Malinga, Nitish, Shivang Star In SRH's Hard-Earned Win Over CSK

Sri Lankan pacer Eshan Malinga’s pinpoint yorkers found perfect support in unheralded left-arm wrist spinner Shivang Kumar as Sunrisers Hyderabad edged past Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs in a gripping IPL thriller on Saturday. Chasing a victory target of 195, CSK finished at 184 for 8 largely due to Malinga and Shivang's superb execution in the post Powerplay overs. CSK needed only 84 runs in the last 10 overs, perfectly gettable in this day and age of T20s but Malinga's blend of yorkers, hard lengths and short balls really kept them quite while Shivang also got appreciable turn and bounce to make life difficult for the Yellow Brigade. Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad decided to bowl first and once Abhishek blazed his way to another 15-ball half-century, one might have thought that the decision had backfired. Overton and Kamboj were the wreckers-in-chief during the middle and death overs to keep the home team under a tight leash. For CSK, the combination of Overton's hard lengths and Noor Ahmed's deception through the air didn't allow Klaasen or other batters to chance their arms.