Sunrisers Hyderabad are up against the five-time champions Chennai Super Kings in Hyderabad. Opening the innings, Abhishek Sharma smashed the bowlers all around the ground, giving Orange Army the best possible start.

Batting first, Sunrisers Hyderabad got off to a flying start, as both Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head smashing the CSK bowlers. In the powerplay, the duo scored 75 runs, with Travis Head being the slower batter, scoring 23 off 20 balls. On the second last ball of the over, he got out to a brilliant catch by captain Ruturaj Gaikwad.

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Abhishek Sharma, on the other hand, smashed 15-ball fifty which carried five boundaries and four maximums. Right after scoring the fifty, Abhishek Sharma did his iconic celebration greeting Sunrisers Hyderabad.

On the last ball of the final over of the powerplay, Ishan Kishan, captain of SRH got out as well, registering a golden duck to his name. Interestingly, because of this, CSK were able to get back into the game with two of the three top three left hand batters getting out.