SRH vs CSK - M54 Report & Stats: IPL 2013

Match Report:

Chennai Super Kings conquered Hyderabad, brining to end Sunrisers Hyderabad's undefeated run at home, with an empathic 77-run win at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Wednesday night. CSK put into bat, destroyed SRH by posting a massive 223 on the back of Suresh Raina's undefeated 99 before their bowlers put up a good show to restrict the hosts to 146. 

Suresh Raina acknowledges on getting half century during match 54 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Superkings held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on the 8th May 2013

Chasing 224, SRH lost Shikhar Dhawan (3) in the second over, run out by a brilliant throw from MS Dhoni. Parthiv Patel however continued with two boundaries off Mohit Sharma. The left-hand opener then went after Jason Holder dispatching him for two boundaries and a six in the fifth over before Dwayne Bravo put him down. Kumar Sangakkara (3) followed when he top-edged a sweep off Ravichandran Ashwin to be caught by Chris Morris at short fine leg. 

Suresh Raina dismissed Hanuma Vihari (3) caught in the deep to leave SRH three down in the eighth over. Darren Sammy (7) pulled Sharma for a six before holing out to Morris the next ball. The collapse continued as Patel (44) was caught by Vijay in the ninth over. SRH at the halfway stage were 75 for five, still requiring 149 runs.

Thisara Perera (23) smashed a boundary and a six off Morris before launching Bravo for a six. He departed the very next delivery caught by Subramaniam Badrinath. Karan Sharma, who was put down by Murali Vijay in the 15th over, cleared Jadeja over the ropes to give SRH fans something to cheer about. Amit Mishra (6) was run out by Ravindra Jadeja in the 16th over. SRH eventually fell short by 77 runs as Karan Sharma finished unbeaten on 39.

Earlier in the evening, Michael Hussey played a maiden off Dale Steyn before putting Ishant Sharma for consecutive boundaries. He and Vijay then smashed three boundaries off Perera in the fourth over. Murali Vijay (29) then took Ishant to the cleaners with three successive sixes before being caught behind off Perera. Karan Sharma was slammed for two sixes in the 9th over as Hussey and Raina went hard after the SRH bowling. The duo put on 133 runs for the second wicket.

Raina was given a reprieve on 26 when Karan Sharma dropped him at point off Mishra. Runs continued to flow as Hussey launched Mishra for a maximum in the 16th over. Raina took Ishant apart in the 17th over for 25 runs. Perera then struck twice, bowling Hussey (67) before having Dhoni (4) caught in the deep. Raina however continued his onslaught with a six before Ravindra Jadeja (13*) cut Steyn away for consecutive boundaries. With 20 runs from the final over, CSK finished with 223 for three. 

Michael Hussey celebrates his fifty during match 54 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Superkings held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on the 8th May 2013

Man-of-the-Match: Suresh Raina 

Brief Scores: Chennai Super Kings 223 for 3 (Suresh Raina 99*, Thisara Perera 3-45) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad 146 for 8 (Parthiv Patel 44, Mohit Sharma 2-28) by 77 runs. 

Kumar Sangakkara shake with M S Dhoni during toss of match 54 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Superkings held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on the 8th May 2013

Stats Highlights:

574: Runs scored by Michael Hussey in IPL2013. His tally is now the highest by a CSK batsman in a single edition of IPL. Matthew Hayden had made 572 in 2009 edition.

458: Runs scored by Suresh Raina in IPL2013, which makes him the only player to have scored 400 runs in each and every edition of IPL!

66: Runs conceded by Ishant Sharma in the match – worst figures by any bowler in an IPL match. Varun Aaron and Ashoke Dinda shared the previous record by conceding 63 runs.

10: Number of matches won by Chennai Super Kings in IPL2013 – most they have ever won in league phase of a single edition of IPL. They had won 9 in 2011 edition.

9: Number of times Chennai Super Kings have crossed 200 in IPL – most by any side. Kings XI Punjab are distant second with 6 such instances.

5: Number of away games won by Chennai Super Kings in IPL2013. No other side has managed more than 2 wins in away games!

1: Suresh Raina became first player in Twenty20 cricket to register scores of 100, 99 and 98.

Presentation

Dhoni gets the 'Nayee Soch' award for some innovative field settings. He had a couple of mid-ons in place.

Kumar Sangakkara: Dale Steyn bowled the right length, the others bowled a bit short and did not get the yorkers out. We know it's a bad performance, cannot think about this one, just move ahead.

MS Dhoni: Just like the last game where nothing worked for us. Raina unlucky not to get a 100, but lucky to get to 99. As I said before, we didn't really play the last game. Last game was a good wakeup call. Hussey has been brilliant, among the few cricketers who hasn't changed too much, does not play too many slogs. The only other batsman to do that is Rahul Dravid for the Royals.

Dhoni also hints there may be some changes in the team for the next game. Especially in the bowling.

Raina, man of the match: God has been kind, we won the game. Thanks to the fitness trainer, he's been doing a lot of work with us. Hussey's been very honest, working very hard with all Indian cricketers, good environment in the dressing room. Hope to keep up the good cricket.

source: iplt20.com