CSK edge past Sunrisers to enter final

May 22, 2018 22:53

CSK 140-8 (19.1 ovs) vs Sunrisers 139-7 | Scorecard

Faf du Plessis stroked an unbeaten half-century as Chennai Super Kings edged past Sunrisers Hyderabad by two wickets in Qualifier 1 to enter the IPL final, in Mumbai on Tuesday.

Du Plessis guided CSK home with an unbeaten innings of 67 from 42 balls, including the match-winning six off Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the final over.

He got good support from No. 10 batsman Shardul Thakur, who played a cameo of 15 from five balls as the duo put on an unbroken stand of 27 runs from eight balls for the ninth wicket to give CSK an unlikely win as they made it to their seventh IPL final.

They were struggling on 97 for seven after 17 overs before du Plessis turned the match on it's head by hitting Brathwaite for three fours and a six in the 18th over.

Earlier, Chennai Super Kings bowlers came up with a disciplined performance to restrict Sunrisers Hyderabad to 139 for seven.

Carlos Brathwaite's late cameo boosted Sunrisers's total as he smashed an unbeaten 43 from 29 balls, hitting four sixes and a four, helping his team score 41 from the last three overs to add some respectability to the total.

Dwayne Bravo was the top wicket-taker for CSK with two for 25, while Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja claimed a wicket each.

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