SRH vs CSK Highlights IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad beats Chennai Super Kings by six wickets with 11 balls to spare

Abhishek Sharma scored 37 off just 12 balls to give SRH a good start in its chase. That included the mauling of Mukesh Choudhary where the CSK bowler conceded 27 runs in one over. With this innings, Abhishek Sharma also enters the top five in the run-scorers’ list. Here’s how the Orannge Cap standings look. The Purple Cap standings remain unchanged after this game.

IPL 2024 Orange Cap standings after CSK vs KKR: Kohli on top; Sai Sudharsan climbs up to second

Sai Sudharsan went second on the standings after his knock of 31 runs against Lucknow Super Giants.

SRH moves up to fifth, CSK stays third (but expect movement over the next few days). Here’s how the points table looks after this game. 

IPL 2024 Points Table updated after SRH vs CSK: Sunrisers Hyderabad climbs to fifth place with six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings

IPL Points Table: Here is the full list of team rankings and standings in IPL 2024 after the SRH vs CSK match. 

On the pitch: When we bowled, the first ten overs or so, it was coming on alright but got tougher. So we took on in the first ten and were in a good position later. 

On his batting: I don’t want to think too much, probably see-ball, hit-ball. That is encouraged by the team management and Patty [Pat Cummins]

It was a slow pitch. They bowled very well at the back end. We couldn’t capitalise in the last five overs. We were in a good situation halfway but they bowled well at the back.

On the pitch: We knew it was a black soil pitch, so we expected the slowness. As the ball got older, it got slower. They used the conditions well - big boundary one end. We did not bowl well in the PowerPlay but did well to drag the game. 

Deepak Chahar will bowl out. Can SRH finish it in this over? Nitish Reddy will finish it off the first ball, with a massive six over straight down the ground for SIX. SRH wins by six wickets.

Deshpande returns. He will begin with a dot ball. Nitish then runs a quick single, nudging the ball through midwicket, to bring Klaasen on strike. Oh then comes two byes. The ball misses Klaasen’s bat and Dhoni too can’t collect it well as it runs off to the boundary ropes before it’s intercepted. Klaasen then dispatches Deshpande over extra cover, one bounce for four. He has pitched it up for Klaasen who uses the pace of the ball to send it searing through the air. Six runs needed off the last 12 now for SRH

Jadeja will bowl out with SRH needing a little over run a ball. Klaasen cuts to point for a single. A quicker delivery from Jadeja. He then switches it up for a slower ball to Nitish who looks confused on what to do with that ball. He then dispatches Jadeja to third man for four with a very clumsy switch hit along the ground. Nice result for an unconventional hit. Jadeja concedes eight runs in total. SRH now needs 15 runs in 18 balls.

Moeen Ali returns for his third. Shahbaz starts a bit nervily with two dots. The CSK fans are ecstatic with every dot ball managed. Shahbaz then eases some of the pressure building with a massive six over long on. Connected so well and that relieves a big knot building up for the side. First boundary in over six overs for the side. This is followed by an LBW appeal. Umpire not keen. CSK reviews. Shahbaz has got on one knee to try and sweep this one. DRS sees no bat involved. Ball tracking finds impact in line, the ball pitched in line and the ball hitting the wickets, top of the stumps. Shahbaz has to go. 

WICKET Shahbaz Ahmed lbw b Ali 18 (19b 0x4 1x6)

SRH needs 25 runs in 26 balls and it’s getting a bit unnecessarily nervy for the host. Can they see this through? Nitish Reddy is the new batter. Onus on Markram. 

Nitish is off the mark straight away, coming off the timeout. Klaasen sees out Moeen with a single run. 

This batting lineup is relentless. Markram goes. In comes Heinrich Klaasen. Rachin Ravindra to bowl. Shahbaz takes a single to get Klaasen on strike. Lot of chatter between Ravindra and skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad. Klaasen defends to begin with. He then pushes the ball to long off for a single to get off the mark. 33 balls SRH has gone for without a boundary now. Shahbaz runs a single yet again. Klaasen is beaten in trying to go for the big shot. SRH needs thim to finish the job. CSK’s eighth bowling pick for the night - Ravindra ends having conceded just three runs. 

Moeen returns. The horror of a 27 run-over on one side, CSK has conceded only 34 in the last five. Pulled it back and pulled it back well, the Men in Yellow. Moeen now. Beats Markram with a wide - loud cheers from the crowd. Markram then gets two through midwicket. He then manages a single through the same area to bring up his fifty. A composed and sensible innings from the former SRH captain. Nine runs off this over so far ans just as I type that SRH is comfortably heading towards the target, Moeen Ali gets a favourable response from the umpire for an lbw appeal against Markram. SRH reviews. No contact with the bat. The ball is seen heading for Markram’s leg stump. He needs to go. A very un-Markram dismissal this. 

WICKET Aiden Markram lbw b Ali 50 (36b 4x4 1x6)

Change of ends for Maheesh Theekshana. Bowling to the stumps and between length and fuller deliveries. Concedes just five runs. SRH has time and resources but are they allowing CSK the pleasure of a bit too much quiet time? 

Chennai Super Kings’ Mukesh Choudhary bowled the second-most expensive over of the season when he conceded 27 runs in a single over against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

IPL 2024: Mukesh Choudhary bowls second-most expensive over of the season in SRH vs CSK

SRH vs CSK, IPL 2024: Chennai Super Kings’ Mukesh Choudhary bowled the second-most expensive over of the season when he conceded 27 runs in a single over against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Moeen Ali brought into the attack to keep the plug on the scoring. Just the six runs come off it as Shahbaz and Markram rotate strike to keep the runs ticking. 

Jadeja to bowl his third. The scoring rate has dropped. Jadeja will concede just five runs, sticking to that middle and leg stump line. SRH needs 53 in 54 balls. Still plenty of time and a reasonable cushion to get this done for the host. 

Theekshana. Markram begins the over a boundary! Brilliantly drives towards cover. Five runs from first three balls. OUT! Head goes for a slog sweep and hits it straight to the fielder in the deep. 

Head c Ravindra b Theekshana 31(24). Shahbaz Ahmed is here. Interesting.

A loud appeal for LBW but umpire says not out. Discussion between the players and CSK takes review. Impact umpire’s call and the decision stays. Not out. 

Jadeja continues. A single on the first ball. Another single on the second ball. A dot on third. Now Markram launches the ball over long on for a maximum. Superb shot. A slight misfield in the deep and batters run a double. Single on the last ball. 

Theekshana from the other end. Head and Markram not taking much risks now. Another six-run over. 

Ravindra Jadeja into the attack. Single on the first ball. Four singles in first four balls. Markram cuts and takes a double on the fifth ball. Just six off the over. 

Tushar Deshpande into the attack. Head welcomes him with a four. Full and Head hits it over mid off for another four. Slow bouncer, Head misses and Dhoni isn’t able to grab the ball as well. Batters takes a single. Now Markram smacks it past mid on for four. A single to end the over. 

Head begins the Chahar’s over with a four towards cover. Hits it towards midwicket and gets a double. Dot on the third ball. And fourth too. Three consecutive dot balls. Can Chahar finish this over well? Yes! Just a single on the last ball. 

Theekshana into the attack now. Head takes a single on the first ball. Markram is off the mark with a four. Comes down the track and hits the ball over cover. Now plays a slog sweep, doesn’t time it well so the ball doesn’t get to the boundary but he gets a double. Now a full toss and smacked it towards extra cover for four. 

Chahar continues from the other end. Head takes a single. Abhishek continues to deal in SIXES. Short ball and pulled over square leg. Abhishek charges and goes over cover for a four. OUT! Abhishek is gone. Charges again and this time the ball goes towards deep third and he’s caught. Terrific start for SRH though, thanks to Abhishek. 

Abhishek Sharma c Jadeja b Chahar 37(12). Aiden Markram is here.

Starts off with two dot balls. 

Mukesh Choudhary from the other end. Full and Abhishek brilliantly lofts it straight for four. Dot on the next ball. Short ball and Abhishek hooks it over fine leg for a SIX! Dot on the fourth. Another SIX! Full on the pads and launched towards midwicket. And it’s a no-ball as well. Full toss and Abhishek goes over long off for another maximum. Finishes the over with another four over mid off. 27 RUNS IN THAT OVER.

Deepak Chahar to open the bowling. Head to face. Dot on the first ball. DROPPED! Moeen Ali at first slip isn’t able to grab a regulation catch. Single on the third ball. Bouncer first up for Abhishek, who lets it go. Quick single on the fifth ball. SIX! Short ball and Head upper cuts it. 

Travis Head replaces Natarajan as impact sub. He opens the innings with Abhishek Sharma. Mukesh Choudhary replaces Shivam Dube in CSK camp. 

Natarajan to bowl the last over. Slower bouncer and Mitchell can only take a single. OUT! Mitchell hits the ball straight to long on. 13 off 11 for the Kiwi. 

MS Dhoni is here. Slower bouncer and Dhoni isn’t able to put bat on the ball. Another slow bouncer and he pulls it for a single. Jadeja flicks the last ball and it should’ve been just a single but Unadkat misfields in the deep and CSK finishes the innings with a four. 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is back. Single on the first ball. Perfect yorker but the batters steal a double. Mitchell hit the ball in the leg side and was off. Single on the third. Yorker and Jadeja hits it straight to bowler. Bhuvneshwar throws the ball back to stumps seeing Jadeja out of the crease but hits the ball straight at the batter. Umpires have a chat whether it counts as obstructing the field. Third umpire says not out. Just six runs from the penultimate over. 

Slower bouncer by Cummins but Jadeja puts it away over point for four. Slight misfield at cover and Jadeja steals a double. A single on the third ball. Another single. Mitchell finally manages to get enough power and pulls it for four behind square. 

Unadkat begins the over with a full toss and Jadeja guides it towards fine leg for four. Cutter again and Jadeja can only take a single. Six runs in first four balls. Another good over so far. Jadeja tries to ramp but Unadkat bowls a slower bouncer and the left-hander isn’t able to put the ball away. 

Natarajan again. Two singles in first three balls so far. Another single on the fourth ball. Terrific bowling by SRH here, not allowing any pace on the ball. Five singles in that over. 

Unadkat for his third over. Slower bouncer, Jadeja charges and hits a tennis shot past cover for four! OUT! Unadkat strikes and Rahane falls too. Slower ball, Rahane gets a leading edge straight to backward point. 

Rahane c Markande b Unadkat 35(30)

Daryl Mitchell comes to the crease now. 

Cummins is back. Yorker first up and Dube takes a single. Rahane places the ball towards square leg and takes a double. SRH has done well in the last few overs to cut down the boundary rate. Cummins and Unadkat using the slower ball well. OUT! Dube is gone. Another slow bouncer and Dube tries to cut it but hands a simple catch to backward point. 

Shivam Dube c Bhuvneshwar b Cummins 45(24)

Ravindra Jadeja is the new man in. Five runs and a wicket in that over. 

Rahane tries to slog on the first ball of Unadkat over but doesn’t time it well and only gets a double. Slower on the third ball, Rahane chips and the ball goes JUST past the flying mid off for four. 10 runs more added to the total in this over. 

Natarajan into attack now. Rahane pulls, skies it but the ball falls safely in the fine leg region. Half-tracker to Dube and he punishes it over midwicket boundary for a SIX. ANOTHER ONE! Full on the pads and Dube launches it in the same region for another maximum. A dot on the next ball as Natarajan bowls a slower bouncer. Then a yorker but Dube times it brilliantly in the cover region and runs a double. Yorker to end the over. 15 runs from the over. 

Jaydev Unadkat into the attack. Pace off the wicket is crucial so he will be crucial today. Has already bowled two slowers so far, one bounced too high and was called wide. Two attempted pulls and Rahane has been beaten on both attempts. A good quiet over so far. Can Unadkat finish this well? Yes, he can, six runs off the over. 

Cummins to bowl with action resuming after the first timeout of the match. Starts with a dot vs Dube. thumped straight close to the strip within Cummin’s reach. Another dot follows this time in the midwicket direction. Dube frees his arms a bit for a length ball from Cummins. Sends it to backward point for two. A slow bouncer up next from Cummins. A quick single is run. Rahane then gets a single through deep backward point, Unadkat stopping the ball from running past the rope. Dube finishes the over with a dot, with a nice piece of fielding from Nitish Reddy to stop any more damage. Good over this. 

Dube’s big hitting continues with a boundary off Markande who returns for his second over. Googly to begin from the spinner but nothing stops Dube. Nicely cut square for four. Follows that up with a quick two. A few singles pass. Shivam Dube is still settling into his crease as Markande comes in. Dube pulls out last minute with the ball going into the stumps. Was the bowler trying to rush him here? If he was, Dube punishes him right after, sending the ball over the fielder for SIX. The man at deep backward square could only watch. 15 runs come off this over for CSK. Dube doing the magic. 

Cummins sticks to spin to tighten the screws on the scoring rate. Shahbaz Ahmed brought in for his first and he will strike straight away as Gaikwad holes out to Abdul Samad at long on. Right on middle stump this ball. Gaikwad is left staring at his bat as he walks back to the pavilion. Shivam Dube is the new batter. Three dots later, Dube frees himself with a six and a four! Too good this from a man the television broadcasters call ‘a spin slayer’

The six goes over the bowler’s head to the fence, while his boundary comes through extra cover. 11 off the over. 

WICKET Ruturaj Gaikwad c Abdul Samad b Shahbaz Ahmed 26 (21b 3x4 1x6)

Mayank Markande is introduced by Cummins. The pair is working on rotating strike sticking to singles at the moment. The leg spinner is varying his speeds and keeps it tight. Six runs coming off this over. 

Bhuvi to round out the PowerPlay and Rahane’s intent is for all to see. He thumps the ball to the CSK dugout for FOUR. Goes straight over the bowler’s head. ‘CSK CSK CSK’ the crowd goes. Bhuvi slows his pace down and Rahane gets an easy single through backward point. Gaikwad drives but finds the fielder in the inner circle. Bhuvi then goes a bit wide on off and Gaikwad finds the gap, beating the short third fielder for FOUR. Knuckle ball from Bhuvi, but dispatched. Gaikwad follows it up with a shot straight down the ground for SIX. So easy on the eye as he hits the ball with the full face of the bat, straight down to the fence. Nice note to end an initially tentative PowerPlay on. 15 runs come from this Bhuvi over. 

Pat Cummins comes in for his first over of the night. A dot ball to start with some miscommunication between the men in yellow, but Rahane won’t sit quiet. Rahane then belts Cummins to the stands for SIX. Flies over deep midwicket this. Big strike, gets lost in the crowd. Cummins tightens his line sticking to a length delivery to Rahane. The CSK batter pulls for a single through square leg. Seven runs from this Cummins over. 

Bhuvneswar returns and he strikes off the first ball! Ravindra steps down to try and go big but he has not middled that well at all. Markram completes a simple catch a little beyond the umpire at mid on and Bhuvi has his first wicket of IPL 2024. Cummins is ecstatic and rightly so. Ravindra is a dangerous customer when set. Rahana is off the mark with a single down deep third. Bhuvi straightens his line again and it just goes past Gaikwad’s bat. CSK has not been able to get going here today. A lovely over from Bhuvi. The big wicket of Ravindra and just the one run from it. 

WICKET: Rachin Ravindra c Markram b Kumar 12 (9b 2x4 0x6)

A sedate start from CSK. Natarajan will bowl his first over of the night. Coming in from over the wicket to begin with. Gaikwad scrambles for a quick couple of runs. A dot ball and a single later, Ravindra -- who has looked a bit cagey -- frees his arms and swats the ball to the midwicket boundary. The ball was coming into him from Natarajan and Ravindra is happy to send this to the ropes. A run out opportunity! Ravindra sends the ball to mid on and gives up so early in his run to safety. If it was anywhere close, Ravindra would have been making his way back. Gaikwad finishes the over with a boundary. Slightly expensive this, a 12-run over from Natarajan

Pace from the other end as Bhuvneshwar Kumar is handed the ball. Begins with a length ball to Ravindra which he can’t get away too far. Bhuvi sticks to that middle and leg line. Ravindra forces this to mid off and sprints for a run despite many many fielders around. Nicely done. Gaikwad opens the face of the bat to a ball tempting him on the off stump. Dispatched for FOUR. Bounced its way past backward point. Bhuvi isn’t getting much movement, but he straightens his line now. Gaikwad brings the bat down straight to defend and nearly edges. A collective “ohhhhh” from the crowd. 

Rachin Ravindra takes strike. Abhishek Sharma will get things started with some left-arm spin. Ravindra and Gaikwad take a couple of singles after which Ravindra brings up the first boundary behind the wicket. Gets on one knee and swats the ball away to the fence. He then pushes the ball down to long on for a single. Gaikwad defends the ball to send it back to the bowler. Seven runs off the over, for no loss. 

A sea of yellow watches on at the Uppal Stadium. Orange spots here and there. Ruturaj Gaikwad was not wrong when he smiled and called it a ‘home crowd’

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

CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

Impact subs: Shardul Thakur, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Choudhary

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins has won the toss and opts to bowl first. 

One change for SRH - Nithish Reddy comes in for Mayank Agarwal

Three changes for CSK - Moeen Ali, Mukesh Choudhary, and Theekshana come in playing XI.

Some cracks but won’t affect the game. 200 isn’t a safe total here despite it being a different surface than the one in SRH vs MI game last week. Captain winning the toss would want to bat first here, reckon Brian Lara and Samuel Badree in their pitch report. 

WICKETKEEPER

Heinrich Klaasen 

BATTERS

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Travis Head, Rachin Ravindra, Abhishek Sharma 

ALL-ROUNDERS

Aiden Markram, Daryl Mitchell 

BOWLERS

Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Matheesha Pathirana 

Team Composition: SRH 6: 5 CSK Credits Left: 8

Predicted playing XI

Bat 1st: Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Shardul Thakur

Bowl 1st: Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana, Shardul Thakur

Impact Player Options: Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana

Predicted playing XI

Bat 1st: Mayank Agarwal, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat

Bowl 1st: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat, Umran Malik

Impact Player Options: Washington Sundar, Umran Malik, Nitish Reddy, Upendra Yadav, Rahul Tripathi

Here’s what Rajvardhan Hangargekar and Mukesh Choudhary say after being part of CSK for the last two years. 

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In the last match played here, a total of 523 runs were scored - a world record aggregate total in a T20. SRH scored 277 - IPL’s highest - while MI reached 246 in reply. In that match, 31 fours and 38 sixes were hit. 

How many runs will be scored today? 

Matches played: 20

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 5

Chennai Super Kings: 15

Last result: CSK won by seven wickets (2023)

He flew back to Bangladesh to complete his U.S. Visa formalities for the T20 World Cup. 

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IPL 2024: Mustafizur Rahman set to miss at least two matches for CSK

Chennai Super Kings will not have the services of Mustafizur Rahman for at least the next two matches of the IPL after he flew back to Bangladesh to complete his U.S. Visa formalities for the T20 World Cup.

As the aura of MS Dhoni grips the city and cricket fans, loyalties are certain to shift and the yellow jerseys are predicted to outweigh the orange ones.

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SRH vs CSK, IPL 2024: Focus on Dhoni as Chennai Super Kings takes on Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad

The fandom will be at a different level and stakes will be higher when Sunrisers Hyderabad hosts Chennai Super Kings for an IPL extravaganza at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday. 

What time will the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings start?

The IPL 2024 match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings will start at 7:30 PM IST.

What time will the toss between Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings happen?

The toss of the IPL 2024 match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings will take place at 7:00 PM IST.

Which TV channel will broadcast Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings match on April 4?

The IPL 2024 match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings will be televised on the Star Sports Network in India.

How can one watch the live streaming of Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings IPL 2024 match online?

The IPL 2024 match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings will be streamed live on the JioCinema app and website.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of match 18 of IPL 2024 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal, Hyderabad. Pat Cummins and Co. will go up against Ruturaj Gaikwad’s Super Kings as both teams look to better their positions in the points table.