SRH vs CSK highlights, IPL 2026: Eshan Malinga stars with ball as Sunrisers Hyderabad win by 10 runs on home soil

That's it. Praful Hinge defends 18 runs in the final over as SRH win by 10 runs against CSK.

OUTTTT!!!! Huge wicket for SRH and Shivang Kumar. Dewald Brevis, who came in the previous over, decides to go straight down the ground in his fourth ball, but finds Liam Livingstone for a duck. Shivang flexes in celebration. CSK 113/5 (11.4)

Another wicket goes down for CSK as Sarfraza Khan hits straight at the hands of Nitish Kumar Reddy. Eshan Malinga takes the catch at deep square leg. Sarfaraz walks back for 25 as Malinga gets his second of the night. CSK 112-4 (10.5)

Sarfaraz Khan and Matthew Short are in rescue mode after CSK lost Ayush Mhatre and Ruturaj Gaikwad departed in quick successions. The stand between Short and Sarfaraz has reached 30. CSK 96/3 (8)

OITTTT!!!!!! Sanju Samson goes for the pull against Nitish Reddy but the ball takes the toe end of the bat and goes high up in the air only for Heinrich Klaasen to take a simple catch. Samson goes back for 7. Ayush Mhatre gets a second life after Klaasen puts down a tough chance. CSK 23/1 (2)

Anshul Kamboj takes two wickets in the final over to restrict SRH to 194/9 in 20 overs. Heinrich Klaasen top scored with 59. CSK need 195 runs to win.

GONEEEE!!!! Heinrich Klaasen has chopped on to his stumps off Anshul Kamboj for 59. SRH 177-6 (17.2)

After a flying start by SRH, CSK bowlers made a brilliant comeback, thus stemming the run flow. Nitish Kumar Reddy was the latest to depart, caught by Matthew Short off Jamie Overton. Today's innings once again showed how much SRH are dependent on their top three of Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head and Ishan Kishan. Heinrich Klaasen is fighting back with a fifty. SRH 163/5 (16)

OUTTTT!!! This is the wicket CSK were looking for. Abhishek Sharma, who was smashing all round the park, is caught by Sanju Samson behind the stumps for a 22-ball 59. Jamie Overton takes the catch. SRH 93/3 (8)

OUTTT!!! Finally a wicket for CSK as Mukesh Choudhary gets better of Travis Head. Ruturaj Gaikwad takes the catch as Head walks out for 23. Two in two balls for Mukesh as captain Ishan Kishan departs for a first-ball duck. SRH 75-2 (56)

Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head have given SRH another flying start. After being kept quiet in the first over by Matthew Short, the SRH opening duo are taking the likes of Anshul Kamboj and Mukesh Choudhary to cleaners in Uppal. Fifty in 15 balls for Abhishek as he clobbers Matthew Short for 4, 4, 4, 6, 6. SRH 63/0 (5)

Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head walk out to bat for SRH. Interestingly, CSK have started with off-spin and thrown the ball straightaway to Matthew Short on his CSK debut. SRH 4/0 (1)

Ishan Kishan: I think we would have batted first. Looks like a good wicket so we want to put up a good total. You have to bat for the team and not for individual performances. We just have to take it game by game and it doesn't matter where we are right now because it's a long tournament. I think the ball is going to move a bit in the beginning and the batters have to watch the ball and play well. Dilshan Madushanka comes in for Harsh Dubey for more swing upfront.

Ruturaj Gaikwad: We are going to bowl first. Looks a really good track, won't change much so we look to chase. Good to be up from the bottom. From the second game we started doing the basics right. The key is to be consistent. Last game I felt Noor bowled really well and good to have him back on track and even Anshul bowling really well at the death. In your language it looks like a belter but we got to assess it.

Time for the toss. SRH's Ishan Kishan and CSK's Ruturaj Gaikwad walk out for the toss in Hyderabad. CSK win the toss and opt to bowl first. No mention of MS Dhoni at the toss. SRH bring in Dilshan Madushanka replace Harsh Dubey.

It was a day that the groundsmen at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad will never forget. CSK talisman MS Dhoni clicked pictures with each one of them, thus making their day.

Aditya Tare, who played for MI in IPL, wants MS Dhoni to return against SRH and don the big gloves. “Chennai Super Kings need MS Dhoni more than ever. If he is fit to play, he has to play against Sunrisers Hyderabad in any capacity. I would personally want him to keep wickets for the full 20 overs because he is excellent behind the stumps," Tare told on JioStar.

“No disrespect to Sanju’s wicket-keeping, but you need that experience. There is a lot of youth in CSK’s line-up and their two debutants – Kartik Sharma and Prashant Veer need that guidance of someone as experienced as Mahi bhai. The team has shown a lot of faith in those two players, but if you have MSD, you have to make him play,” Tare said.

"His presence will help Kartik and Prashant handle the pressure better. Mahi bhai has always been a great support to Ruturaj and to the bowlers. We have seen him constantly talking to the bowlers and guiding them and that is something which will give an extra edge to Chennai against SRH,” he added.

SRH have lost Brydon Carse and David Payne due to injuries. Sri Lankan Dilshan Madushanka and South African Gerald Coetzee have been named as replacements. Pat Cummins won't be available for SRH against CSK despite arriving on Friday.

Ever since the news came out that MS Dhoni was ruled out for two weeks, the former CSK captain did not travel with the side in away games. But this time, Dhoni travelled with the side to Hyderabad. He has been batting at the nets for quite some days and also enjoyed a light foot volleyball session with Sanju Samson. CSK coach Stephen Fleming didn't reveal much details about Dhoni, stating, "He is progressing well."

However, CSK will miss the services of Khaleel Ahmed, who has been ruled out of IPL 2026 due to injury. Spencer Johnson, who was named as replacement for Nathan Ellis is yet to join the squad.

Chennai Super Kings hold the head-to-head record against Sunrisers Hyderabad, winning 15 out of 22 matches between the two teams.