SRH Vs CSK: Yellow Army’s playoff dreams dashed; Chennai lost by 5 wickets in front of Ishan Kishan

By Samira Vishwas On May 19, 2026

Chennai had given SRH a target of 181 runs
Travis Head fails once again
Stormy innings by Ishan Kishan

Tata IPL 2026 CSK Vs SRH Live Updates: The most important match of this season of IPL and who will qualify was played. Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings They came face to face. Chennai batting first To SRH A target of 181 runs was given. Today’s match was important for both the teams. Finally, SRH has defeated Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets in this match. SRC has qualified this season. SRH became the second team to qualify this season. Following SRH, Gujarat Titans have also qualified. Now there will be a battle between 4 teams for only one seat.

SRH batting

CSK batted first and gave SRH a target of 181 runs. To complete it from SRH, the in-form duo of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma came in to play. But Travis Head’s bat remained quiet today, he was dismissed for just 6 runs. Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for only 26 runs.

Ishan Kishan and Henry Klassen, who came to play after that, managed the SRH innings. Henry Klassen played an important innings of 47 runs. While Ishan Kishan maintained his form as always. He scored a brilliant half-century. Nitish Kumar Reddy was dismissed for 11 runs. Ishan Kishan was dismissed with a winning knock of 70 runs.

CSK’s bowling

Chennai Super Kings bowlers bowled well in the opening few overs. Mukesh Chaudhary dismisses Travis Head. After that, Abhishek Sharma’s important wicket was taken by Aqeel Hussain. Noor Ahmed dismisses Henry Klassen.

Absorb the pressure. Rebuild the innings. Counter-attack
A phenomenal fifty under pressure by Ishan Kishan
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Chennai Super Kings batting

Today and the remaining one match is very important for Chennai to make it to the play offs. After electing to bat first, Chennai captain Rituraj Gaikwad and Sanju Samson came out to play. But Sanju Samson could not sustain much in today’s important match. He was dismissed for just 27 runs. Dewald Brevis played a crucial knock for CSK. He was dismissed for 44 runs. Shivam Dubey scored 26 runs.

SRH’s bowling

SRH bowled well. In the first 10 overs, Chennai took the important wickets by giving away the least number of runs. Captain Pat Cummins sent three batsmen back to the tent. He dismissed Sanju Samson, captain Rituraj Gaikwad and Karthik Sharma. Urveel Patel dismissed by Saqib Hussain. Eshaan Malinga dismisses Braves. Saqib Hussain dismisses Dubey.

Chennai Super Kings : Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Urvil Patel, Karthik Sharma, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dubey, MS Dhoni, Spencer Johnson, Aqeel Hussain, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmed.

SRH Vs CSK Live: Sanju, Rituraj fail in front of Pat Cummins; SRH need 181 runs to qualify

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Samran Ravichandran, Pat Cummins (captain), Shivang Kumar, Ishan Malinga, Saqib Hussain