SRH vs CSK, 29th Match at Chennai, IPL, Apr 21 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary

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The entire Sunrisers team seems to have occupied space around MS Dhoni as they listen to his pearls of wisdom. Makes for a great picture.

And here he is for the post-match chat. MS Dhoni: All said and done, it's the last phase of my career, however long I play [On the roar and crowd support]. After two years, the fans have had the opportunity to come here and watch, feels good to be here. Crowd has given us a lot of love and affection. Not getting enough chances to bat, but no complaints. I was hesitant to bat second because I had that feeling there won't be a lot of dew. When there are chances dew, you have to bat second. Spinners once they came in, bowled a very good length. Fast bowlers once they came back, especially Pathirana, bowled superbly."

After all the serious questions are out of the way, Dhoni says he has a quibble. And that's because they didn't give him the 'catch of the match award.'

Ravindra Jadeja should be the player of the match for his three-for now that Conway has already given us a flash interview. Yes, it is Jadeja! "The moment I come here and see the wicket, it's always a happy feeling," he beams. "Also, the boundary on one side is a lot bigger."

10.49pm CSK's march continues, but they remain third on the points table, behind on NRR to Royals and LSG. It's also their second win on the bounce, their fourth overall. They didn't even give SRH a whiff in their chase of a smallish score thanks to Devon Conway whose dream season continues. He now has three successive half-centuries at the top of the order.

Aiden Markram: Never nice to lose, disappointed. Let ourselves dow with the bat. Lacked partnerships of substance. It wasn't a 130-odd wicket, more closer to 160. Tough to get momentum if you don't have partnerships. They bowled well in the middle overs, didn't give us much to score of. We knew their spinners will play a big role, it was more about each person having his own plan to counter that. The guys had their plans but we couldn't get it right tonight ultimately. We need some wins now, have to see how we can get better with the bat. Proud how the bowlers stuck it out and took the game deep. Gonna take 1-2 guys to put their hands up, hopefully we can get it right the next game.

Devon Conway after his third-straight half-century: Nice to be there in the end and get the win. Plan for us is simple. Every game, doesn't change too much. Play good cricket shows in the power play and put the bowlers under pressure. We try and look to repeat that regardless of what the score is. We probably got the best of the conditions, probably didn't hold as much as it did in the first innings. Pitch we experienced in Bangalore was a lot better. We knew we didn't have to be too reckless here.

Over the wicket

Rakesh Prattipa: "The Chepauk hoodoo continues for SRH. "

Target into double digits

Aravindh: "NRR will be important in this tournament and hope CSK does not regret the way they dragged this match " -- If you keep winning, it doesn't matter.

CSK have made this difficult for themselves. Got to wonder if there was a need to send Rayudu when they had a fit-and-firing Dube

Ritz: "15-20 more runs from SRH could have had a different dynamic to thos chase. But some clueless batting and batting order has once again let them down."