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Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs
Abhishek Sharma blazed a 15-ball half-century to take SRH to 194
Eshan Malinga picked three wickets to derail CSK's run chase
SunRisers Hyderabad edge Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs in match 27 of Indian Premier League 2026 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal, Hyderabad on Saturday (April 18).
SRH have now moved up to the 4th position in the points table with 6 points from 3 wins in six matches. On the other hand, CSK are languishing at the 7th spot with only 2 wins in matches.
After being invited to bat first, SRH had a flying start of 75 runs in just 5.5 overs courtesy of a blazing 15-ball fifty by Abhishek Sharma. In the middle, SRH lose wickets at regular intervals but ended up at 194 in 20 overs on the back of Heinrich Klaasen's 39-ball 59.
Anshul Kamboj and Jamie Overton picked up three wickets each.
In reply, CSK were cruising at 112/3 in 10.3 overs, but after the wicket of Sarfaraz Khan, they kept losing wickets at regular intervals and eventually ended up 10 runs short of the target. Eshan Malinga turned out to be the pick of the bowlers for SRH with three wickets.
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Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bowl first against SunRisers Hyderabad. MS Dhoni once again was missing from CSK's playing XI as he recovers from his calf strain, while Dilshan Madushanka came in place of Harsh Dubey, to give SRH "more swinging options".
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Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (c), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora (wk), Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivang Kumar, Praful Hinge, Sakib Hussain, Eshan Malinga
Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Matthew Short, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh
