CSK vs SRH highlights, IPL 2024 updates: Chennai Super Kings beats Sunrisers Hyderabad by 78 runs

Rahman is back. Shahbaz upper cuts the bouncer over keeper for four. OUT! Shahbaz picks the ball towards square leg but is caught in the deep. Mitchell has now taken five catches. OUT! SRH is all out for 134. Unadkat is the last man to go. 

Deshpande for his third over. OUT! Cummins tries to go over long on as well but is caught in the deep. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the new man in. Four runs from the over. 

Shardul for his last. Shahbaz takes a single on the first. OUT! Samad is gone too. Hits it straight to long off. Pat Cummins is the new man in. FOUR! Clears front leg and hits towards point. Six runs and a wicket in that over. 

Pathirana. SIX! Samad goes over long on. SRH badly needs more such hits. Eight runs in four balls so far. OUT! Klaasen now tries to hit in the same region but is caught in the deep. SIX down SRH. Nine runs and a wicket in that over. 

Shardul Thakur. Beats Klaasen on the first ball. Samad too swings and misses the ball. Game is going away from SRH now. Two runs in four balls. Gaikwad is in some discomfort. Has hurt his finger. After a brief break, the game resumes. Just three runs from the over. 

Jadeja for his last over. Has been very economical today. Two singles in first four balls. CSK choking SRH here. Three runs from the over. 

Shardul is back. Length ball and Samad slaps it towards cover for four. Samad hits the ball straight to mid off and ball falls JUST short of the fielder. Edge but too far from keeper. Tight over. Seven runs off it. 

Jadeja for his third over. A change in ball as dew made it difficult to hold. SIX! Klaasen opens his arms, smacks the slot ball over long off. Nine runs off it. 

Pathirana for the first time today. Two singles in two balls. A double on the third ball. Asking rate is going up. SRH looking to take it deep. Klaasen and Markram both are important. OUT! Perfect yorker. Middle stump is uprooted and Markram is gone. SRH is five down. 

Abdul Samad at the crease. Eight runs and a wicket in that over. 

Mustafizur Rahman for his second. Two dot balls to start the over. Single on the third. Three singles in first five balls. CSK has put breaks on SRH express. Double to end the over. 

Jadeja continues. Two singles in four balls. OUT! Nitish goes for a hit, gets a leading edge and an easy catch for Dhoni. Quick and short ball by Jadeja. 

Heinrich Klaasen is here. Three runs and a wicket in that over. 

Shardul Thakur is introduced. Down the leg, Markram gets the ball fine past the keeper for four. No ball, waist height. Actually it’s a beamer. Slipped out of the hands. Markam doesn’t time the free hit, can only get a single. Quiet over but still 11 runs off it. 

Ravindra Jadeja into the attack. Two singles followed by a double on the third ball. Markram tries to cut but finds the fielder at backward point. Just six runs from the over. 

Mustafizur into the attack. Markram reaches out and drives the first delivery through point for four. End of PowerPlay as eight come off this over.

A very good over from Chahar. He mixes it up - pitching it up before bowling a few short ones - and keeps the channel a tad outside off to concede only three runs.

Deshpande is on a hat-trick. It’s not to be. Markram defends and saunters down for a single. The towels are out which indicates that the dew has started to come on heavily. Whacked past the bowler for four! There’s no stopping Abhishek. Oops... Commentator’s jinx. GONE! Abhishek holes out to Mitchell at deep point. Nitish Reddy walks in.

Two back-to-back fours from Markram will provide the Orange Army some much-needed respite. 12 runs come off the over.

Smoked! Deshpande’s slot ball has been bludgeoned over backward square. Abhishek follows up with one of his own. 88 metres! CAUGHT! Wide of off, Head throws his bat at this one; miscues and finds Mitchell running in from deep midwicket. Anmolpreet Singh is SRH’s Impact Player. A slip in place for the new man. And he goes back as soon as he walks in. A leading edge finds Moeen Ali, who gobbles this up without breaking a sweat.

Head and Abhishek to open for SRH. Shardul has been subbed in for Dube. Deepak Chahar has the new ball in hand. And Head opens his account with a boundary, as has been the practice this season! A hint of swing off the fourth ball... wow! Sharma clips this to mid-on for a single.

Natarajan to bowl the last over. Gaikwad can’t connect and it’s a dot on the first ball. OUT! Gaikwad slog but doesn’t time it well and is caught in the deep. Gaikwad out for 98 off 54 balls. 

MS Dhoni comes in. Four on the first ball. Towards square leg, misfield in the deep. Pulls but only gets a single. Low full toss and Dube slogs over midwicket for a six. Just a single on the last ball. 

Unadkat. Dube hits the ball in the air but falls safely. They take a double. There’s a run out appeal though but he’s safe. Five runs in first three balls so far. Another double on the fourth ball. Gaikwad on 98 now off 52 balls. Eight runs from the over. 

Cummins for his final over. SIX! Superb strike. Very wide of off stump, Dube shuffles and smacks it straight. Powerful. Four more. Dube lofts towards midwicket. Another 16 runs from the over. 

Natarajan. SIX! In the slot and Dube slogs it over midwicket. Finally he’s able to free his arms. Wide not signalled by umpire but CSK reviews it. Bouncer down the leg. On replays, decision is reversed. Another maximum. Full toss and Dube powers it over cover and into the stands. 17 runs from the over. 

Cummins again. Two singles in first three balls. FOUR! Gaikwad slashes past backward point. Four more. Pulls it towards fine leg and fielder can’t reach it. 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowling his final over of the day. SIX! Bouncer hammered over square leg boundary by Gaikwad. Follows it up with a beautifully lofted straight drive for four. Another 14-run over. 

Unadkat for third. OUT! Mitchell is gone. Slogs the ball straight to deep midwicket. He’s waiting for the decision regarding waist height no-ball though. Umpires signal out. He departs for 52 off 32 balls. 

Shivam Dube has entered the chat. Gaikwad meanwhile hooks the ball very fine over the fine leg boundary for a SIX. 11 runs and a wicket in that over. 

Cummins is back. Mitchell ramps over the keeper for four! Slower ball but the timing was good enough. Mitchell reaches his fifty in 29 balls. Another good over, eight from it. 

Shahbaz for his third. Down the leg and Mitchell sweeps it fine of short fine leg for four. In the slot and Mitchell this time hits it straight down the ground for another boundary. Mitchell hits in the gap between deep midwicket and long on but good effort cuts down the boundary. Hits it over point for another double. 14 runs added in this over. 

Natarajan is back. Good bowling this. Bowling to the field and cramping the room. Slower bouncer outside off and Mitchell upper cuts it over backward point for four. Nine runs from the over. 

Unadkat for his second. Slow ball in the slot and Mitchell smashes it past the bowler’s head for four. Gaikwad pulls towards backward square leg but good fielding in the deep cuts it to two. 10 runs from the over. 

Bowled fuller and Mitchell greets Cummins with an 80-metre six over long-off! Gaikwad finishes the over on a similar note launching one into the skies again. It’ll be a fifty for the CSK skipper off 27 balls. The Chepauk crowd is enjoying every moment. Time for the strategic timeout!

Shahbaz is back into the attack. Cut away to deep backward point, has Ruturaj. They’’ll get two. There’s a break as Gaikwad appears to be in some sort of discomfort. He is okay to continue though. FOUR! The ball beats two diving fielders to speed away to the fence. The timing was impeccable.

Unadkat comes into the attack. Mitchell has crunched the second ball through the offside for four. A fumble at deep square sees Gaikwad and Mitchell scamper for a double.

Natarajan into the attack. Round the wicket. Length ball on the pads and Gaikwad guides it towards fine leg for four. Just five runs from the over. 

Bhuvneshwar continues. FOUR! In the slot and Mitchell lofts it over mid on. Now Gaikwad cuts past point for another boundary. Drives towards covers and gets another four. 15 runs from the over. 

Shahbaz Ahmed into the attack. Gaikwad tries to make room and hit past cover but good fielding keeps it to single. This time cuts and finds the gap past point for four. Another four! This time towards cover. 11 from the over. 

Bhuvneshwar begins his over with a short ball and Rahane picks it towards square leg for four. Six runs in first four balls. OUT! Rahane tries to go over midwicket but doesn’t time the ball well and is caught in the deep. Rahane is out for nine off 12 balls. 

Daryl Mitchell in at number three. Six runs and a wicket in that over. 

Nitish Reddy from the other end. Starts off with a wide. Two singles after that. Bouncer down the leg, Rahane misses the pull but SRH thinks he has edged it and review. Umpire has given this a wide though. No bat involved but it clipped Rahane’s upper so no wide. Gaikwad pulls towards midwicket and gets a boundary to end the over. 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the new ball. Ajinkya Rahane tucks the ball away towards leg side and takes a double on the first ball. Away swing and beats Rahane’s outside edge. Just three runs in five balls so far. Four runs off the over. 

SRH: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan

Subs: Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Anmolpreet Singh, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar

CSK: Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana

Subs: Sameer Rizvi, Shardul Thakur, Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner

Sunrisers Hyderabad wins the toss and opts to bowl. 

Pitch looks a bit dry. It is the same surface that was used in GT game earlier this season where CSK scored 200. Despite some assistance available for spinners, there are still runs on the board. There might be dew later in the evening, says Anjum Chopra and Samuel Badree.

Chennai Super Kings Predicted XI

Bat 1st: Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana

Bowl 1st: Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana, Shardul Thakur

Impact Player options: Sameer Rizvi, Shardul Thakur, Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner

Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted XI

Bat 1st: Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Travis Head Heinrich Klaasen(w), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande

Bowl 1st: Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan

Impact Player options: Travis Head, Umran Malik, Anmolpreet Singh, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar

Matches played: 20

Chennai Super Kings won: 14

Sunrisers Hyderabad won: 6

Last result: Chennai Super Kings went down by 6 wickets (Hyderabad; April 5, 2024)

A fortnight ago, Chennai Super Kings’s campaign was on the right course after beating Mumbai Indians convincingly with four wins out of six. However, defeats in its last two matches have meant the defending champion has been pushed into a corner where it can’t afford further missteps. It is in this situation Ruturaj Gaikwad’s men take on a destructive Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday.

Though CSK has the best record at home, it will be the team facing the heat. Despite scoring 210 against Lucknow Super Giants in their previous game, the former failed to defend the target, as the medium pacers struggled in dewy conditions. 

Like CSK, SRH also lost its previous encounter—against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Though the famed top-order had a rare off-day, the Men in Orange have enough firepower to pose a serious threat against a misfiring CSK bowling attack.

After the loss to LSG, CSK coach Stephen Fleming said that the pitch at Chepauk had not played to his side’s strength of spin and wished for a surface that gripped and offered turn. So all eyes will be on the 22-yard strip and whether the home side can get a pitch similar to the one used in the game against Kolkata Knight Riders. 

A slow track could hold the key to stopping Sunrisers’ belligerent batting line-up, which has posted three totals over 250. The game against RCB showed a potential chink in the armour of the SRH batters when three of the four fell to the slower bowlers, and it is something the hosts will want to exploit.

Welcome to the live coverage of the Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2024 match set to be played at the M.A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai at 7:30pm today.