April 18, 2026 23:2119th overNitish with the penultimate over. 30 needed in two overs.Nitish starts with a dot ball. Was a yorker which Overton jammed back to the bowler.Overton drives the next ball down the ground for one. Kamboj carves a wide ball outside off to deep cover for one.28 off 9.Mistimed club down the ground, on the bounce to long on. Only one for Overton.SIX!! Low full toss, Kamboj lofts it down the ground and manages to clear the fence. CSK needed that desperately.April 18, 2026 23:01WCSK 149/6 in 16 oversEshan Malinga with his third over. Four!! Full and wide, Dube goes after it, the outside edge flies over short third and runs away for four.Slower short ball, controlled pull towards midwicket and the vast open spaces allow Dube to get two.Short ball, armpit high, Dube pulls to square leg for one. WICKET!! Full on the stumps, Short looks to loft it through midwicket, picks the fielder in the deep.Matthew Short c Aniket Verma b Eshan Malinga 34(30)Overton picks a single to long off for one. Full and wide, within the guideline. A dot ball to finish the over.April 18, 2026 22:55CSK 141/5 in 15 overs60 off 36 now. Not impossible, but CSK only have Overton left in the dugout.Sakib Hussain back. Dube turns the first ball to square leg for one.Wide down leg to Short, was looking for the straight yorker, misses it slightly. Short flicks the next ball to backward square but will only get one.Slower short ball, Dube pulls it to deep square leg for one more. In the blockhole, Short thumps it down the ground for one.Slower ball short of a length, Dube taps it to the right of short fine leg and picks up one. Low full toss, Short only manages to drive it to extra cover. Just six off the over.April 18, 2026 22:47CSK 135/5 in 14 oversPraful Hinge back for his third. Has conceded 39 in 2 overs so far.Low full toss from around the wicket, driven to midwicket for a couple. No ball called.The free hit is in the blockhole, driven to long on for one. Dube slams a yorker straight back at the bowler. Boundaries have dried up for CSK pushing the required rate high up.Short ball from Hinge, Dube lets it go. Another dot ball. SIX!! In the slot this time, Dube smokes it over long on for six. Welcome boundary.Flicks the next full-length ball down the track for a single. Four!! Short makes room and looks to drive through extra cover, the fielder dived and got a hand, but was not enough to stop the boundary.April 18, 2026 22:42CSK 120/5 in 13 oversNitish Reddy returns. Short picks a single off the first ball.Short ball against Dube, pulls it through square leg for one. Short just taps a slower ball back to bowler. SRH building up the pressure. CSK has the rate under control but don’t have wickets in hand.Short pushes another one down the ground for a single. Full and wide to Dube who drives it down the ground for one more.Another single to the same region. Just five runs from the over.April 18, 2026 22:36CSK 115/5 in 12 oversShivang again.Short prods forward and drives the first ball to short cover. No run. Goes back and pulls a short-of-a-length ball to long on for one.Brevis cuts one hard but can’t clear backward point. WICKET!! Brevis looks to slog one over long on, doesn’t get it well enough, holes out at long off. No score for him today.Dewald Brevis c Liam Livingstone b Shivang Kumar 0(4)Shivam Dube in at 7. Outside edge on the first ball, manages to sneak in a single before short third gets to the pass. Short slaps one to long off the complete the over.April 18, 2026 22:30WCSK 112/4 in 11 oversEshan Malinga back. Starts with a low full toss on the stumps, Short drives to long on for one.Overpitched on off, Sarfaraz drives straight to mid off. Slower short ball, Sarfaraz lets it go. Slower ball on length, Sarfaraz looks to whip it one-handed over midwicket, only finds the fielder in the deep.Sarfaraz Khan c Nitish Reddy b Eshan Malinga 25(19) [4s-3]Dewald Brevis in at 6.Slower short ball outside off, Brevis sways away from the line. Slower short ball again, left alone again. Excellent bowling from Malinga so far.April 18, 2026 22:27CSK 111/3 in 10 oversSakib back to bowl is second over. He had conceded 17 runs in his first over but he comes back and delivers a much better over.Just seven runs off it and no boundaries.April 18, 2026 22:234CSK 104/3 in 9 oversShivang again.The over had just got four singles until the last ball, but Sarfaraz shuffles across his stumps, and laps this length delivery over short fine leg for FOUR. This over gets eight runs for CSK.April 18, 2026 22:194CSK 96/3 in 8 oversAbhishek Sharma into the attack.FOUR! Sarfaraz lofts down the ground, steps out too, and gets it wide enough of long on.FOUR for Short! Slashes this through covers and rolls his wrists as he does so, the long off fielder gets to it but again a misfield leads to a boundary.13 runs from the over.April 18, 2026 22:184CSK 83/3 in 7 oversShivang Kumar into the attack.FOUR! Sarfaraz cuts the second delivery and the fielder misfields at deep cover to allow the boundary.Just three more singles in the over.April 18, 2026 22:05WCSK 76/3 in 6 oversEshan Malinga to bowl now. OUT! A bumper to get rid of Gaikwad. The CSK skipper tries to hook it but the ball has too much pace, takes the glove and falls kindly for the keeper.Ruturaj Gaikwad c Salil b Malinga 19(13)Sarfaraz Khan is the new batter.FOUR! Short is off the mark with a boundary. Too short from Malinga and he pulls this away through midwicket.Two singles off the last two balls of the over.April 18, 2026 21:53WCSK 66/2 in 5 oversNitish back for his second over. A wide down leg side to start the over.Ruturaj tries to punch the first delivery, gets an inside edge and runs two runs through fine leg. Another couple off the second delivery, Ruturaj just nudges this through square leg.Oh no! Ayush Mhatre seems to have pulled his hamstring. He starts hobbling midway through that double.He sticks around for a ball or two. But he’s having to really struggle to run. He barely makes it in time on the third ball as the pair picks a single.WICKET! Klaasen picks a blinder at mid off. Ayush has no option but to go after the ball considering his injury. He gets this off the middle but not enough elevation. Klaasen lunges to his left to hold onto this.Ayush Mhatre c Klaasen b Nitish 30(13)April 18, 2026 21:464CSK 60/1 in 4 oversSakib Hussain to bowl now. He starts with five wides down leg. He gets the bouncer right on the next ball, CSK goes for a review but this is a legit delivery.Ayush ends the over with a hoist over mid on for FOUR. Another big over, 13 from it.April 18, 2026 21:396CSK 47/1 in 3 oversHinge again! SIX! Starts the over with a bouncer again and Mhatre is waiting for it, pummels this over square leg.FOUR! Ayush lofts the third delivery over mid off, gets another boundary. The next bouncer goes too high, given a wide. Another wide as it flies over the batter.FOUR! Ayush creams the fourth delivery through the off side. FOUR more! Crisp hit down the ground off this length ball. FOUR to finish the over. Ayush lofts this again, this time slightly squarer over mid off, its off the toe end but has enough to beat the fielder.April 18, 2026 21:31WCSK 23/1 in 2 oversNitish Kumar Reddy into the attack. WICKET! Samson falls on the first delivery. This is outside off, Samson tries pull this but gets a top edge, Klaasen grabs this at mid on.Sanju Samson c Klaasen b Nitish 7(3)Ayush Mhatre comes in at No. 3. PUT DOWN! Mhatre looks to play down the ground but the length forces him to hit it off the sticker of the bat. Klaasen chases this from mid on but the ball comes down just long enough. He gets a hand to it but cannot hold on.FOUR! Gaikwad ends the over with a textbook on-drive.April 18, 2026 21:266CSK 15/0 in 1 overPraful Hinge to bowl the first over. Samson on strike.SIX! A bouncer going down leg and Samson hooks this over fine leg. Samson cuts the second ball but the point fielder gets a hand to that to sap the venom out of it, just one run.A bouncer to Ruturaj, thinks about a ramp shot but then backs out. A length ball to follow, Ruturaj defends this.FOUR! Too wide and full-lengthed, drills this through covers. FOUR again! Angling down leg and Ruturaj tucks this wide of fine leg to pick his second boundary.April 18, 2026 21:25CSK needs 195 runs to winCSK sticks to the opening salvo of Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad despite the addition of Matt Short. While Samson’s blade has got CSK runs, the side needs Gaikwad to step up and get going.April 18, 2026 21:15Enough on the board?Great comeback from Kamboj and Co. at the death to keep SRH below 200. Excellent effort from Jamie Overton who chipped in with three wickets.Abhishek Sharma’s blistering fifty had put SRH on track for 220-230 but the side fell short at the end thanks to concerted bowling effort. Now for the main question. Will there be dew?April 18, 2026 21:05WSRH 194/9 in 20 oversKamboj with the final ball. Shivang drills the first ball down the ground for a single. Full and wide, Livingstone looks to swing hard, only gets a single again.Four!! Went for the straight yorker, Shivang moves across and deflects it past fine leg for a boundary.WICKET!! Another attempted shot through fine leg, this time Shivang holes out to Gurjapneet in the circle.Shivang Kumar c Gurjapneet Singh b Anshul Kamboj 12(8)Praful picks up a bye after missing his swing outside off. SRH reviews the wide, was well inside the guideline.WICKET!! Livingstone shapes to loft one over midwicket, holes out to the fielder in the deep.Liam Livingstone c Dewald Brevis b Anshul Kamboj 1(5)April 18, 2026 21:00WSRH 187/7 in 19 oversGurjapneet to bowl out. WICKET!! Full and wide, Salil lofts it through cover but holes out to the fielder in the deep.Salil Arora c Dewald Brevis b Gurjapneet Singh 13(12)Shivang Kumar in at 9. Dot ball to start his stay.Nails the yorker second ball. Slower ball outside off, called a wide. Another back of a hand slower ball, Shivang misses the attempted slog.Six!! Misses the length a touch, lofted over midwicket for six by Shivang. Single off the last ball.April 18, 2026 20:54WSRH 179/6 in 18 oversAnshul Kamboj with his second. Yorker outside off from round the wicket, goes under Klaasen’s attempted slog.WICKET!! Yorker again, Klaasen gets an inside edge onto the stumps. Kamboj proving to be smart and effective at the death again.Heinrich Klaasen b Anshul Kamboj 59(39)Liam Livingstone is the impact sub. Picks up a single with a punt to short fine. Was the attempted straight yorker from Kamboj.Straight yorker again, clipped to deep backward square for one.In the blockhole again, lobbed back to the bowler. Wide yorker, within the tramline. Brilliant over, two runs and a wicket.April 18, 2026 20:50SRH 177/5 in 17 oversOverton with his final over.Klaasen gets only one with a push to midwicket. Quick dash to the ball from the fielder in the deep.Mistimed lofted shot over extra cover, falls short of long off making his way around. One run for Salil.Four!! Outside edge and Klaasen is lucky again. Moved legside to make room and the edge flies through third man for four.Another double for Klaasen with a push to cow corner. Has been a good avenue for the batters, that region.Four!! Salil finds the gap through midwicket with his pull shot. Good over for SRH.April 18, 2026 20:44SRH 163/5 in 16 oversNoor to bowl out.Six!! Tossed up outside off, Klaasen connects the slog sweep and clears the midwicket fence. A deft push to midwicket for a single gets him to his half century!Salil picks up one to cover. Klaasen too picks up one to midwicket. Salil beaten on the inside edge off the last ball.April 18, 2026 20:39SRH 154/5 in 15 oversGurjapneet with his third over. Salil picks up a single to cover, first ball.Nails the yorker on the stumps, Klaasen jams it back to the bowler. In the blockhole on leg stump, clipped to midwicket for one.Slower ball on length, Salil only manages to guide it to backward point. No run on offer.Four!! Salil manages to carve a back-of-a-length ball over cover and picks up a boundary.Slower ball outside off, past the wideline. Wide given. CSK opts to review the wide. Great review, the decision will be overturned.April 18, 2026 20:32WSRH 148/5 in 14 oversOverton with his third. Nitish starts the over with a single to deep midwicket.A lucky edge for Klaasen and it runs away to the boundary for four. Was a slower bouncer which caught Klaasen unaware.Huge pockets of space in the legside, allows Klaasen to come back for two. A push to square leg will give him a single.WICKET!! Short ball again, Nitish looks to slap it down the ground, can’t clear Matt Short at long on.Nitish Reddy c Matthew Short b Jamie Overton 12(8)Last ball of the over, Salil Arora to face. Defends a length ball to long on and picks up one.April 18, 2026 20:23SRH 131/4 in 12 oversGurjapneet back into the attack.Klaasen picks up a single to long on off the first ball. Nitish follows suit with a straight push.Gurajpneet mixes it up with a slower ball, defended back to the bowler.Four!! Too full this time, driven down the ground for a boundary. A push to long off, this time not as sweetly timed, single.Six!! Lot of bottom hand! Nitish whips a length ball over long on and clears the fence with ease.April 18, 2026 20:19WSRH 118/4 in 11 oversJamie Overton returns and strikes first ball!! WICKET!! Short ball to start the over, Aniket only manages to get a top edge on the attempted hook. Easy catch at short midwicket for Noor.Aniket Verma c Noor Ahmad b Jamie Overton 2(4)Nitish Kumar Reddy in at 6. Gets off the mark with a quick single to mid off.Klaasen looks to pull a short-of-a-length ball, is beaten by the pace. Goes under the bat.Whips a fuller ball on legstump through midwicket for a couple. Back of a length again, dabbed to midwicket for a couple more. A single to long on to finish the six-run over.April 18, 2026 20:144SRH 112/3 in 10 oversNoor to bowl his second over. Klaasen picks a single to long off on the first ball. Aniket Verma gets off the mark with a punch off his back foot to long on.FOUR! Klaasen fails to read the wrong one, tries to drag this from outside off to midwicket, gets an edge and the short third fielder is quite square. FOUR again! On the pads, full too, Klaasen sweeps this behind square.A single to deep midwicket on the fifth ball. Aniket tries to sweep the final ball, does not middle it, gets a single to deep square leg.April 18, 2026 20:106SRH 100/3 in 9 oversGurjapneet Singh into the attack.SIX! Too short to Klaasen, smokes this over midwicket and lands this deep into the stands.Back-to-back slower balls from Gurjapneet that throw Klaasen off track in his attempted shots. A single to deep square leg on the fifth ball.April 18, 2026 20:044SRH 93/3 in 8 oversJamie Overton to bowl now. Klaasen punches in front of covers and picks one. FOUR! Width on offer to Abhishek, picks this over extra covers.Two runs on the third ball to deep covers. A length ball on the fourth, Abhishek pushes with soft hands to deep covers and runs one.Klaasen misses out on a loose delivery, on the pads, at a length, tries to pick this behind square but misses, gets one leg bye.CSK has gone up for a review. This is a back-of-a-length ball that Abhishek tries to nudge through third man and misses. Only Samson is convinced that this has taken an edge. CSK takes the review and there’s a spike on the UltraEdge. Abhishek Sharma is OUT!Abhishek Sharma c Samson b Overton 59(22)April 18, 2026 19:51WSRH 75/2 in 6 oversMukesh back to bowl his second over. FOUR! The first delivery is slightly wide of off, Head chases it and manages to clear extra covers.FOUR more! The third delivery is on the pads to Head, clips it through midwicket and gets it to the boundary. FOUR again! A wide delivery and in the block hole, but Head turns in the bat just in time to nudge this through point.OUT! Head tries to go down the ground on the fifth ball, but the ball hits his bat on the splice which gets him caught at mid off. A brilliant diving catch from Gaikwad deserves the credit here too.Travis Head c Ruturaj b Mukesh 23(20)A golden duck for Ishan Kishan. He’s sliced this length delivery straight into the hands of mid off.Ishan Kishan c Ruturaj b Mukesh 0(1)April 18, 2026 19:4750SRH 63/0 in 5 oversShort for his third over.A single to Head on the first ball, tries to hack across the line, gets a single to deep midwicket. FOUR. Abhishek gets this second ball slightly short in length, goes into his crease and wafts this over mid on.FOUR again! Short overpitches, Abhishek gets to the pitch and clears mid on. Third FOUR in the over. This time Abhishek goes inside out, Ruturaj gives it the chase but the ball has just enough behind it to run to the fence.SIX now! Abhishek is launching an offensive here. Makes room to this delivery which is at the middle stump, lofts it over covers.SIX more! Another lofts over the covers fence. He’s got to his FIFTY in just 15 balls. That’s the fastest for him.April 18, 2026 19:426SRH 38/0 in 4 oversAnshul Kamboj into the attack. SIX! Wide and in the slot for Head, who gets the chance to get the pressure off. Lofts this over the off side and picks a maximum.CHANCE on the second ball. Head tries to launch another one over covers, the bat turns in his hand and leads to a miscue, falls short of extra covers. The third is a dot ball too, back-of-a-length, Head plays across the line but cannot beat midwicket.A cut on the fourth ball, fielded by deep covers, one run for Head.FOUR! Abhishek shuffles towards his leg side, makes room and creams this through covers. FOUR more! Abhishek goes for making room again, this time gets an edge over short third.A big over for SRH, 15 runs come off it.April 18, 2026 19:396SRH 23/0 in 3 oversShort again. Head tries to charge, checks his shot at the last second, gets it off the inside part to mid on, single taken. SIX for Abhishek, in the slot and Abhishek clears his front leg and whacks this over long on.Nearly chopped on on the third ball, Abhishek looks to cut when there is not enough room, the ball goes over the stumps after bouncing just in front, a single for Abhishek.Head cuts the fourth ball to covers, no run. Another step down the wicket from Head, again cannot get it off the middle, driven back to the bowler, another dot.Head drives the last ball to long off for a single. Nine from the over but Head is batting on just three of 10 balls.April 18, 2026 19:356SRH 14/0 in 2 oversMukesh Choudhary to bowl the second over.SIX! Abhishek Sharma greets him with a lofted drive over covers, clears the boundary. The second delivery is on the pads from the bowler, Abhishek nudges this through midwicket and runs two.The third delivery is on a hard length, Abhishek taps this to deep covers for one. A bouncer to follow from Mukesh, Head ducks under this.Another hard length ball from Mukesh, comes at Head on an awkward angle, plays this back at the bowler, fielded by mid off, no run off it. A single to finish the over, Head glances off his pads towards fine leg.April 18, 2026 19:32SRH 4/0 in 1 overMatt Short to bowl the first over.Abhishek gets a single through covers on the first delivery. Head cuts the third ball, not enough room to time it well, point fields this, no run.A single to the right of mid on on the fourth delivery. Short bowls a length ball to Abhishek, who punches to long off for a single.A wide down the leg side. Head cuts the final ball, stopped by covers fielder. A neat start from CSK’s point of view.April 18, 2026 19:31Abhishek, Travis open the inningsIt is the tried and tested pair Travishek that walks out to open the innings. Can they get SRH to a firey start?April 18, 2026 19:01Toss - CSKRuturaj Gaikwad wins the toss and opts to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad.April 18, 2026 18:51What happened the last time these teams faced each other?SRH recorded a comfortable five-wicket victory over CSK the last time these sides met. Pat Cummins won the toss and asked the home side to bat first. Dewald Brevis top scored with 42 runs off 25 and was supported by Ayush Mhatre’s 19-ball 30. But wickets at regular intervals saw the side manage just 154 runs. SRH got to the target in the 19th over with Ishan Kishan scoring 44 off 34. Kamindu Mendis played a crucial innings worth 32 runs at the end too.April 18, 2026 18:34CSK probable playing XIISanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Matt Henry/ Mukesh Choudhary. Impact sub - Akeal Hosein/ Prashant Veer.April 18, 2026 18:29SRH probable playing XIIAbhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Reddy, Aniket Verma, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Praful Hinge, Sakib Hussain. Impact sub - Eshan Malinga.April 18, 2026 18:21CSK's fielding under the scannerCSK had dropped three catches in its last match against CSK. Overall, its catch efficiency stands at 70 per cent, the worst among the 10 teams in the tournament.April 18, 2026 18:08Dream debuts for Hinge and SakibSRH rode on two stunning debuts in its last contest against the Rajasthan Royals. Vidarbha pacer Praful Hinge began proceedings by uprooting three batters in the first over of the innings before removing skipper Riyan Parag in his next over.Bihar’s Sakib Hussain then took over, showing his expertise over the slower ball, removing Donovan Ferraira to extinguish any hopes of a late comeback.Can the two young pacers make it count for the orange-clad men again?April 18, 2026 17:59When will Pat Cummins return for SRH?SRH head coach Daniel Vettori confirmed what skipper Pat Cummins had said on social media a few days back. The Australian Test skipper will be back in contention for SRH’s game against RR on April 25.His return will come as a welcome boost to the side after Brydon Carse and David Payne both suffered injury setbacks, leaving them short on options. South Africa’s Gerald Coetzee has been brought in as the latter’s replacement.April 18, 2026 17:52Ruturaj and the lack of runsIt has been a disappointing start for Ruturaj Gaikwad with the bat this IPL season. Five encounters down, he has scored only 63 runs at an average of 12.60 and strike rate of 105.Fleming steered clear of questions regarding dropping the skipper down to number three, saying that the reason for the low was the fickle nature of T20 cricket rather than a systemic issue. He said he expects the Maharashtra cricketer to score sooner rather than later.April 18, 2026 17:41Latest fitness update on MSD!MS Dhoni was once again part of the training group on the eve of the contest in Hyderabad. A traditional jog around following some lusty blows with the bat was on the menu, just like the previous few games.Coach Stephen Fleming remained non-committal on his former skipper, only saying he is “happy” with his recovery so far.April 18, 2026 17:33Who will replace Khaleel?CSK is yet to announce a replacement for pacer Khaleel Ahmed, who has been ruled out of the remainder of the tournament due to injury.For today’s game, the team has the option of bringing in fellow left-arm pacer Mukesh Choudhary to do the job in the PowerPlay.Alternatively, the team could bring Matt Henry in place of Akeal Hosein against the left-hand-heavy SRH batting order. That opens up a slot for the team to bring in Prashant Veer or Ramakrishna Ghosh, depending on conditions.April 18, 2026 17:27Samson record against SRHAfter a lean start to the campaign, Sanju Samson has got going in back-to-back games for his new franchise. Next up for him is a memorable venue: the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, where he scored his maiden T20I hundred for India against Bangladesh in 2024.Overall, he has scored 353 runs at the venue at an average of 58.83 and strike rate of 150.21, including one hundred for RR in 2019.His record against SRH is also decent -- 867 runs at an average of 45.63 and a strike rate of 139.16.April 18, 2026 17:23Ishan Kishan's dominant record in HyderabadIshan Kishan scored 90 runs off 44 balls in the last match at this venue, continuing his purple patch that he has enjoyed off late. He has now played seven games at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium for SRH and has scored 225 runs at an average of 45 and a strike rate of 187.50.April 18, 2026 17:11Does SRH have an improved bowling unit?The Ishan Kishan-led side had been struggling to nail down a combination with the ball. But the debut four-wicket hauls from Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain in the previous match must have raised hopes for the Orange Army. Hinge became the first bowler to pick three wickets in an over and ended with 4/34 while Sakib got 4/24. Both these spells rank in the top 10 by debutants in the IPL.April 18, 2026 17:01Can CSK disprupt SRH's momentum?Sunrisers Hyderabad had lost two back-to-back games but fired back with a dominant 57 runs against Rajasthan Royals. Chennai Super Kings has finally found a winning rhythm about it after a lacklustre start to its season. Can CSK inflict damage on SRH’s growing momentum?April 18, 2026 16:46Head-to-Head recordSRH and CSK have played each other 21 times in the IPL. The five-time champion leads the head-to-head 15 to 7.The contest between the sides ended in favour of the Orange Army last year (five-wicket win)
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