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SRH's Young Guns Shine as Ishan Kishan Praises Bowling Attack After CSK Win

Sunrisers Hyderabad secured a 10-run victory over Chennai Super Kings, propelled by fifties from Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen. The win was anchored by a young bowling attack, with Eshan Malinga taking three key wickets to earn Player of the Match honors. Skipper Ishan Kishan expressed delight in his emerging bowlers' performance but noted the batting could have been better. The result moves SRH up to fourth in the IPL standings while CSK sits seventh.

Key Points: SRH's Young Bowlers Secure Win Over CSK, Says Skipper Ishan Kishan

  • Young SRH bowlers defend 195
  • Abhishek Sharma & Klaasen hit fifties
  • Eshan Malinga takes 3 crucial wickets
  • Ishan Kishan cautions on shot selection
  • SRH jumps to fourth in points table
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"Lovely when you have a bunch of young bowlers": SRH skipper Ishan rejoices after win over CSK

Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Ishan Kishan lauds young bowling unit after defending 195 against CSK. Eshan Malinga named Player of the Match.

"Lovely when you have a bunch of young bowlers coming up with their plans. - Ishan Kishan"

Hyderabad, April 19

After his side's win over Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Ishan Kishan rejoices at the fine performance of his young and inexperienced bowling line-up, but also cautioned that the team needs to be better with their shot selection.

Following fine fifties from Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen, it was the turn of a young pace attack of Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge and Nitish Kumar Reddy and spinner Shivang Kumar to pull of the defence of 195 runs. While Praful did leak runs in the power play, the bowlers managed to keep the pressure on the CSK batting line-up in the second half of the innings, leaving CSK 10 runs short.

Speaking during the post-match, Ishan said, "Lovely when you have a bunch of young bowlers coming up with their plans. Looking at them [Praful, Sakib, Shivang], look at them getting better day by day at training, you have to trust them."

"I felt we were 30-40 short, need to be a lot better in our shot selection. Not looking at the points table, need to keep our head down, we will take it one match at a time and see how it goes," he added.

Player of the match Eshan, who took crucial wickets of CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matt Short and Sarfaraz Khan, also said during the post-match presentation, "Before the match we had a good plan, and we know the Hyderabad wicket, after 10 overs it reverses. Actually, Ishan was coming for me, he asking me - what kind of deliveries you are going to bowl. At the bowling crease, I decide what to bowl. The reverse is very important for me and the other bowlers. It's a good wicket-taking delivery."

SRH has now jumped to fourth spot in the points table, with three wins and three losses.CSK is at the seventh spot, with two wins and four losses.CSK put SRH to bowl first, and half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma (59 in 22 balls, with six fours and four sixes) and Heinrich Klaasen (59 in 39 balls, with six fours and two sixes) took SRH to 194/9.

During the run-chase of 195, CSK was in contention courtesy of knocks from Ayush Mhatre (30 in 13 balls, with five fours and a six), Matthew Short (34 in 30 balls, with three fours) and Sarfaraz Khan (25 in 16 balls, with three fours), but spells from Eshan (3/29), Nitish (2/31), Sakib Hussain (1/32) and Shivang Kumar (1/18) kept the pressure on CSK during the second half, leaving them 10 runs short.

- ANI

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Priya S
Ishan is right about shot selection. Abhishek and Klaasen were brilliant, but the middle order collapsed again. We can't rely on just two batters every time. Need more consistency if we want to reach the playoffs.
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Vikram M
Seeing names like Sakib Hussain and Shivang Kumar performing on the big stage is what the IPL is all about! Talent from every corner of India gets a platform. Heartening to see the skipper backing them. More power to the youngsters! 💪
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Sarah B
As a CSK fan, it's tough to see us lose, but you have to applaud SRH's bowling attack. They executed their plans perfectly in the death overs. Our batting just couldn't find the boundaries when it mattered. Hope we bounce back soon.
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Rohit P
Eshan for India soon? The way he used reverse swing was top-class. Reminds me of Bhuvi in his early days. IPL is the best finishing school for fast bowlers.
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Kavya N
Ishan's captaincy has been quite good. He's rotating his bowlers well and giving confidence to the new players. That's how you build a team for the future. Orange Army is looking strong this season! 🧡

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