IPL 2013: The loss of Thisara Perera, the in-form allrounder, and Kumar Sangakkara, their captain, was a deterrent for Sunrisers Hyderabad going into their match against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Thursday (April 25), then it has been somewhat compensated for by the availability of Shikhar Dhawan.
Shikhar Dhawan had fractured his finger while fielding on his Test debut against Australia in Mohali last month and missed the early part of the Pepsi Indian Premier League. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, the chief mentor of Hyderabad, confirmed that Dhawan would be available for the Chennai match. “The best news is that Shikhar Dhawan is back and will be playing his first IPL match this season. It will be a big boost to our batting strength”.
It is a great boost for our batting and Shikhar had scored a lot of runs in previous seasons. “This week, the league saw Shane Watson score the season’s first century, Chris Gayle hammer the fastest T20 century and a hungry Dhawan is pretty much capable of lighting up Chepauk. Dhawan had scored 969 runs including seven fifties last season for Deccan Chargers”.
“Once we decide on our bowling unit we will sit down and create a plan for him,” CSK coach Stephen Fleming sounded cautious ahead of the needle game”.
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