The Hyderabad crowd had to wait till 19.3 overs for their favourite MS Dhoni to come out to bat. A loud roar greeted ‘Thala’. Till then, Sunrisers Hyderabad had kept Chennai Super Kings on a tight leash.

From a high of 277-3 by SRH against Mumbai Indians the other day, CSK contrived to score 165-5 against the hosts at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Friday. Dhoni faced two balls off left-arm seamer T Nataraj before stealing a single to stay unbeaten at the end of the Chennai innings. The No. 7 Dhoni yellow jerseys were all over the stadium. It overshadowed the Orange Army colour, making one wonder whether the game was in Chennai or Hyderabad.