India, April 19 -- When Sunrisers Hyderabad's batting flopped in the slog overs to finish on a total of 194/9 on a good batting strip at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, it looked like they had frittered away a great chance to register a win over Chennai Super Kings on Saturday.

The poor finish to the innings stood out more because of the start they were provided by Abhishek Sharma (59/22b) in an electrifying opening partnership of 75 in 5.5 overs with Travis Head.

But a superb bowling performance by Nitish Kumar Reddy (4-0-31-2), Eshan Malinga (4-0-29-3) and Sakib Hussain (4-0-32-1) helped SRH defend their total for a 10-run win. Left-arm spinner Shivang Kumar provided good support with a spell of 3-0-18-1.

Reddy and Ma...