[Watch] When Shane Watson clobbered 117* off 57 for CSK against SRH in IPL 2018 final
SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in match 18 of IPL 2024 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday, April 5.
SRH have had a mixed start to their campaign, winning one game and losing two. Meanwhile, defending champions CSK began the tournament with two wins before going down to Delhi Capitals by 20 runs.
Chennai Super Kings have a dominant record over SunRisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. They have met 19 times, with CSK winning 14 games and SRH five. Therefore, Chennai will head into Friday's clash as the favorites.
One of the most memorable performances in a CSK-SRH clash came during the IPL 2018 final, when Shane Watson slammed 117* off 57 at the Wankhede in Mumbai.
Thanks to Watson's heroics, which featured 11 fours and eight sixes, Chennai Super Kings chased down a target of 179 in 18.3 overs, with eight wickets in hand, to win the trophy. Here's the video of his knock:
After winning the toss and electing to field first, Chennai did a good job of restricting Hyderabad to 178-6. It was then time for the Watto show, as SRH bowlers failed to make any kind of impact on the big-hitting Aussie batter.
CSK lost Faf du Plessis for 10, with the opener chipping a return catch to Sandeep Sharma. However, Watson was in a punishing mood with the willow. In the last over of the powerplay, he heaved Sandeep for a six to midwicket and a four down the ground.
In the next over bowled by Siddarth Kaul, he flicked a six over square leg and smashed two more fours. A maximum and a four followed in the SRH pacer's next over as well as CSK eased their way to 80-1 at the halfway stage of their chase.
Shane Watson gets to fifty in style and converts it into three figures as CSK dominate IPL 2018 final
With the first ball of the 11th over, Watson brought up his fifty in thumping fashion by launching Shakib Al Hasan for a maximum over deep square leg. The right-handed batter again took on Sandeep in the 13th over, clubbing him for two fours and a hat-trick of sixes, with 27 runs coming off it.
Watson moved to 97 by pulling Carlos Brathwaite for a six over deep midwicket. The CSK opener reached a brilliant hundred by guiding a full delivery from Rashid Khan to cover for a single. He struck four more boundaries before Ambati Rayudu hit the winning runs, driving Brathwaite through the covers for four.