Chennai Super Kings (CSK) faced off against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 44th match of the IPL 2021 in Sharjah. CSK captain MS Dhoni won the toss and chose to bowl first. Both teams were coming off victories in their previous matches as CSK beat KKR and SRH beat RR.
During the match, which was the usual Sharjah affair in the ongoing IPL 2021 on a slow pitch, there was not much excitement when it came to fours and sixes but CSK’s Suresh Raina found a way to keep himself busy as he was seen showing off his footy skills.
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Talking of the match, CSK brought in Dwayne Bravo in place of Sam Curran in the XI. SRH found it tough to get any momentum in their innings though Wriddhiman Saha made 44 and the two young guns of SRH Abdul Samad and Abhishek Sharma made 18 each. Rashid Khan also contributed 17* important runs as SRH finished on 134/7.
For CSK, Josh Hazlewood picked 3/24, while Bravo took 2/17. Shardul Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja picked one wicket each.
