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Sunrisers Hyderabad kep their nerves till the end to beat five- time winners Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs ina Tata IPL 2026 encounter at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad.
Earlier, CSK Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss an opted to field first . SRH openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma set the tone of the innings blazing away to 75-1, 5.5 overs. Head was out for 23 ( 20 balls 3 fours , 1 six), Abhishek on the other hand was imperious in his knock of 59 ( 22 balls , 6 fours, 4 fours). SRH skipper Ishan Kishan was out for 0.
Heinrich Klaasen blasted a timely 59 ( 39 balls , 6 fours 2 sixes), Aniket Verma 2 , Nitish Kumar Reddy 12 fell quickly to dent big total hopes . Salil Arora 13, Liam Livingstone coming in as impact player towards the end was out for 1 . Shivang Kumar 12 , Praful Hinge not out 0. SRH finishing at 194/9 in their 20 overs
CSK Bowling : Matthew Short 0/38 ( 3 overs), Mukesh Choudhary 2/30 ( 2 overs), Anshul Kamboj 3/22 ( 3 overs), Noor Ahmad 0/33 ( 4 overs), Jamie Overton was fiery 3/29 ( 4 overs), Gurjapneet Singh 1/34 ( 4 overs)
In reply chasing 195, Chennai Super Kings were off to a shaky start . In- form Sanju Samson fell early for 7 with the total 15-1, 1.1 overs. CSK Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad’s poor run continued out for 19 ( 13 balls 3 fours), Ayush Mhatre out for 30 , Sarfaraz Khan 25, Dewald Brevis 0 with the total at 113-5, 11.4 overs . CSK chase looked wobbly . Matthew Short was out for 34 ( 30 Balls, 3 fours). Shivam Dube dismissed for 21 ( 16 balls, 1 four, 1 six) and the total was 152-7, 16.5 overs
Jamie Overton was out for 16 , Anshul Kamboj not out 13 , Noor Ahmad not out 1 as CSK fell agonisingly short by 10 runs . CSK 184/8 in their 20 overs
Sarfaraz Khan followed by Dewald Brevis 😮
Eshan Malinga and Shivang Kumar bring #SRH back into the contest with quick wickets 🤝
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SRH Bowling : Praful Hinge 1/58 ( 4 overs) Nitish Kumar Reddy 2/31 ( 4 overs), Sakib Hussain 1/32 ( 4 overs), Eshan Malinga 3/29 ( 4 overs), Shivang Kumar 1/18 ( 3 overs), Abhishek Sharma 0/13 ( 1 over)
Match: IPL 2026, 27th Match
Venue: Hyderabad | Date: April 18, 2026
