Having seen the Mumbai Indians complete a striking comeback against Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday, one would not have expected a more bizarre finish the very next day!
Royal Challengers Bangalore was down and out for most of the Sunrisers’ chase but combined hara-kiri from the middle-order meant that Virat Kohli’s frown soon carved to the usual aggressive self. With 17 overs of proper cricket led by captain David Warner’s fifty, none would have predicted a six-run loss for the Sunrisers.
Kohli’s punt to give the ball to Shahbaz Ahmed right after the strategic timeout turned the match altogether on its head. The experienced heads of Jonny Bairstow and Manish Pandey floundered and were soon followed by the exuberant Abdul Samad in one over! With the pitch getting difficult to adjust to, the pacers Mohammed Siraj and Harshal Patel kept the heat on the lower-order as Hyderabad soon hit rock-bottom.
In this season of IPL, the pitch of MA Chidambaram Stadium is changing drastically in death overs. Before the starting of this season, the record of this stadium is quite good in chasing but in IPL 2021 the mood of the pitch is totally changed. Former cricketers and commentators are also in shock by seeing this new behavior of pitch.
There is a new disaster horror movie in town. It's called "Death Overs in Chennai".
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 14, 2021
Someday teams winning the toss at Chennai will start batting first….that day shall come. Soooooon. #SRHvRCB #IPL2021
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 14, 2021
Meanwhile, it is interesting to see that how this pitch will play in the rest of the tournament.
