IPL 2025 Match 43: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets

by CricDirect Friday 25 April 2025

Sunrisers Hyderabad's Kamindu Mendis celebrates with Pat Cummins

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Chennai Super Kings were beaten at home by 5 wickets, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, as Sunrisers Hyderabad disappointed the home fans in stylish fashion.

Match Summary

Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Match 43

Chennai Super Kings 154/10 (19.5 ov)

Sunrisers Hyderabad 155/5 (18.4 ov)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 wickets

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Match Analysis

Patel grabbed 4-28 and was ably assisted by skipper Pat Cummins and Jaydev Unadkat -- both finishing with identical figures of 2-21 -- to dismiss the home team for a below-par 154 in 19.5 overs.

South African youngster Dewald Brevis was the top scorer for the Kings with a blistering 25-ball 42, cracking four sixes and a boundary on his debut for the franchise.

Skipper M.S. Dhoni failed to make his 400th T20 a memorable occasion, managing just six runs and coming out on the losing side.

Sunrisers achieved the target in 18.4 overs for the loss of five wickets with Ishan Kishan leading the way with a solid 34-ball 44 with five boundaries and a six.

Mendis struck an unbeaten 32 off 22 balls, adding 49 in an unbroken sixth wicket stand with Nitish Kumar Reddy who finished with a 13-ball 19 not out.

The victory lifted Sunrisers to eighth on the 10-team table topped by Gujrat Titans with 12 points in eight matches while five-time champions Kings are at the bottom with four points in nine.

Patel, declared man-of-the-match, attributed discipline as the key for his fine bowling.

"I figured out pretty early that hitting it on a good length around the stumps was important because it was hard to hit with the horizontal bat," said Patel.

Dhoni blamed losing a cluster of wickets for the poor batting show.

"I think we kept losing wickets and another thing is in the first innings the wicket was slightly better," said Dhoni. "A total of 157 wasn't a justifiable score."

Earlier, Chennai Super Kings were rocked by Sunrisers's pacer Patel who ripped through the middle and lower-order batting.

The home team started on a wrong note when opener Shaik Rasheed was caught in the slip off the very first delivery of the match by fast bowler Mohammad Shami.

Seventeen-year-old Ayush Mhatre was impressive in his 19-ball 30, which was studded with six boundaries, while Ravindra Jadeja managed 21 with a six and a boundary.

Jadeja's dismissal brought Dhoni to the crease as the crowd roared to welcome their hero in his 400th T20 match but Dhoni's stay lasted for just ten balls.

It was Brevis who assured Kings get past 150 with some lusty hitting.

Deepak Hooda also chipped in with a 21-ball 22 with a six and a boundary.

Match Stats

Chennai Super Kings Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Shaik Rasheed - 0.1 ov), 2-39 (Sam Curran - 4.3 ov), 3-47 (Ayush Mhatre - 5.3 ov), 4-74 (Ravindra Jadeja - 9.3 ov), 5-114 (Dewald Brevis - 12.5 ov), 6-118 (Shivam Dube - 13.5 ov), 7-131 (MS Dhoni - 16.3 ov), 8-134 (Anshul Kamboj - 17.3 ov), 9-137 (Noor Ahmad - 18.1 ov), 10-154 (Deepak Hooda - 19.5 ov)

Sunrisers Hyderabad Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Abhishek Sharma - 0.2 ov), 2-37 (Travis Head - 5.3 ov), 3-54 (Heinrich Klaasen - 8.1 ov), 4-90 (Ishan Kishan - 11.6 ov), 5-106 (Aniket Verma - 13.5 ov)