Chennai Superstars Vs Hyderabad Heroes

The seventeenth match of the ICL 20 -20 domestic tournament featured favorites Chennai Superstars take on their arch rivals & hosts Hyderabad Heroes at the Lahari resorts ground Hyderabad. The much anticipated match between the two champion teams saw the Heroes emerge victorious by a comprehensive margin of 7 wickets, largely helped by a fine seam bowling performance from K Sahabuddin & PK Reddy.

Earlier in the day Sathish won the toss and elected to bat with a new opening combination of Hariesh & himself. It proved to be a fatal move with the impressive Sahabuddin picking up both the openers cheaply in his first spell. Reddy proved to be an able bowling partner following up the wickets of Badani & Sarvanan to leave the Superstars in serious trouble at 4/9 in the fourth over.

Quick wickets of Syed Mohammed, Naidu & Vasudevan had the Superstars all but buried and out at 7/41 in the 10th over.

A late repair act by Hemanth Kumar & Vignesh who came up with a 34 run partnership for the 8th wicket brought some respectability to the Chennai total. A fighting 22 from the bat of Kumaran; involved in a crucial 23 run partnership with Jesuraj for the last wicket saw the Superstars fold their innings at a dismal 123 for nine in their allotted 20 overs.

In reply the Heroes lost their in form opener Vinay Kumar early leaving the Heroes in a bit of a bother at 1/6 in the 2nd over.

A cracking half century from the bat of the prodigal Rayudu ably supported by Nag in a 44 run partnership for the second wicket put the Heroes in a commanding position. In the end a solid 22 from captain Binny, saw the Heroes romp home to a seven wicket victory, in turn causing the biggest upset of the tournament.