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This Day That Year: Rishabh Pant blasted away Sunrisers Hyderabad attack in IPL

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  The explosive left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman, Rishabh Pant played one of the best innings by an Indian player against Sunrisers Hyderabad played on 10 th May 2018 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi. Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start for DC as they lost wickets of Prithvi Shaw, Jason Roy, and DC captain Iyer cheaply. Pant looked steady at the crease and put the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers under pressure with his attacking style. Harshal Patel also provided some impetus for the team. Pant remained cool and reached his fifty off just 36 balls. After reaching his fifty, Pant was in simply sensational form hitting boundaries and sixes at will. Harshal Patel contributed 24 off 17 balls. Patel and Pant added 55 runs for the 4 th wicket. Pant upped the ante showing his class making life tough for SRH bowlers. He did not allow any bowlers to settle and completed a century off 56 balls. Despite the other batsmen fai...

This Day that year: Chennai Super Kings became IPL champion

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After a two-year suspension due to match-fixing, Chennai Super Kings defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 27 th May 2018. Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to field first. It did not start well for SRH as Sreevats Goswami was run-out while taking 2nd run. Kane Williamson and Shikhar Dhawan looked positive with their stroke play. At the end of six overs, SRH was 42 for 1. After the power play overs, Williamson and Dhawan put the pressure back on CSK bowlers. Ravindra Jadeja provided the breakthrough dismissing Dhawan for 26. Dhawan and Williamson added 51 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Shakib AL Hasan came to the crease and showed intent right from word go. When things looked for SRH, Karn Sharma got the big wicket of Williamson for 47. SRH batsmen struggled to score runs with good tight bowling by CSK bowlers. Carlos Braithwaite joined in and hit some lusty blows with a quickfire 21 off 11 balls. Pathan and Br...