CSK vs SRH, IPL 2022 Highlights: SRH cruise to eight-wicket win, CSK sink to 4th consecutive defeat

Tripathi wins it with a four and SRH get their first victory. CSK have sunk to their fourth consecutive defeat and remain winless. It's safe to say that CSK hardly even looked capable of winning this one. Moeen and Rayudu were dismissed almost as soon as they were starting shift gears and then they simply could not put enough on the board. SRH were absolutely clinical in the chase, led by the young Abhishek Sharma, and this bodes well for them for the rest of this tournament. This is just the second time that CSK have lost four games in a row, the last instance of this happening coming in 2010. 

The end of a fine innings. Slower ball from Bravo, Abhishek goes up and finds Jordan at long-off. The century was ruled out in the previous over itself and Abhishek can walk off with his head held high, he has probably won the game for SRH.  

Abhishek c Jordan b Bravo 75 (50), SRH 145/2 off 17.1 overs 

Well the rarest of occurences here, Jordan knocks off the bail at the non-striker's end in his follow through and so it is a no ball. The delivery is short and Tripathi swivels around to send it fine for four. 19 needed off 23. 

Tripathi smashes one over long on off the first ball of the 17th over bowled by Jordan and now SRH need just 24 to win off 23. 

Abhishek Sharma is putting on a show here. Choudhary bowling the 15th and the fourth ball is dispatched straight back over his head, straight onto the screen. It was hit on the up, the ball was outside off stump. Brilliant shot, a single off the next ball and now need 38 to win off 31. 

Williamson smashes into the hands of short extra cover! Full ball outside off and Williamson has got that off perfectly, only that it is straight into the hands of the fielder. The SRH captain is livid with himself and the opening partnership ends at 89. 

Williamson c Moeen b Choudhary 32 (40), SRH 89/1 off 12.1 overs

But he gets there eventually. He nudges the third ball of the 12th through point and the batters run two. Abhishek then raises his bat for the half century but one run is cancelled out because he had run it short. However, he gets a single off the very next ball to get to his maiden IPL half century. 

It hasn't been exactly the most free-flowing of starts but the fact that SRH have not lost wickets in the first 10 overs will hold them in good stead going into the business end of this match. That is, of course, if they don't suffer a collapse, which teams have tended to do a lot in this IPL. Williamson is on 24 off 34 balls, Abhishek on 44 off 26. 

Williamson smashes Moeen for his first biggie of the day. Tossed up by Moeen, Williamson takes a couple of skips down the track and sends it soaring over the bowler's head. 

It is very clear that Williamson is going to hang back and stay in the middle as long as possible and Abhishek has the responsibility to keep the scoring rate up. He is doing well so far, smashes the last ball of that over above deep midwicket to end the powerplay with a six. SRH 37/0 after 6 overs. 

Abhishek Sharma goes areal and manages to get the ball over extra cover. He has gets to 20 off 13 whole while Williamson at the other end is on 9 off 19. 

Abhishek nails the pull off the last ball of the third over bowled by Choudhary. He anticipated the short one and sends it over midwicket to the boundary. Steady start for SRH. 

Williamson given an easy one by Theekshana and the SRH captain punishes the Sri Lankan. He stays deep and cuts it through cover-point for the first boundary of the innings. SRH 6/0 in 2 overs. 

Kane Williamson and Abhishek Sharma open the innings for SRH, Mukesh Chaoudhary has the ball in his hands. 

Jadeja's 23 off 15 was an important booster for CSK, as it turns out. It is one of the major reasons why CSK have gone past 150. SRH were brilliant in death overs and really didn't let CSK off the hook at any point in this innings. This was the story in the previous as well though, and now it remains to be seen if their batting unit can step up. 

Jadeja hits it to extra cover. Williamson takes a good catch while back pedalling. 

OUT! Jadeja c Williamson b Kumar 23 (15), CSK 147/7 in 19.3 overs

Jadeja ends the dangerous Natarajan's over with a four and a six. He drills the fifth ball of the 19th over straight down the ground for four and then goes higher in the same direction to end the over with a six. They need much more of this in the last over because CSK are only 139/6 after 19 overs. 

Cue the stunned silence from the whole stadium. Marco Jansen's first wicket for SRH is that of MS Dhoni. Dhoni goes for the pull and only ends up finding Umran Malik at fine leg. 

Dhoni c Malik b Jansen 3 (6), CSK 122/6 off 17.3 overs

Shivam Dube gives Umran Malik catching practice. Dube tries to use Natarajan's pace to guide the ball over third man, seemed to think it's a bad idea halfway through looking at the way his bat moved, and ended up putting it straight into the hands of the man he was trying to clear. The crowd almost unanimously goes up in applause, though, because this now means that MS Dhoni is in. 

Dube c Malik b Natarajan 3 (5), CSK 110/5 in 15.3 overs

Moeen falls 2 short of his half century!

Moeen c Tripathi b Markram 48 (35); CSK 108/4 in 14.5 overs

Markram bowling the 17th and Moeen is very clear that he has no respect for the South African. He tries a big heave off the first ball, only gets a single. He comes back for the fourth and this time, gets it off the middle and sends it over long off. 

It's Sundar who gets the wicket again. Moeen and Rayudu both try big shots off the first two balls of the 14th over but fail to connect. Rayudu gets something substantive off the third but only ends up finding long-on. 62-run partnership broken. 

Rayudu c Markram b Sundar 27 (27), CSK 98/3 off 13.3 overs

Well, how about that we actually have a six in this match. It has come off Moeen's top edge, but it is a six anyhow! Umran bangs it in short, 146kph and Moeen pulls at it. The pace takes it beyond the boundary line.  

How expensive is that going to be for SRH. Fullish delivery from Natarajan and Moeen slogs at it. Takes the outside edge and Umran Malik almost caught while diving to his right. But the ball pops out of his hands and it's a hands on heads moment for SRH. 

Rayudu hits Jansen for back to back fours in the 11th over. The partnership between him and Moeen is getting close to 50 now.