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IPL 2026: SRH beat CSK at Chepauk to reach playoffs
18 May 2026

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at MA Chidambaram Stadium to reach the IPL 2026 playoffs.

The Super Kings first racked up 180/7 on a sticky surface, with Kartik Sharma and Dewald Brevis. Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad's sluggish knock was under the scanner.

In response, SRH rode on stellar knocks from Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen. They won in the 19th over.

How the chase started
Chase

Mukesh Choudhary and Spencer Johnson kept the dangerous SRH openers at bay. While Choudhary dismissed Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma fell to Akeal Hosein.

However, Ishan and Klaasen steadied the ship. They turned the tide with a 75-run stand (41 balls).

In the 15th over, Noor Ahmad finally gave CSK a crucial breakthrough in Klaasen. The latter was stumped by Sanju Samson for 47 (26).

Ishan gets SRH home
Fact

Despite losing a well-set Klaasen and later Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ishan handled the pressure well. With due support from Salil Arora, the left-hander took the Orange Army home.

CSK cope with blows in Powerplay
CSK innings

After opting to bat first, CSK's openers Samson and Gaikwad started well.

However, their 31-run partnership was cut short by Pat Cummins, who dismissed Samson for 27 runs in the third over. Sakib Hussain then removed Urvil Patel after he looked threatening.

While Gaikwad only rotated the strike, Kartik Sharma smashed a fine 19-ball 32 to up the ante.

CSK reach 180 despite losing wickets
Dismissals

Cummins struck again in the 10th over, this time dismissing Kartik. This was soon followed by that of Gaikwad, who looked rusty during his 21-ball 15.

CSK were four down for just 100 runs on the board in 11.3 overs.

Dewald Brevis (44 off 27 balls) and Shivam Dube (26 off 23 balls) added pivotal runs to power the Super Kings to 180/7.

Cummins completes 200 T20 wickets
Numbers

Cummins claimed 3/28 across four overs against CSK. This spell took his IPL 2026 tally to eight wickets from six games at a fine economy of 8.15, as per ESPNcricinfo.

Cummins also completed 200 T20 wickets with his third. He has now raced to 200 scalps from 177 games at 27.21. His economy is a decent 8.22, as the tally includes three four-wicket hauls.

Klaasen reaches 2,000 IPL runs
Milestone

Klaasen's 26-ball 47 was studded with 6 fours and 2 sixes. He once again showed his class and power against spinners.

With his 12th, the Proteas batter completed 2,000 runs in the IPL. In 62 matches (58 innings), he has raced to 2,035 runs at an average of 42.39.

His strike rate in the league (165.71) is among the best.