CSK Vs SRH Live Cricket Score, IPL 2026: Sakib Knocks Over Urvil In Powerplay | Chennai 52/2 (5)

Samson cracks five fours and a six before Pat Cummins snares him with an away-seaming delivery that takes the outside edge. The opener is somehow unsure of the nick and asks for DRS, which reveals a big deflection. CSK lose a review, apart from the dangerous Samson. Urvil Patel walks in, and takes on Cummins with a couple of breathtaking sixes straight away.

CSK: 46/1 (4)

Nitish Kumar Reddy takes the new ball for SRH, and Sanju Samson walks out to open alongside skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad for CSK. It's a horror start for Nitish, who oversteps on the first ball and then sees the free-hit imperiously lofted down the ground by Samson for six. The keeper-batter elegantly flicks the next ball to the boundary before ending the over with another four through the off side. Seventeen off the first over!

CSK: 17/0 (1)

Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Substitutes: Travis Head, Aniket Verma, Liam Livingstone, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel

Chennai Super Kings Impact Substitutes: Mukesh Choudhary, Matthew Short, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Gurjapneet Singh

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge

Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Spencer Johnson

Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and elected to bat first, citing a dry surface. Ruturaj Gaikwad confirms that MS Dhoni is unfit and will not play in what will be the last home game of the season for CSK.

This is how the IPL 2026 standings look before tonight's encounter:

Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Akeal Hosein, Matthew Short, Matt Henry, MS Dhoni, Shreyas Gopal, Dian Forrester, Zakary Foulkes, Rahul Chahar, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Madhwal, Aman Khan, Macneil Noronha.

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

Despite playing on home turf, CSK have been handed 44% chance of winning tonight's game with SRH being handed 56% chance by Google. Learn more in our report.

Expect warm and somewhat cloudy weather today at the Chepauk. The temperatures will be around 35°C (95°F) at match time. There is a 25% chance of rain expected. The humidity will be high as always in Chennai in May.

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The first ball is scheduled to be bowled at 7:30pm IST, with the toss slated for 7pm. The CSK vs SRH, IPL 2026 match will be televised live on the Star Sports Network in India. Fans can also watch the live streaming of the match on the JioHotstar app and website in the country.

Good evening and welcome, everyone. We are building up to the start of the Indian Premier League clash between Chennai Super Kings and SunRisers Hyderabad. Watch this space for the pre-match news, toss info and live updates.