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Mostafizur Rahman was not in his usual rhythm in the previous three matches. His team could not benefit either. Chennai also returned to victory on the day of Bangladeshi pacer's comeback. Mustafiz took a couple of wickets in controlled bowling as Chennai Super Kings cruised to a massive 78-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on the day.
On Sunday (April 28), batting first at their home ground, Chennai got a capital of 212 runs by losing 5 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs thanks to captain Rituraj Gaikwad's century touching innings and Daryl Mitchell's fifty. In response, Chennai's bowlers bowled Hyderabad for 134 runs.
Mustafiz took 2 wickets with 19 runs in 2.5 overs. With 14 wickets in 8 matches in the tournament, the star of Bangladesh is jointly on top with Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel in the list of highest wicket takers. Although Mustafiz shines, Chennai's most successful bowler is Tushar Deshpande. The Indian pacer took 4 wickets for 27 runs in 3 overs.
Deshpande gave the team success by returning Travis Head and Anmalpreet Singh in the run chase at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. He also dismissed Abhishek Sharma back in the next over. Hyderabad, who were running the fountain of runs in the tournament, fell under pressure.
Mustafiz came to the bowling in the sixth over. Although he managed four in the first ball, he did not have to manage any boundary in the next five balls. He gave 8 runs in this over. In the tenth over, Mustafiz returned to the attack and scored 5 runs.
Then Mathisha Pathirana returned the great Markram in the attack. In the 16th over, the Lankan pacer returned Clausen for the second wicket. In the next over, Shardul Thakur returned Abdul Samad. At the end, Deshpande got the fourth wicket by dismissing Pat Cummins.
Returning to the bowling in the 19th over, Mustafiz managed a four off the first ball. He returned Shahbaz Ahmed in the next ball, after two runs in the next two balls, he returned Joydev Unadkat in the fifth ball to wrap up Hyderabad's innings and give the team victory.
Earlier, Rituraj and Mitchell brought big collections to Chennai. Rituraj narrowly missed out on his second consecutive century. He scored 98 runs off 54 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes. Mitchell's 32-ball 52 and Shivab Dube's 20-ball 39-run innings crossed the team's score of two hundred. With this victory, the title holders have reached the third position in the table with 10 points from 5 wins in 9 matches.
