Gaikwad, Deshpande Guide CSK To Easy Win Over SRH

A PROFESSIONAL display by Chennai Super Kings enabled the hosts to defeat Sun Risers Hyderabad by 78 runs and get their IPL campaign back on track here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday.

- ASHOK VENUGOPAL

First, CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad led by example to make a valuable 98 and lay the platform for a creditable win. Later, Tushar Deshpande with his fiery first spell where he accounted for three wickets broke the back of the top order of the visitors. He ended up with figures of 4 for 27.

Chasing 213 for a win, SRH had a disastrous start. They lost Travis Head and Amolpreet Singh in the second over of their innings with Deshpande bagging both the wickets. He bowled with a lot of fire and zest. He hit the deck in the right areas and could extract good bounce and carry. High on confidence Deshpande next foxed Abhishek Sharma with a slower one and all that the SRH batter could do was hole out to Mitchell at deep point.