In the 68th match of IPL 2026, Lucknow Super Giants have given a target of 197 runs after playing first. This match is of ‘do or die’ for Punjab Kings. To keep alive the hopes of reaching the playoffs, Punjab will have to win this match at any cost. For Lucknow, Josh English played a stormy inning of 72 runs in 44 balls. Whereas Ayush Badoni scored a quick 43 runs in 18 balls. In the end Abdul Samad returned unbeaten on 37 runs in 20 balls. He took Lucknow to 196.

Lucknow Super Giants, who came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start. Maharashtra’s explosive batsman Arshin Kulkarni, who came to open in place of Mitchell Marsh, returned to the pavilion without opening the account. After this, Nicholas Puran, who came at number three, also returned to the pavilion after scoring only two runs. The beginning was very bad, but Ayush Badoni and Josh English turned the tables.

Ayush Badoni played a explosive inning of 43 runs in just 18 balls. 5 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat. Captain Rishabh Pant could score only 26 runs in 22 balls. He hit three fours. Josh English hit 9 fours and two sixes in his stormy innings of 72 runs.

In the end, once again Lucknow’s innings came to a halt. Abdul Samad played an unbeaten inning of 37 runs in 20 balls and took the team’s score close to 200. Samad hit three fours and three sixes.

Yuzvendra Chahal bowled brilliantly for Punjab Kings. Chahal took two wickets for 25 runs in four overs. Marco Jansen also got two successes. He gave 33 runs in four overs. Apart from this, Azmatullah Omarzai and Shashank Singh got one wicket each.

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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.

Today on Sunday (April 05), the teams of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings will be on the field in the 11th league match of IPL 2026. The match will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from 7.30 pm. The toss will take place half an hour earlier at 7 o’clock. There is a lot of excitement among the fans regarding this match. However, it is worth noting that there is a possibility of rain in the match, which can spoil the fun of the fans.

Through this match, the Chennai team captained by Ruturaj Gaikwad would like to achieve its first win of the season. In the first two matches, Chennai had to face defeat against Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings by 8 and 5 wickets respectively.

On the other hand, RCB started their campaign with a win in the first match. Bengaluru played the first match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, in which it won by 6 wickets. This was also the first match of the season. Now it will be interesting to see which team wins in today’s match.

Talking about the head to head record of both the teams, till now 35 matches have been played between Chennai and Bengaluru. Chennai has won 21 of these matches. Bengaluru has won 13 matches. The remaining one match remained inconclusive.

Chennai squad for the match

Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dubey, Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Noor Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Matt Henry, Khalil Ahmed, Jamie Overton, Rahul Chahar, Matthew Short, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Gurjapaneet Singh, Akeal Hosein, MS Dhoni, Shreyas Gopal, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Choudhary, Urvil Patel, Aman Khan, Dewald Brewis, Zachary Foulkes.

Bengaluru’s squad for the match

Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Duffy, Suyash Sharma, Jacob Bethel, Rasikh Salaam Dar, Kanishk Chauhan, Venkatesh Iyer, Josh Hazlewood, Mangesh Yadav, Vihaan Malhotra, Vicky Ostwal, Jordan Cox, Swapnil Singh, Satwik Deswal.

The first match of IPL 2026 was full of thrill. The 19th season of IPL started on Saturday with the match between Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Now today the second match of IPL 2026 will be played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders. The teams of Mumbai and KKR will clash at Wankhede Stadium. This match is also expected to be high scoring. The match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders will be played at MI’s home ground Wankhede Stadium. The toss of the match will take place at 7 pm and the match will start at 7:30 pm.

Everyone’s eyes will be on these players

Talking about Mumbai Indians, all eyes will be on captain Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Sharma. Talking about KKR, everyone’s eyes will be on Finn Allen, Tim Seifert, Cameron Green and Ajinkya Rahane. Mumbai’s captain is Hardik Pandya while KKR’s command is in the hands of Rahane.

Wankhede Stadium pitch report

The pitch of Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium is considered the graveyard of bowlers. Bowlers get beaten a lot on this pitch. Any score can be chased here. In such a situation, the team winning the toss can decide to bowl first. There are many explosive batsmen in both the teams. In such a situation, there is a possibility of a high scoring match.

match prediction

Our match prediction meter is telling that this match will be a tough competition. The contest is exactly 50-50. In such a situation, whichever team chases the target, it has more chances of winning. KKR’s batting attack is better, but the bowling looks weak. At the same time, both Mumbai’s bowling and batting look solid.

Probable playing eleven of Mumbai Indians- Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Sherfane Rutherford, Hardik Pandya (captain), Will Jacques/Corbin Bosch, Namandhir, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult.

Impact Player- Mayank Markande

Probable playing eleven of Kolkata Knight Riders- Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wicketkeeper), Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Ankul Roy, Varun Chakraborty, Vaibhav Arora and Umran Malik.

Impact Player- Angkrish Raghuvanshi or Kartik Tyagi

In the second match of the Indian Premier League 2026, Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 6 wickets. Batting first in this match played at Wankhede Stadium, KKR had scored 220 runs. While chasing the target, Rohit Sharma (78) and Ryan Rickelton (81) scored half-centuries, which laid a strong foundation of the innings. This is Mumbai’s biggest successful run chase. Player of the match award went to Shardul Thakur, who took 3 wickets.

MI’s biggest successful run chase

Chasing the target of 221, Ryan Rickelton and Rohit Sharma respected the first few balls, both played carefully. From the third over, both of them started hitting big, then defeated every bowler fiercely. Rohit scored a half-century in 23 balls, which is his fastest IPL half-century. He scored 78 runs in 38 balls with the help of 6 sixes and 6 fours. He was caught out on the ball of Vaibhav Arora, along with Rickelton they made a partnership of 148 runs for the first wicket.

Suryakumar Yadav, who came as an impact player, was out after scoring only 16 runs. Ryan Rickelton played a brilliant inning of 81 runs in 43 balls, in which he hit 8 sixes and 4 fours. He was run out. Tilak Verma scored 20 runs in 14 balls and Hardik Pandya scored 18 runs in 11 balls. Mumbai Indians achieved the target in 19.1 overs and won by 6 wickets. This is Mumbai’s biggest successful run chase of IPL.

Lack of experience was seen in the captaincy of KKR, Cameron Green was not brought to bowl. Sunil Narine was also not given bowling at important times. Vaibhav Arora spent 52 runs in 4 overs. Blessing Muzarabani gave 34 runs in 3 overs. Varun Chakraborty gave away 48 runs in 4 overs, but he could not take any wicket. Karthik Tyagi took 1 wicket for 43 runs in 4 overs. Narine took 1 wicket for 30 runs in 3 overs.

KKR innings (highlights)

Captain Ajinkya Rahane and Finn Allen made a great start, both made a partnership of 69 runs for the first wicket. Allen was out on the second ball of the last over of the powerplay, he scored 37 runs in 17 balls. After this, captain Rahane completed his half-century, he scored 67 runs in 40 balls. In this innings the captain hit 5 sixes and 3 fours.

Cameron Green scored 18 runs in 10 balls, his innings was ended by Shardul Thakur. After this, Thakur also made Ajinkya Rahane walk. After this, Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored an important half-century and played an important role in the team’s score crossing 200. Angkrish scored 51 runs in 29 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 6 fours. Rinku Singh scored 33 runs in 21 balls, he could not hit any six in this innings. Batting first, Kolkata scored 220 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs.

Shardul Thakur took 3 wickets for Mumbai Indians, one wicket was in the name of Hardik Pandya. Shardul gave 39 runs in 4 overs and Hardik gave 39 runs in 3 overs. Trent Boult gave 38 runs in 4 overs and Jasprit Bumrah gave 35 runs in 4 overs.

mumbai indians playing 11

Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, 4 Hardik Pandya (captain), 5 Sherfane Rutherford, Naman Dheer, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Markande, Ghazanfar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11

Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty, Blessing Muzarabani.

Thanks to Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 69 runs in 38 balls and Devdutt Padikkal’s 61 runs in 26 balls, RCB defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad badly. Sunrisers Hyderabad had scored 201 runs after playing first. In reply, Royal Challengers Bangalore achieved the target in just 15.4 overs. In this way RCB started IPL 2026 with a win. Ishan Kishan lost his first match as captain.

Royal Challengers Bangalore started the 19th season of the tournament by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 6 wickets in the first match of IPL 2026. In the match, Hyderabad batted first and scored 201/9 runs on the board in 20 overs. In response, RCB won by scoring 203/4 runs in 15.4 overs. Virat Kohli played the biggest innings for the team and scored 69* runs in 38 balls with the help of 5 fours and 5 sixes. During this, Devin Penn took maximum 2 wickets for Hyderabad.

head to head statistics

So far 25 matches have been played between RCB and Hyderabad. In these matches, Hyderabad has taken the lead and won 13. Whereas RCB has won 11 matches. One match between the two remained inconclusive. Hyderabad seems to have the upper hand in head to head. However, now it will be interesting to see which team wins in today’s match.

Playing XI of Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Duffy and Suyyash Sharma.

Playing XI of Sunrisers Hyderabad
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk/captain), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat and Ishan Malinga.