IPL 2022, Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Highlights: Abhishek Sharma guides SRH to easy victory over CSK with maiden fifty
Chennai Super Kings slumped to their fourth successive defeat with young Abhishek Sharma's 50-ball-75 guiding Sunrisers Hyderabad to their maiden eight-wicket win in this edition of the tournament. The 21-year-old Sharma took the attack to the opposition with a blistering first IPL half-century which was studded with five fours and three sixes, to help Sunrisers easily chased down the target of 155 with 14 balls to spare. As it happened | Scorecard | Points TableCSK now has to win at least eight out of their remaining 10 games in order to reach the magic figure of 16 points which during the past few years is the cut-off for play-off qualifications. The left-hander from Punjab, who was bought for Rs 6.5 crore by the Sunrisers in the auction, led India to victory in the U-19 Asia Cup in 2016, before being replaced as captain by Prithvi Shaw months before the 2018 U-19 World Cup. It was Sunrisers first win of this IPL, having lost to Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants in their earlier matches.
