CSK vs SRH: Ishan Kishan and Klaasen shine in the field, Hyderabad in playoff; Gujarat also qualified
Chennai. Thanks to the strong batting of Ishan Kishan (70) and Heinrich Klaasen (47), Sunrisers Hyderabad made it to the playoffs by defeating Chennai Super Kings by five wickets with six balls to spare in the 63rd match of IPL 2026 on Monday. Along with this, Gujarat Titans have also reached the playoffs. Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen played match-winning innings for their team on a slow pitch. The result is that his team got a win as well as a place in the playoffs. Also, Gujarat Titans team is also in the playoffs now.
Chennai Super Kings will now be able to reach only 14 points and will have to depend on the results of other teams to reach the playoffs. Sunrisers Hyderabad, which came to chase the target of 181 runs, did not have a good start and lost the wicket of Travis Head (six) in the third over. After this, Ishan Kishan, who came to bat, added 38 runs to Abhishek Sharma.
Akil Hussain broke this partnership by dismissing Abhishek (21) in the eighth over. Heinrich Klaasen and Ishan Kishan made a partnership of 75 runs for the third wicket. Noor Ahmed dismissed Clausen in the 15th over. Clausen scored 47 runs in 26 balls, hitting six fours and two sixes. On the first ball of the 18th over, Mukesh Chaudhary got Nitish Kumar Reddy (11) caught out on the boundary. Anshul Kamboj dismissed Ishan Kishan in the 19th over. Ishan Kishan scored 70 runs in 47 balls, hitting seven fours and three sixes.
R Smaran took Sunrisers Hyderabad into the playoffs by hitting a four on the last ball of the 19th over. Salil Arora scored unbeaten 10 runs in five balls. R Smaran remained unbeaten after scoring five runs in two balls. Mukesh Chaudhary took two wickets for Chennai Super Kings. Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmed and Akil Hussain dismissed one batsman each. Earlier today, on the basis of excellent batting by Dewald Brevis (44) and Karthik Sharma (32), Chennai Super Kings scored a challenging score of 180 runs for seven wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and decided to bat first. Pat Cummins gave the initial blow to Chennai Super Kings who came to bat. In the third over, Cummins gave the first success to Sunrisers Hyderabad by hunting Sanju Samson. Sanju Samson scored 27 runs in 13 balls with the help of five fours and one six. In the fifth over, Saqib Hussain dismissed Urvil Patel (13) in eight balls and sent him to the pavilion. Urvil also hit two sixes in his innings.
Cummins dismissed Karthik Sharma in the 10th over. Karthik scored (32) runs in 19 balls, hitting three fours and six. Captain Rituraj Gaikwad (15) was also dismissed by Cummins. After this, the pair of Dewald Brevis and Shivam Dubey added 59 runs for the fifth wicket. In the 18th over, Ishan Malinga broke this partnership by bowling Dewald Brevis. Brevis played an inning of 44 runs in 27 balls, hitting two fours and four sixes.
In the 19th over, Saqib Hussain gave Hyderabad the sixth success by dismissing Shivam Dubey. Shivam Dubey scored 26 runs in 23 balls, hitting three fours and one six. Chennai Super Kings made a challenging score of 180 runs for seven wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Prashant Veer (11) was caught out by Praful Hinge on his own ball on the last ball of the innings. Akil Hussain remained unbeaten after scoring three runs. Pat Cummins took three wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Saqib Hussain got two wickets. Prafulla Hinge dismissed one batsman.
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