SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 LIVE Score: Sarfaraz, Short look to give Chennai momentum in chase

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings Live Score, IPL 2026 LIVE Cricket Score Updates: Jamie Overton and Anshul Kamboj took three wickets each as CSK restricted SRH below 200.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Match Live Cricket Score Updates: Anshul Kamoj and Jamie Overton took three wickets each as Chennai Super Kings restricted Sunrisers Hyderabad to 194/9 at a ground where defending targets below 200 have turned out to be difficult this season. SRH were off to a sensational start with Abhishek Sharma’s 15-ball 50 in the powerpkay but CSK roared back after that.

Overton got the big wicket once again for them, dismissing the dangerous Abhishek Sharma, while Mukesh Kumar sent back Ishan Kishan and Travis Head off the last two balls of the powerplay.

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Mukesh’s twin strike mitigated the damage done by Abhishek. However, Abhishek’s 15-ball 50 had given Sunrisers Hyderabad the platform to launch themselves to yet another huge total. CSK are bowling first after Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss.

Playing XIs:

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(c), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora(w), Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivang Kumar, Praful Hinge, Sakib Hussain, Eshan Malinga
Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Matthew Short, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh

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Apr 18, 2026 10:28 PM IST
IPL 2026, SRH vs CSK Live Cricket Score: CSK 104/3 in 9 overs

Shivang Kumar into the attack ninth over and he does a pretty impressive job of keeping Short quiet. However, Sarfaraz sends a shortish one for four last ball by rocking back and helping the delivery along to deep fine leg.

He is on 23 off 13, Short on 14 off 11.

Apr 18, 2026 10:19 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Score: CSK 76/3 in 6 overs

And thus ends the powerplay. Good progress made by CSK as far as runs go but the loss of wickets will bother them, They have two batters out there who can very much see them over the line though. Sarfaraz Khan is on four off three, he has been in good tough this season. Matthew Short can hit a mean one. He is on five off four.

Apr 18, 2026 10:03 PM IST
SRH vs CSK Live Score: OUT! STUNNER OF A CATCH FROM KLAASEN!

Well, Mhatre has to hobble off this time that's for sure. An incredible catch there from the former South Africa star. Reddy's fourth ball in the fifth over is on a length outside off. Mhatre slashes it, not the greatest of timing but the ball was still lasering away from Klaasen at extra cover. He puts in a full dive towards his left and takes it.

Mhatre c Klaasen b Nitish Kumar Reddy 30 (13)

CSK 66/2 in 4.4 overs

Apr 18, 2026 10:01 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: Mhatre in trouble!

13 runs came off the fourth over by Sakib Hussain. Reddy comes in for the fifth over, two twos ran off the first and second ball and it looks like the second of those does it for Ayush Mhatre. Remember, he is the Impact Sub, he was seated in the dugout throughout the SRH innings and so had to switch on all of a sudden in the humidity and heat out there after Samson fell. He goes down clutching his hamstring after running the second run off the second ball and this normally means that the batter will have to go off.

This break won't do any good to the CSK, they were going really well so far. It won't do any good for those who care about keeping time. This innings started at around 9.20pm, 40 minutes later we are two balls into the fifth over.

Well Mhatre receives treatment and he continues for now which is unbelievable. It would be really surprising if he can really do anything substsantial with a hamstring issue. How in the world could any physio worth their salt allow him to carry on.

CSK 65/1 in 4.2 overs

Apr 18, 2026 09:47 PM IST
IPL 2026, SRH vs CSK Live Score Updates: 24 runs in the third over!

Ayush Mhatre is in the house! Hinge returns for the third over, the first ball gets big on Mhatre but he pulls it to the second tier anyhow over deep backward square leg. Swing and a miss next ball, swing and connect of the third, over long off for four. And the Hinge's bouncer goes flying over Mhatre, umpire calls it a wide. Another bouncer after that, Mhatre ducks but didn't need to, wide again. Then Mhatre smashes the fourth ball over cover point for four. He slashes at the next ball and still it goes through covers for another four. The last one is blasted over mid off for another four.

Mhatre on 25 off 10, Gaikwad in 12 off five.

CSK 47/1 in 3 overs

Apr 18, 2026 09:34 PM IST
IPL 2026, SRH vs CSK Live Cricket Score: GONE! Reddy sends back Samson first ball!

Straight up and gone! Well, 15 runs off the first over and then a wicket off the first ball of the second. Back of a length delivery from Reddy, it got big on Samson and the ball goes up off the top edge as he went for the pull. Klaasen takes the catch.

Samson c Klaasen b Nitish Kumar Reddy 7 (3)

CSK 15/1 in 1.1 overs

Apr 18, 2026 09:30 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Score: Now for the CSK chase...

Praful Hinge to bowl the first over for SRH. Sanju Samson facing up with Ruturaj Gaikwad at the other end. Gaikwad in desperate need of some runs here.

Apr 18, 2026 09:14 PM IST
SRH vs CSK Live Score: SRH 194/9 in 20 overs

Kamboj finishes with three wickets as well, same as Overton and the two pacers have got CSK a sub-200 target to chase. If there is dew as well, this is going to be really difficult for SRH to keep a check on.

Apr 18, 2026 09:08 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: SRH 187/7 in 19 overs

SRH have swapped Travis Head off for Liam Livingstone and he is the man who replaced Klaasen. Gujapneet dismissed Arora first ball of the 19th over. Shivang Kumar smashed the fifth ball of that over for a six over deep midwicket. Livingstone yet to get off the mark after facing three balls and he will be at the non-striker's end first ball of the last over. Kamboj to bowl it.

Apr 18, 2026 09:05 PM IST
IPL 2026, SRH vs CSK Live Score Updates: GONE! Kamboj gets Klaasen

Chopped on! Kamboj comes in from wide of the crease, Klaasen fooled into believing he has room. Tries to play this towards point but ends up dragging it on to his own stumps.

Klaasen b Kamboj 59 (39)

SRH 177/6 in 17.2 overs

Apr 18, 2026 08:53 PM IST
IPL 2026, SRH vs CSK Live Score Updates: Fifty for Klaasen

He gets there in 33 balls. We go into the last four overs of the innings and it isn't quite clear who is ahead at the moment. CSK, though, would know that one more strike in this next over will go a long way in their effort to restrict SRH below 200. And for that, they turn to the man who has been getting those wickets for them, Jamie Overton is set to bowl out in the 17th.

Klaasen on 51 of 33 balls, Salil Arora at the other end on seven off eight.

SRH 163/5 in 16 overs

Apr 18, 2026 08:38 PM IST
IPL 2026, SRH vs CSK Live Cricket Score: GONE! That's it for Reddy, Wicket No.3 for Overton

Overton keeps delivering for CSK, what a season he is having. Overton seems to have surprised NKR with the bounce here. The batter tries to hit it down the ground over long on, can't get a lot of distance on it and caught by the fielder there.

Reddy c Short b Overton 12 (8)

SRH 147/5 in 13.5 overs

Apr 18, 2026 08:37 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Score: SRH 131/4 in 12 overs

Gurjapneet continues for the 12th over, Klaasen drills the fourth ball down the ground, Sarfaraz at long off makes good ground, puts in a dive but can't stop it from going to the boundary. Single next ball and then Reddy smashes the last ball over long on for a six.

Reddy on eight off three, Klaasen on 30 off 22.

Apr 18, 2026 08:27 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Score: SRH 118/4 in 11 overs

Heinrich Klaasen on 24 off 18 balls, Nitish Kumar Reddy at the other end on one off one. Overton's over ends with six off it and a wicket. Klaasen would love it if he can get into the groove, he hasn't quite been able to do that this season, certainly not compared to the standards one has come to expect of him. In fact, his strike rate in the past 2 years hasn't quite been as high as it was before that. And it has dipped more since he retired from international cricket. Perhaps international cricket isn't as useless as it is deemed to be when players abandon it while still having a few years left in their careers? Well, who can say for sure.

Apr 18, 2026 08:20 PM IST
SRH vs CSK Live Score: OUT! Overton on a hat-trick!

Overton returns for the 11th over and sends back Aniket Verma straightaway!Hard length delivery on middle and off, Aniket mishits the pull and is caught at midwicket. SRH are sliding here.

Aniket Verma c Noor Ahmad b Overton 2 (4)

SRH 112/4 in 10.1 overs

Apr 18, 2026 08:19 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: GONE! That's it for Abhishek!

Jamie Overton with the big scalp again for CSK! Last ball of the eighth over was back of a length and shapes in to Abhishek. Takes a faint edge and Samson takes the catch. The umpire didn't give it initially, CSK reviewed it succesfully.

Abhishek Sharma c Samson b Overton 59 (22)

SRH 93/3 in 8 overs

Apr 18, 2026 08:05 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: SRH 84/2 in 7 overs

Shivam Dube gives Abhishek Sharma second life! What a moment that would've been, Noor sending back Abhishek in his first over, it would've put CSK right in front all of a sudden. But their fielders have a serious case of butter fingers this season and it shows up once again. Fifth ball of the seventh over, it was full and Abhishek flicks it off the pads. Dube moves to his right, and then drops the dolly.

Apr 18, 2026 08:02 PM IST
IPL 2026, SRH vs CSK Live Score Updates: OUT! Back to back wickets to end the powerplay

Another catch to Gaikwad at mid-off! Ishan Kishan with a blind heave. Why he felt the need to do that instead of staying put and potentially putting on a devastating partnership with Abhishek, only he knows. Wasn't quite a full toss, Kishan takes a wild swing. Mishit and Gaikwad takes the easy catch.

Ishan Kishan c Gaikwad b Mukesh Choudhary 0 (1)

SRH 75/2 in 6 overs

Apr 18, 2026 07:59 PM IST
IPL 2026, SRH vs CSK Live Cricket Score: OUT! Head falls

Wow, Head has somehow hit a juicy full toss outside off into the hands of the fielder at mid-off. That delivery had no business becoming a wicket-taking one. Mukesh probably knows it as much as anyone else. A strange innings comes to an end from Travis Head.

Head c Gaikwad b Mukesh Choudhary 23 (20)

SRH 75/1 in 5.5 overs

Apr 18, 2026 07:54 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Score: 15-ball 50 for Abhishek!

25 RUNS IN THE 5TH OVER! Matt Short given a third over on the trot, possibly with Abhishek in mind. Well, Abhishek has made CSK regret that decision and how. Head gets off strike first ball and Abhishek smashes the second ball back down the ground for four. The third is sent over long on again for another four. The fourth is smashed over extra cover for a third consecutive four. Exactly the same shot next ball, just better, it goes all the way for a six. Then Abhishek charges down and smashes the last ball even deeper into the crowd past extra cover for another six.

That takes him to 50 in 15 balls.

SRH 63/0 in 5 over

Apr 18, 2026 07:50 PM IST
SRH vs CSK Live Score: SRH 38/0 in 4 overs

Abhishek flying, Head is getting there. Anshul Kamboj comes in for the fourth over, sends the first ball in nice and wide outside off, a hit-me delivery and Head obliges. Slams it over covers for a six. Two dot balls after that though and he finally gets off strike third ball. Abishek then hits the fifth ball over extra cover for four. He takes a slash at the last ball as well, it takes an edge and goes over third man for another four.

Abhishek on 26 off 10, Head on 10 off 14.

Apr 18, 2026 07:43 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: SRH 14/0 in 2 overs

A fairly sedate start, by Travishek standards. Just four runs in the first over, not a single boundary. Mukesh Choudhary comes in to bowl the second, Abhishek welcomes him by smashing the first ball over extra cover for a six. Just four runs in the over after that though as Mukesh keeps Head quiet.

Abhishek on 11 off six, Head on one off 6.

Apr 18, 2026 07:33 PM IST
IPL 2026, SRH vs CSK Live Cricket Score: First ball coming up!

Well, we have seen this before. Matt Short opens the bowling, Abhishek Sharma facing up. One might remember South Africa opening the bowling with Aiden Markram at the T20 World Cup to Abhishek Sharma. The latter lasted four balls before falling for a duck. Travis Head at the other end of course for SRH.

Apr 18, 2026 07:25 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Score: Pitch report

Simon Katich and Dale Steyn were on the pitch report today. Bowling from the VVS Laxman Pavilion end, the off-side boundary for the lefties is only 63 metres. Slightly longer out to the right, a 67-metre leg-side boundary. And then straight back down over the bowler's head, we've got 77 metres to work with. Pitch number 3, got an average first innings total of 205. We don't have to look very far, so there's not a blade of grass on this wicket. And it's incredibly hard. It's had a couple of days to recover from that last game that was played here. But it's just one of those venues where a lot of runs ... a lot of runs in store tonight again. We saw the young bowlers step up last match. What do you expect in the powerplay in a new ball situation tonight? The game plan here is to be aggressive versus aggressive. As a batting unit, you've got to go hard. But as a bowling unit, you can't go to your defence very quickly. If you're aggressive, just like the Sunrisers quicks were the other night, they managed to stumble off five wickets inside that powerplay. So you've got to play aggressive cricket against aggressive cricket. There's enough bounce. This is a red soil pitch. There's enough bounce in this deck that if you bowl in the right area, you can build up a couple of dot balls and just create a bad shot somewhere. Maybe find the edge. We see the balls going to second slip. So there's enough in it that tells me if you bend your back and you hit the deck hard, you'll get something out of it too. And what do you expect from the toss tonight? A big chase. The one thing is that CSK, they've never let Sunrisers score 200 against them. But still, it's a chasing wicket.

Apr 18, 2026 07:14 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: What the captains said...

Ruturaj Gaikwad: It's good to be up from the bottom, definitely. But I think from the second game, we started doing basic things right. Our batting was good, our bowling was good, our fielding has been 50-50. But I think in all departments, we have been doing really well. And the key today is to just stay consistent and just do the basic things right. (Good to see different players perform?) Yes, obviously, last game I felt, Noor bowled really well. Good to have him back on track and definitely, even in the death, Anshul bowled really well. So a couple of guys stepping up in the bowling helps a lot. It gives me a lot of confidence and the team a lot of confidence. So, really looking forward to it. (What do you make of the surface?) In your language, it looks like abelter, but you never know how it will be. We'll look to assess it as soon as possible and, you know, look to restrict them as low as possible.

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.

Apr 18, 2026 07:13 PM IST
IPL 2026, SRH vs CSK Live Score Updates: The playing XIs

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(c), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora(w), Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivang Kumar, Praful Hinge, Sakib Hussain, Eshan Malinga

Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Matthew Short, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh

Apr 18, 2026 07:12 PM IST
IPL 2026, SRH vs CSK Live Cricket Score: CSK ARE BOWLING FIRST

Ruturaj Gaikwad wins the toss and says that CSK are bowling first today. "In your language, it looks like a belter," he tells Ravi Shastri.

Apr 18, 2026 07:01 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Score: Captains at the ready for the toss

All right Ruturaj Gaikwad is out there with Ishan Kishan at the Uppal Stadium. Seconds away from the toss now.

Apr 18, 2026 06:45 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Score: News about Pat Cummins

No, he won't be playing today but he will be back sooner than later. Pat Cummins has been cleared to resume bowling without restrictions after undergoing fresh scans on his back in Sydney, clearing the way for his return to the Indian Premier League (IPL). The latest assessment confirmed that the stress-related back issue, which had restricted him to just one appearance since last August, has fully healed, Cricket Australia said. READ MORE.

Apr 18, 2026 06:08 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Score: When will MS Dhoni play his first match this season?

You may have noticed that there hasn't been any MS Dhoni-related speculation ahead of this match, unlike what has been the case in all games CSK have played this season. That's because it is pretty much confirmed now that Dhoni will be available to play in CSK's next match. That is when they face Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on April 23. READ MORE.

Apr 18, 2026 05:54 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Score: A fast and furious Nitish Kumar Reddy

Seven days. Two large steps of change. 10 behind-the-scenes sessions and a few drills he would hold dear moving forward.

Shortly before the IPL 2026 season began, a week in Bengaluru may have just changed the trajectory of Nitish Kumar Reddy’s bowling prospects.

There are only two wickets to show for now, but a rapid spurt in speed – gaining up to six miles per hour in seven days – has resulted in rekindled confidence with the ball. Nitish’s IPL uptick will be closely monitored by the Indian team management, which has earmarked the 22-year-old as a preferred seam all-rounder option across formats.

Read more from Lalith Kalidas about how an off-season camp powered Nitish Reddy’s pace spurt HERE.

Apr 18, 2026 05:14 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Score: Cricketers and the cities they come from...

That is what Sandeep Dwivedi explores today in yet another gem of a weekly column. This season some insightful cricket-chatter from small-town maidans reached the IPL. It was about Little India’s eternal optimism of seeing the stalwart of the sport in their local stars. Like Malegaon ka Superman, these too were intriguing stories of hope and outlandish ambition.

Now running to packed stadiums across India are Samastipur ka Lara, Gopalganj ka Rabada and Meerut ka Suresh Raina. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sakib Hussain and Sameer Rizvi, like so many before them, have temporarily posted their hometowns on cricket’s world map. But to stay there, to make their geography part of cricket history, there are many tight hoops to jump through. READ MORE.

Apr 18, 2026 05:12 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Score: Meanwhile, in Bengaluru...

RCB have found the going tough with the bat today against the Delhi Capitals. Opener Phil Salt scored 63 in 38 balls but there has been precious little to show from the rest of the side. Going into the last overs, their score stands at 169/6. T Natarajan bowled that penultimate over and he gave away just two runs in it.

Apr 18, 2026 04:18 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Score: A chance for CSK for to announce themselves in the race

It remains pretty early in the season to start seriously thinking of playoff spots but every win counts. And one today would propel CSK to fifth place. It would mark a remarkable recovery for a team that started with three consecutive defeats.

Apr 18, 2026 04:02 PM IST
SRH vs CSK IPL 2026 Live Score: Probable lineups

Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted XII: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (c), Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Reddy, Aniket Verma, Salil Arora (wk), Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Praful Hinge, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain

Chennai Super Kings Predicted XII: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Matthew Short, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Mukesh Choudhary

Apr 18, 2026 03:46 PM IST
SRH vs CSK Live Score: Change of position for Ruturaj?

Five games into the campaign, the Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad has scored just 63 runs at an average of 12.60.

This has opened the chatter if Mhatre should open the batting and Gaikwad should be pushed down to three. “We talk about everything,” said head coach Stephen Fleming, if there are any discussions of change in batting roles. “We’re always looking at different ways. You got to back your captain to the hilt, and Ruturaj’s form will come good. But he’s (Gaikwad) too good a player not to contribute in this line-up,” he added. READ MORE

Apr 18, 2026 03:42 PM IST
SRH vs CSK Live Score: Squads

Chennai Super Kings Squad: Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Matthew Short, Akeal Hosein, Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Matt Henry, MS Dhoni, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Chahar, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Choudhary, Urvil Patel, Aman Khan, Zakary Foulkes, Ramakrishna Ghosh.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(c), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora(w), Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Praful Hinge, Eshan Malinga, Smaran Ravichandran, Sakib Hussain, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Zeeshan Ansari, Dilshan Madushanka, Krains Fuletra, Onkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar, Gerald Coetzee

Apr 18, 2026 03:35 PM IST
SRH vs CSK Live Score: Welcome

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the second game of the double-header evening. Hyderabad and Chennai are currently on a similar course this season. A bunch of gaps to fill but a few wins have held them afloat. With two uncapped diamonds shining in the previous game, SRH have found some confidence. Sakib Hussain and Praful Hinge were a handful for RR. Can they back it up with another fine outing against CSK?

Nitish Reddy's 6-mph speed gain in a week

Nitish Kumar Reddy’s IPL pace uptick will be closely monitored by the Indian team management, which has earmarked the 22-year-old as a preferred seam all-rounder option across formats. READ MORE

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