All the major stats and facts from the 29th match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings in Dubai.
Chennai Super Kings defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 20 runs at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai yesterday night and clinched their third win of the season while Sunrisers suffered their fifth loss.
Earlier Chennai Super Kings won the toss and opted to bat first but inform Faf du Plessis bagged a golden duck off Sandeep Sharma bowling. Sam Curran counter attacked and his cameo of 31 runs didn't last long but he had given a good start. Shane Watson and Ambati Rayudu who both scored in the 40s took the score to over 100 runs. In the end, MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja's 20 odd runs cameos helped Chennai to post a good total of 167/6 in 20 overs.
In reply, Sunrisers Hyderabad had a poor start as they lost David Warner, Manish Pandey, and Jonny Bairstow inside the first 10 overs and at 59/3 they're in big trouble. Kane Williamson was rock solid at his end and tried his best to keep his team alive in the race but he had no support from the other end. And eventually, Sunrisers finished on 147/8 in 20 overs. Kane Williamson played 57 runs knock while for Chennai Karn Sharma and Dwayne Bravo took 2 wickets each.
All the major stats and facts from the 29th match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings in Dubai :
1 - For the first time Chennai Super Kings batted first in this IPL season. In the previous seven matches, they batted second.
1 - Faf du Plessis bagged his first duck in the Indian Premier League since 30 May 2014 (vs KXIP at Mumbai).
10 - This was Chennai Super Kings' 10th win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in 14 matches of Indian Premier League.
Most wins against SRH in IPL -
11 - KKR
10 - CSK
8 - MI
7 - RCB
6 - RR / DC
4 - KXIP
19 - Dwayne Bravo has taken 19 wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL - the most by any bowler.
Most wickets against SRH in IPL -
19 - Dwayne Bravo
14 - Jaydev Unadkat
14 - Mohit Sharma
13 - Lasith Malinga
13 - Yuzvendra Chahal
566 - Runs Shane Watson has scored against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL - the most by any batsman.
Most runs against SRH in IPL -
566 - Shane Watson
518 - Virat Kohli
496 - Ambati Rayudu
490 - Robin Uthappa
463 - MS Dhoni