Indian Premier League 2020, Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: As it happened

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of Match 14 of IPL 2020. Today, the bottom two sides of the 13th season of the cash-rich league i.e SRH and CSK will take on each other.

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Priyam Garg smashed his maiden half-century of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by seven runs in Match 14 of the 2020 season of the lucrative T20 tournament at the Dubai International Stadium on Friday.

Opting to bat first, Sunrisers lost opener Jonny Bairstow for a duck before skipper David Warner (28) and Manish Pandey (29) steadied their side's innings by stitching a crucial partnership of 46 runs for the second wicket.

Subsequently, 19-year-old Grag not only brought up an unbeaten quick-fire knock of 51 runs off 26 balls, but also stitched a 77-run stand with Abhishek Sharma to help Sunrisers Hyderabad post a decent score of 164 for five in their stipulated 20 overs.

In reply, the Chennai franchise lost openers Faf du Plessis (22), Shane Watson (1), Ambati Rayudu (8) and Kedar Jadhav (three) cheaply. 

Though skipper MS Dhoni (36-ball 47) stitched two crucial partnerships of 72 runs and 43 runs with Ravindra Jadeja (35-ball 50) and Sam Curran (15), respectively, it was just not enough for CSK to cross the mark.

Here are the highlights:

02 October 2020

23:56 IST

SRH beat CSK by 7 runs ! CSK 157/5 (20 overs)

23:28 IST

MS Dhoni (29) smacked the second ball from Khaleel Ahmed to deep midwicket for four runs before slapping the fifth delivery over the midwicket boundary for a maximum. CSK now need 28 runs off the last over. CSK 137/5 (19 overs)

23:22 IST

Bhuvneshwar come to bowl his fourth and last over, ends up tripping while taking his run up. Subsequently, he is forced to walk off the field. Khaleel Ahmed to bowl the 19th over. CSK 122/5 (18.1 over)

23:08 IST

WICKET!! Soon after bringing up his IPL half-century off 35 deliveries, Ravindra Jadeja (50) was caught by Abdul Samad at deep backward squad on the fourth ball of the 18th over from T Natarajan. Jadeja reached the half-century mark by swiping the third delivery of that over towards the square leg boundary for a six. CSK 121/5 (18 overs)

22:54 IST

Ravindra Jadeja (23) dragged the second delivery of the 14th over from Abdul Samad over long-off for a maximum before Dhoni (24) pulled a Rashid Khan delivery firmly to deep backward square's left for a boundary. Jadeja and Dhoni have stitched a little bit of partnership here and reduced CSK chase to 78 runs needing from 24 balls. CSK 87/4 (16 overs)

22:44 IST

CSK added 13 runs in the last two overs. Khaleel Ahmed bowled a tight 13th over as he conceded just three runs in it before T Natarajan gave away 10 runs in the next over. Ravindra Jadeja (16) clipped the second delivery of Natarajan's over to the backward square boundary for four runs. CSK 71/4 (14 overs)

22:31 IST

Abdul Samad bowled an expensive 11th over, conceding 11 runs to CSK, before Rashid Khan gave away just three runs. Dhoni slapped the second delivery from Samad towards long-off for a boundary. The Chennai-based franchise have now crossed the 50-run mark against SRH. CSK 58/4 (12 overs)

22:23 IST

Ravindra Jadeja has come to bat at No.6. The Indian all-rounder got off the mark by picking up a single on the fourth delivery of the ninth over from Abdul Samad. Skipper MS Dhoni (4*) is batting at the other end. CSK now need 121 runs from 60 balls. CSK 44/4 (10 overs)

22:14 IST

WICKET!! Another blow for CSK in their chase of 165 runs. Kedar Jadhav departed cheaply for three runs after being caught by David Warner at exta cover on the first ball of the ninth over from Abdul Samad. CSK 42/4 (8.2 overs)

22:07 IST

WICKET!! Chennai Super Kings are now down by three wickets inside six overs. Faf du Plessis (22) came down the track on the last ball of the sixth over and smashed Natarajan for four over his head.However, Bairstow trapped du Plessis well short of the crease after an excellent throw by Priyam Garg.CSK 36/3 (6 overs)

22:04 IST

WICKET!!! Ambati Rayudu, who was playing his first match after missing the last two fixtures due to a hamstring injury, departed cheaply for eight runs after being bowled out by SRH's T Natarajan on the first delivery of the sixth over. CSK 26/2 (5.1 overs)

21:57 IST

19 runs off the last two overs for CSK.Ambati Rayadu (8) hammered the last ball of the fourth ove from T Natarajan towards deep square for four runs. Du Plessis (14) then punched the first ball from Khaleel Yadav in the next over past mid-off for four before picking up another boundary on the fifth ball. CSK 26/1 (5 overs)

21:46 IST

WICKET!! Bhuvneshwar Kumar gives an early breakthough to Sunrisers Hyderabad by bowling out CSK opener Shane Watson cheaply for one run on the third delivery of the third over. CSK 7/1 (3 overs)

21:40 IST

Openers Shane Watson (1) and Faf du Plessis (2) are off to a slow start for the Chennai Super Kings as the duo added just four runs of the first two overs. Du Plessis got off the mark with a single by clipping the fourth delivery of the first over to fine leg, while Watson too opened his aaccount with one run on the fifth ball of the next over from Khaleel Ahmed. CSK 4/0 (2 overs)

21:29 IST

Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson to open the innings for CSK. Bhuvneshwar Kumar to begin the proceedings for Sunrisers Hyderabad. 

21:22 IST

INNINGS BREAK!

21:21 IST

SRH post a score of 164/5 in their stipulated 20 overs against CSK !

21:19 IST

FIFTY!! Priyam Garg brought up a half-century off just 23 balls. He achieved the mark with a single by flicking the last ball of the 19th over from Dwayne Bravo to deep midwicket's right. SRH 157/5 (19 overs)

21:03 IST

WICKET!! Abhishek Sharma fell for 24-ball 31 after being caught behind the stumps by CSK skipper MS Dhoni on the last ball of the 18th over from Deepak Chahar. With this, a 77-run stand between Abhishek and Priyam Garg (42) have come to an end. SRH 146/5 (18 overs)

20:50 IST

20 runs off the last two overs. Abhishek Sharma (25) smashed the last delivery of the 15th over from Kagiso Rabada to mid-off's left for four runs before Priyam Garg (15) dragged a Shardul Thakur delivery in the next over to the backward square boundary  for a boundary. SRH have now crossed the 100-run mark against the CSK. SRH  111/4 (16 overs)

20:41 IST

 Priyam Garg and Abhishek Verma are now batting at the crease for SRH after losing David Warner and Kane Williamson in quick succession. The duo has added 20 runs off the last two overs, including two boundaries and a six from Abhishek. SRH 91/4 (14 overs)

20:36 IST

WICKET!! Sunrisers Hyderabad are now down by four wickets as skipper David Warner (28) and Kane Williamson (9) have departed on back-to-back deliveries in the 11th over. While Warner was caught by du Plessis near long-on off Piyush Chawla's fifth delivery, Williamson fell short of the crease after Ambati Rayudu collected the ball from midwicket and passed it to Dhoni who didn't take time to rattle the stumps. SRH  71/4 (12 overs)

20:26 IST

Piyush Chawla was introduced into the CSK attack by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and he conceded eight runs in his very first over of the match. SRH skipper David Warner (23) slapped the second ball of the ninth over past short third man to collect four runs. SRH 63/2 (10 overs)

20:17 IST

Kane Williamson is the new batsman in for SRH !

20:11 IST

WICKET!! Manish Pandey (29) drove the first ball of the eighth over from Shardul Thakur straight to mid-off, only to see Sam Curran take a good catch.The SRH have crossed the 50-run mark for the loss of two wickets. SRH 52/2 (8 overs)

20:00 IST

The Hyderabad franchise added 15 runs off the last two overs, including two boundaries. Manish Pandey (27) swished the second ball of the fifth over from Deepak Chahar over mid-on for four runs before David Warner (13) punched the fourth ball from Shardul Thakur in the sixth over past Pandey's face for a boundary. The two SRH players are trying to stitch a crucial partnership here after losing Jonny Bairstow for a duck. SRH 42/1 (6 overs )

19:46 IST

Sunrisers Hyderabad have added 12 runs in the last two overs. Manish Pandey (14) lofted the third delivery of the second over from Sam Curran over mid-off for four runs before he smashed the first delivery of the next over from Deepak Chahar between the bowler and mid-off for another boundary. SRH 18/1 (3 overs) 

19:45 IST

Manish Pandey is the new batsman in for Sunrisers Hyderabad. 

19:34 IST

WICKET!! Deepak Chahar gave breakthrough to Chennai Super Kings as early as in the very first over. Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Jonny Bairstow fell for a duck after being clean bowled by Chahar on the fourth ball. SRH 1/1 (0.4 overs)

19:33 IST

David Warner and Jonny Bairstow have walked down the crease to begin Sunrisers Hyderabad's innings. Deepak Chahar to open the attack for CSK. 

19:12 IST

The David Warner-led side, on the other hand, are going with an unchanged Playing XI against CSK. 

19:10 IST

CSK have made three changes in their Playing XI. Murali Vijay, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Josh Hazlewood have missed out, while Shardul Thakur, Dwayne Bravo, Ambati Rayudu are in.

19:08 IST

LINEUPS:

Chennai Super Kings Playings XI: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Shardul Thakur

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: David Warner (capt), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Priyam Garg, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Khaleel Ahmed

18:58 IST

Sunrisers Hyderabad win the toss, opt to bat against CSK.