By Admin 
In the 27th match of the Indian Premier League 2026, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs. In this match played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and decided to bowl first. SRH batted first and scored 194 runs. Abhishek Sharma played an amazing inning of 59 runs in 22 balls and Heinrich Klaasen played an amazing inning of 59 runs in 39 balls. While chasing the target, Chennai Super Kings were in a good position at one point, but fell behind in the end. Chennai could score only 184 runs and lost the fourth match in the ongoing edition.
Ishan Kishan was adjudged the best player of the match. This bowler of Sunrisers Hyderabad took 3 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs. He dismissed Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matt Short and Sarfaraz Khan.
CSK innings highlights
Sanju Samson hit a six on the first ball of the innings, but he was out on the first ball of the second over. He was caught out by Nitish Kumar Reddy, Sanju scored 7 runs in 3 balls. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad once again flopped, scoring 19 runs in 13 balls. Ayush Mhatre played an important inning of 30 runs in 13 balls, but a difficult catch by Heinrich Klaasen ended his innings. Matt Short scored 34 and Sarfaraz Khan scored 25 runs.
Dewald Brevis could not even open his account today, Shivam Dubey was out at the crucial time after scoring 21 runs. Overall, no batsman could play a big innings for Chennai. Ishan Malinga took 3 important wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs. Nitish Kumar Reddy took 2 wickets. Prafulla Hinge, Saqib Hussain and Shivang Kumar took 1 wicket each.
SRH innings of highlights
Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head had a bright start, Abhishek scored a half-century in 15 balls. Head was out after scoring 23 runs in 20 balls. Ishan Kishan could not open his account today. Mukesh Chaudhary dismissed Head and Ishaan on consecutive balls in the sixth over. After this, Jamie Overton ended Abhishek’s innings, he scored 59 runs in 22 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 6 fours.
Heinrich Klaasen played an important inning of 59 runs in 39 balls, he hit 2 sixes and 6 fours. But in the last overs, the Chennai Super Kings bowlers made a good comeback and managed to limit Hyderabad to under 200, in which Anshul Kamboj’s 18th and 20th overs were important, in which he gave only 10 runs in total.
Anshul Kamboj took 3 wickets for 22 runs in 3 overs. Mukesh Chaudhary took 2 wickets for 21 runs in 2 overs. Jamie Overton had 3 wickets in his name, he gave 37 runs in 4 overs. Noor Ahmed created a chance to dismiss Abhishek, but Shivam Dubey dropped the catch. Noor could not take any wicket. Gurjapneet Singh took 1 wicket.
Playing XI of Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dubey, Dewald Brewis, Jamie Overton, Matthew Short, Anshul Kambok, Noor Ahmed, Mukesh Chaudhary, Gurjapneet Singh.
Playing XI of Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (captain), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora (wicketkeeper), Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivang Kumar, Prafulla Hinge, Saqib Hussain, Ishan Malinga.
SRH vs CSK Head to Head
A total of 22 matches have been played so far in the IPL between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings, in which Chennai has the upper hand. CSK has won 15 matches while SRH has been able to win only 7 matches.
Hyderabad franchise is undoubtedly known for big totals, they have touched the 250 mark many times but they have never scored more than 200 runs against Chennai Super Kings. SRH’s best score against CSK is 192. Chennai’s best score against Hyderabad is 223.