CSK off to a slow start after Sunrisers post 178

May 27, 2018 21:20

CSK 10-0 (3 ovs) vs Sunrisers 178-6 | Scorecard

Bhuvneshwar Kumar opens the bowling for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He starts with a beauty, full and moving away, beating Shane Watson outside the off-stump.

He defends watchfully before he is beaten again off the last ball as Bhuvneshwar starts off well, with a maiden over.

Sandeep Sharma to bowl the second over. He bowls a short wide delivery which Faf du Plessis punches through the covers for a four to get CSK off the mark.

A single to Faf before Watson plays another two dot balls, his eighth in a row, as just five come from the second over.

Meanwhile, Bhuvneshwar continues his superb start with the ball. CSK seem to have come up with a plan of not taking any risks against Bhuvneshwar and just see him off with utmost caution.

Du Plessis can only defend the first four balls before he taps the next on the off-side and sets off for a quick run but gets five overthrows in the process as the fielder has a shy at the stumps but misses and gives away some free runs.

Bhuvi ends the over with another dot ball to Watson, who is yet to get off the mark from nine balls.

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