Nitish Kumar Reddy and Eshan Malinga shared five wickets between them as hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs in match 27 of 2026 Indian Premier League match played in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Defending 195, Hyderabad restricted struggling CSK to 184/8.
SRH opener Abhishek Sharma and middle-order batter Heinrich Klaasen both scored 59 guided SRH to 194/9 with their splendid batting. For CSK, Jamie Overton and Anshul Kamboj picked up three wickets apiece while Mukesh Choudhary picked two wickets.
Brief Scores:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 194/9 in 20 overs (Abhishek Sharma 59, Heinrich Klaasen 59; Jamie Overton 3/37, Anshul Kamboj 3/22).
Chennai Super Kings: 184/8 in 20 overs. (Ayush Mhatre 30, Matthew Short 34; E Malinga 3/29, N Reddy 2/31)
CSK have crashed to fourth defeat in six matches. The five-time champions remain in the lower half of the IPL points table at seventh spot. Meanwhile with back-to-back wins SRH have jumped to fourth place.
| Teams | Matches Played | Wins | Losses | No Result | Points | Net Run rate |
| Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1.067 | |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1.171 | |
| Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0.889 | |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.566 | |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0.310 | |
| Gujarat Titans (GT) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0.018 | |
| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -0.780 | |
| Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -0.804 | |
| Mumbai Indians (MI) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1.706 | |
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | -1.149 |
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