Delhi: In the 43rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 played on Friday at the Chepock Stadium in Chennai, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 5 wickets. This match was very important for both teams because it was a ‘do or die’ match for them. SRH has upheld the playoff hopes with this victory. At the same time, this season of CSK was the seventh defeat and his hopes are almost over.
Nitish hopes for return
After the match, SRH’s star batsman Nitish Kumar Reddy while talking about this important victory said that he thought for the team and the plan worked. His partnership with Kamindu Mendis made the match easy. Reddy said, “Both of us focused on single-dabble instead of playing big shots. Due to the big boundary, it was getting easy to take two runs each and we reached the target comfortably.”
Talking about the pitch, Nitish said, “The pitch was almost the same in both innings. Noor bowled well and Khalil also hit the best balls in the last. We are happy that we won. This match was very important for us. Last year, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) had returned from the same condition to win 7 consecutive matches. Will see. “
Match condition
In this match, SRH won the toss and chose the first bowling. Chennai’s team was all out for 154 runs in 19.5 overs. Dewald Bravis scored 42 in 25 balls and Ayush Mhatre scored 30 runs in 19 balls. But, the rest of the batsmen could not do anything special. Harshal Patel took 4 wickets from SRH. Pat Cummins also took 2 wickets.
In response, Hyderabad achieved the target by losing 5 wickets in 18.4 overs. Ishaan Kishan played a fast innings of 44 runs. Kamindu Mendis won the team by scoring 32 unbeaten and Nitish Reddy scored 19 runs.
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