabad’s dominant powerplay, the place they amassed 78 runs whereas solely dropping one wicket, because the turning level within the match.

“I believe to be sincere, it was a gradual pitch, They bowled nicely within the back-end, saved the sport in management and didn’t permit us to capitalise. I assumed we did nicely to start with (of the match), however they got here again nicely later,” stated Ruturaj.

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