SRH vs CSK Match 27 Commentary - Hyderabad (18 April 2026)

Good hustle from the batters. Full at the toes, ends up being a low full toss. Overton jams it down to long on and picks up a couple of runs.

That's well bowled. Praful stays around the wicket and jams the yorker in on the pads. Overton fails to flick it away and the ball thuds into the pads before rolling away just past the strip into the leg side. The batters pick up a leg bye.

No ball! Oh, deary me. That looks too high and it is given as a No Ball but SRH have reviewed it. Praful Hinge runs in and tries to angle across a yorker but the ball slips out of his hands and ends up going past the batter at around chest height. The third umpire confirms that Kamboj's waist height is 1.09 meters and the ball went past him at 1.24 meters. Free Hit loading...

That's a stellar comeback delivery from Hinge. A yorker right on the money, on leg stump and Kamboj can only jam it out to deep mid-wicket for a single. 13 needed now off 3 balls.

OUT! CAUGHT! Should be the game for SRH, 13 needed off 2 balls. Two sixes to tie for CSK. Praful Hinge keeps his composure and nails another one in the blockhole, landing it just outside off. Jamie Overton hangs deep in the crease and looks to power it away but can't quite get under the flight of the ball. Ends up heaving it towards long off, where Liam Livingstone moves to his left and pouches it well.

Another fine delivery. Full and at the toes, Noor Ahmad jams it across through mid-wicket and picks up a single in the deep. A huge roar from the crowd as they are now certain that without any extras, the game is in the bag for the home side.

That's it, Praful Hinge has done it and Sunrisers Hyderabad win by 10 runs. Praful goes for the yorker at the toes again but errs on the fuller side. Anshul Kamboj clips the low full toss off his legs and towards deep mid-wicket for a single. Great comeback from Hinge, especially given how the first over of the chase went.

A low full toss, straight at the stumps. Jamie Overton drills it back but Nitish Kumar Reddy does well to get a big hand on it on the followthrough.

Just a single. Fuller in length, wide outside off, a bit slower too. Overton toe-ends the smack-drive to deep cover for a run.

Full-pitched delivery, pushed wide outside off, Anshul Kamboj slashes at it and slices it over the point region for a single.

Full again, angled into the pads, hacked across the line to deep mid-wicket for one more.

SIX! That's a big blow from Kamboj. NKR misses the straight yorker and serves a full toss on middle, Anshul Kamboj backs away and takes full toll as he swings it over long on for a biggie. 21 needed now off 7 balls.

WIDE! Oh, an extra and NKR can't get out of the over. Full and wide, sprayed beyond the tramline outside off.

Oh, that should have been a run-out, but Jamie Overton is left off the hook here. Slower ball, slightly back of a length. Kamboj swats it down to long on without much timing and the batters look for two. The throw comes in at the bowler's end but Reddy fails to dislodge the bails. 18 needed off the final over.

On a fuller length, attacking the stumps, Kamboj swings at it but only manages an inside edge towards backward square leg for a single.

Well struck but it will just be two. Full and straight, drilled along the turf and to the left of long on. Heinrich Klaasen mops it up nicely and keeps it down to two runs.

Oh, what's happened here? There's an appeal for LBW, which is turned down, but then the keeper misses the shy at the stumps and that really could have been game over for CSK. Will this missed opportunity cost SRH? Full and tailing into the legs, Overton misses the flick and the ball brushes the pads before rolling behind to the keeper. Overton wanders down the pitch in search of a single but has to track back quickly. Salil Arora collects the ball behind the stumps and has all three stumps to aim at with ample time but he misses, allowing Jamie to get back.

FOUR! Should have been stopped but that's a fine shot again from Overton. Attempted yorker, on leg stump, Malinga errs on the fuller side. Overton clips it firmly between long on and deep mid-wicket and it is Aniket Verma from the latter position, who runs across and gets to it but fumbles it over the ropes.

Another misfield. Full again, on middle and leg, flicked away to the right of deep mid-wicket for a single but Ishan Kishan now fumbles and concedes an extra run.

Full and straight, heaved across to deep mid-wicket for a single now. 30 needed off 12 balls.

Full and straight, pushed back past the bowler's right and down to long on for a single.

WIDE! Well, that's come out all wrong. Attempted slower bumper, too high and spins away a mile from the left-hander. Left alone for a wide.

Oh, in the air but into the vast empty space as well. Slower one on the leg stump, Shivam Dube looks to clip it off the legs but gets a leading edge through the mid-wicket region and picks up a single.

WIDE! Just past the tramline, but Ishan Kishan reviews it. A wide yorker, swings away late as well. Jamie Overton lets it through and the umpire signals a wide. However, now the third umpire is called into action. It is confirmed that no part of the ball is inside the revised wide guideline and it stays a wide.

Pace on this time, hitting a hard length and bowling it around off. Overton gets rushed off the deck and jams it to the left of the bowler, who gets to it quickly.

Excellent bowling again. Another wide yorker, gets it right this time. Overton digs it into the off side and gets across for the single.

OUT! TIMBER! This could be the game right here and Shivam Dube cannot believe it. Dale Steyn on air just mentioned that Sakib Hussain deserves a wicket tonight, and right on cue, Sakib might have just picked up the most important wicket of the night. Hussain goes quick and full again, aims it at the toes. Dube gets rushed as he looks to flick it away and ends up playing all around it. The ball might have just flicked the back pad as well, before rattling into the middle stump. 41 needed now off 19 balls.

Keeps the length full, does Sakib and bowls it around off. Anshul Kamboj drags it across to long on for one.

FOUR! Flies off the edge! A full and wide one, with the third man up in the ring. Shivam Dube throws his hands at it and gets a thick outside edge that flies over short third and goes into the fence.

Two is the call and they get it as well, good running. A slower bumper, around head height and on off, Dube reaches out and pulls it down in front of mid-wicket, into the vast open space and gets a brace.

Dug in short, right at the batter, Dube pulls it away through square leg for one.

OUT! CAUGHT! Has Aniket Verma clung onto the catch? Indeed, he has. Eshan Malinga goes full and straight, looking for the inswinging yorker but misses it a touch. Matthew Short gets the front leg out and whips it furiously but flat towards deep mid-wicket. Aniket Verma charges in a bit and nearly overruns the ball, but manages to snaffle it with both hands to his right. 47 needed now off 26 balls as Malinga gets his third wicket.

Full and around the fifth stump line, driven past extra cover for a single.

That's perfectly bowled and even Shivam Dube knows it, that's why he isn't reviewing it for a wide. Very full and wide, hugging the tramline outside off. Dube reaches for it but gets beaten.

Begins with an off-cutter, on a length, on middle. Dube watchfully nurdles it in front of square on the leg side for a run.

Wide! Attempts the yorker but strays in his line. This drifts down leg and Short fails to get it away.

Gets the yorker right this time, at the toes. Short jams it out through backward square leg and gets to the other end.

Bends his back and comes up with a bouncer, does Sakib. Around the left shoulder and Dube pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for just a single.

Right in the blockhole, on middle. Short cannot do much about it. He toe-ends the drive back past the bowler and rotates the strike.

Back to the slower, short ball, on middle. Shivam waits for the ball to arrive and he taps the ball on its head. He nudges it behind square leg, where the short fine leg fielder gets around to his right and tidies up. Just a single.

A fine over from Sakib. Just 6 runs off it. Hussain goes searching for the yorker but ends with a low full toss, on off and middle. Short is late on the shot and mistimes the drive to extra cover. That should have been put away by Matthew. 54 runs needed in 30 balls.

NO BALL! A false start for Hinge. Praful goes searching for the yorker but ends up bowling a low full toss, on middle. Short whips it away wide of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. Hinge has cut the return crease with his trailing leg. Free Hit coming up.

Short cannot make the Free Hit count. Very full, not allowing the batter to get under the ball, on middle. Short hangs deep in the crease with an open bat face and swings for the hills. Miscues it off the inner half towards wide long on. They cross.

Nice and full at 133.7 kph, on middle. Shivam firms the drive back at the bowler. Praful makes a sharp stop to his right. Shows a bit of aggression too, as he fakes a throw at the batter. 27 balls since the last boundary.

The surprise short ball from Hinge, gets it high enough to trouble the batter, just around the left shoulder. Dube swivels for the pull but is beaten for pace and the ball goes over the blade.

SIX! Hinge misses the yorker and Dube makes him pay. Praful looks to dart in the yorker but gets it slightly wrong. Dube is standing deep in the crease and that allows him to get under the ball. A clean swing of the arms and Shivam tonks it over long on for a biggie.

Full and at the sticks, Shivam drills it to long on for a run.

FOUR! Gets it through! Hinge stays around the wicket and keeps the stumps in play. Short steps out and takes it on the full. He smacks it on the bounce towards wide mid off, where Heinrich Klaasen dives to his left and gets a hand on it but it is not enough. The ball races behind and Ishan Kishan's chase goes in vain. A much-needed over for CSK. 15 runs off it.

Hits the back of a length, on off. Short stands tall and smashes it to long on for just a single.

A well-directed short ball, around the badge of the helmet. Dube gets his hands high and helps the pull wide of deep mid-wicket for one more.

Honing in on the off stump, this cuts back a bit, on a good length. Short checks his shot and plays it back to Reddy.

Serves the slower ball, full and on middle. Matthew knocks it to long on and turns the strike over.

From around the wicket to the left-hander, full and on off. Dube powers the drive to long off and picks up a single.

At 134.1 kph, Reddy lands it full, outside off. Short walks towards the line of the ball and drives it to long off for another run. 75 runs needed off 42 balls.

Flighted delivery, full and on off. Short reaches out in front and eases it to extra cover.

Drops it short, around off. Matthew presses back and hits it to long on for a single.

Dishes out the googly at 91.4 kph, on off. Dewald stays back to a full ball and cuts well but straight to backward point.

OUT! CAUGHT! Just before the start of the over, Simon Doull wondered whether Ishan Kishan brought back Shivang Kumar to lure these two right-handers into the big shot. And on cue, Dewald Brevis has fallen to the bait. Loopy ball, full and around off. Brevis puts his head down and swings to launch it back over the bowler's head. It is the googly and Brevis ends up cutting across the line of the ball. It is skied to long off, where Liam Livingstone stays side on and takes the catch to his right, well in front of the ropes. A four-ball duck for Brevis.

On a length, on off. Dube pushes it out to the right of cover and takes a quick single.

Low full toss, on off. Short drives it firmly to wide long off for a single.

Nails the yorker, tailing in, on middle and leg. Short gets the front pad out of the way and whips it to deep mid-wicket for one.

Keeps it nice and full in line with the off stump. Khan brings his bottom hand into play as he powers the drive but can't beat Heinrich Klaasen at mid off.

Off-cutter, dug in short, over off and middle. Sarfaraz Khan arches back to play the upper-cut but the ball spins back to cramp Khan for room and he fails to connect.

OUT! CAUGHT! Eshan Malinga strikes on his return to the attack. Malinga goes full and straight, at the stumps. Sarfaraz clears the front leg and uses his bottom hand in a bid to go big on the leg side. The bat turns in his hand and the top hand comes off the bat handle. Neither does he get any elevation, nor does he pick the gap. Hits it flat and straight down the throat of deep square leg, where Nitish Kumar Reddy makes no mistake. The 46-run stand has been broken. CSK are 112/4, chasing 195.

Malinga bangs it in short, just outside off. Brevis gets into a bit of tangle and takes his eyes off the ball as he leaves.

Eshan sticks to the short ball but this time, it is the pace off option. Dewald gets on his toes and sways away. End of a successful over from Malinga. A wicket and just the single off it. CSK need 83 runs in 54 balls.

Full ball, aimed in at the toes, hoicked away to deep mid-wicket for one. Short looks for the second but Sarfaraz sends him back.

Pitched up full again and outside off, Khan comes down the pitch, goes too hard at it and loses his shape. Ends up heaving it across towards wide deep mid-wicket for one.

Sakib keeps the length full and bowls it at the pads, Matthew Short flicks it to the left of deep backward square leg and picks up a couple of handy runs.

Slightly slower, dug into the pitch and outside off, Short stays upright and forces the flat-batted shot through mid off for one.

On the pads, Khan moves inside the line of the ball and flicks it to deep square leg for another single.

Decent over from Hussain, 7 off it, and CSK are now Nelson for 3 at the end of 10 overs. A straight ball, in the blockhole, jammed down firmly to long on for a single. 84 needed off 60 deliveries.

Did that carry? A lovely bit of bowling from Shivang Kumar. It is the wrong'un, floated up around off. Sarfaraz Khan skips down the pitch and goes after it but doesn't get to the pitch of the ball. Khan ends up skewing it towards short third, where Praful Hinge runs forward and the ball just falls short of him.

Flatter delivery on off, Short looks to cut close to the body but drags it back to the bowler.

Another wrong'un from Kumar, not all that full. Short looks to drive but gets an outside edge down to short third.

Shorter this time, on off, eased off the back foot and through covers for one.

Oh, that's sloppy fielding from the bowler. Tossed up, full on off, driven straight to extra cover for one. The throw at the bowler's end is fumbled by the bowler and the batters do well to sneak in an extra run.

FOUR! The extra run conceded on the last ball and now it's adding insult to injury. Dragged down, well short on leg, Sarfaraz Khan gets inside the line and whips it flat over short fine leg for a boundary.

FOUR! Hammered down the ground. Fuller one, speared into middle and leg, Sarfaraz takes the front leg out and heaves it to the left of long on for a boundary.

Flighted this time, full and on middle and leg again. A big heave from Khan this time and he miscues it off the inside half of the blade through square leg for one.

Good running. Length ball on off, Short rocks back and punches it away to deep extra cover for a couple of runs.

FOUR! SRH getting a bit sloppy in the field now. Full and outside off, Matthew Short leans on and reaches for it, powering it to the left of wide long off. Heinrich Klaasen runs across, slides to get to the ball, but it bounces off his body and goes into the fence.

Fullish length, outside off, Short drives it uppishly but safely through covers for a single.

Shortish length outside off, chopped away in front of covers for a single. 99 more needed off 72 balls.

Angled well across the right-hander, Sarfaraz Khan reaches out, opens the face of the blade, and cuts it straight to short third.

FOUR! Ah, a bit unlucky for the fielder in the deep. Shortish length, wide outside off, Sarfaraz Khan reaches for it again and dabs it wide to the left of deep point. Aniket Verma runs around and dives in to save the boundary but his body ends up contacting the ropes with the ball in hand.

A bit of yes and no between the batters, but no harm is done. A bit fuller but still wide outside off, nudged down to short third for a single.

Short and outside off, sits up, Short cuts it through point for one more.

Nagging length, outside off, going further away, Khan can only manage to tap it down to short third.

A misfield and the batters pinch the single. Full, on off, pushed away to short cover, where the fielder lets the ball through his hands and the bowler doesn't seem too pleased.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! A wicket off the first ball for Eshan Malinga and Ruturaj Gaikwad has to walk back for yet another low score. Malinga immediately goes short and surprises the batter with the bumper, bowling it around the front shoulder. Gaikwad takes on the pull but only gets a glove on it. The ball lobs behind and Salil Arora pouches it comfortably. CSK are 66/3 now, chasing 195 for the win.

Back of a length, outside off, nudged away between point and short third for a couple of runs by Sarfaraz Khan.

WIDE! Banged in, too short and down the leg side as well. Khan swings at it but misses, wide called.

Full and straight, clipped away towards mid-wicket where the fielder gets a bad bounce and the batters pick up an easy single.

FOUR! Put away with ease. Banged into the pitch and over middle, just not short enough. This one sets up nicely and Matthew Short stands tall, lacing the pull through mid-wicket for a boundary.

Back of a length, on the pads, nudged down towards square leg for a single.

Slower one on a good length, around off, Khan opens the bat face and angles it to short third before scampering through for a quick run.

Wide! Very full, at pace, down leg. Gaikwad is beaten for pace on the glance.

Oh, any other day that would have crashed into the stumps. Reddy bowls it on a back of a length, on off. Gaikwad pushes at it off the back foot. Gets an inside edge that goes past the leg stump and goes down to deep fine leg. Sakib Hussain in the deep is a bit square and that allows the batters to sneak in the second run.

The 50-run stand comes up between this pair. Reddy spots Gaikwad backing away and he follows him with a good-length delivery. Ruturaj nudges it in front of deep square leg and Mhatre charges back to the bowling end before the throw comes in. He pulls up just after getting home and is clutching his left hamstring.

Oh, dear! Ayush Mhatre is really struggling. Full and on middle. Gaikwad brings his bat out in front and knocks it to the right of mid on. Mhatre hobbles to the other end and the mid on fielder spots that to fire in a throw at Ayush's end. He does not hit. The keeper, Salil Arora collects the throw before releasing an underarm throw at the batting end but Mhatre is in by then.

OUT! CAUGHT! A stunning grab by Heinrich Klaasen. Nitish Kumar Reddy lets out a big roar. This is on a length, outside off. Mhatre stays rooted to the crease and swings at it. Carves it off the outer half towards wide mid off, where Klaasen moves swiftly to his left and leaps before stretching both hands in that direction to cling onto the catch. The ball stays in his grasp even as his elbow hits the turf, and he does well to roll over and soften the landing.

Full and attacking the stumps, pushed to mid on.

Keeps it at the sticks and the length stays full, Short knocks it to mid off.

FIVE WIDES! A wayward start from Sakib Hussain. Hussain sprays it well down leg, on a length. It keeps going further down leg after going past the batter and Salil Arora stands no chance. The 50 is up for CSK.

On a hard length, angled in, on middle. Ruturaj Gaikwad turns it to mid-wicket.

A review burned by CSK. Sakib Hussain slips in the bumper, over off. Gaikwad arches back and gets low to play the upper-cut but fails to connect. Ruturaj has a chat with Mhatre at the other end before deciding to review the wide call. The Ball Tracking confirms that the ball was above the shoulder but below the head height.

In and around the off stump, on a short of a length. Gaikwad dabs it wide of cover for a single.

Sakib takes pace off and delivers it on a back of a length, on off. Mhatre gives himself room to power it through the off side but adjusts to the change of pace and checks his shot. Pats it in front of mid off and takes a quick single.

Skidding through, on a short of a good length, on off. Ruturaj drops it beside the strip on the off side and turns the strike over.

Wide! Hussain bangs it in short, outside off. Ayush hops and flashes at it but does not connect. Wide given for height. Sakib is not pleased with the wide call. Ishan Kishan has a word with the keeper and opts against the review.

FOUR! Not from the middle, but Mhatre will take it. Off-cutter, into the wicket, on middle. Mhatre swings with a horizontal bat. He is a touch early into the shot but clears wide mid on and the ball skips away into the ropes. 13 runs off Sakib's first over.

SIX! High and handsome! Hinge bends his back and digs it in short, over middle. Gets it up around the chest but Ayush hops, swivels and lifts his front leg before pulling it over square leg for a biggie.

Hurls it on a back of a length, outside off. Mhatre spanks it straight to cover.

FOUR! Nearly went the distance! Praful Hinge errs in his line and this is on a good length. Ayush frees his arms and holds his shape as he thumps it over the man at mid off with a cross-bat. The ball bounces just in front of the ropes.

Wide! Hinge responds with a bumper but this is too high. Mhatre sways away and lets it go.

Wide! Another bouncer, over the right shoulder. Not as high as the previous ball but Mhatre drops his wrists and sees the ball sail over his head. Praful feels hard done by but SRH do not review the wide call.

FOUR! Crashed away! At 139.6 kph, too wide from Hinge, on a back of a length. Stand and deliver stuff from Mhatre as he frees his arms and slaps it over cover for a boundary.

FOUR! The boundaries keep flowing. Tighter line from Hinge, closer to the off stump but this sits up to be hit. Mhatre does not quite pick the change of pace as this was the leg-cutter from Praful. Ayush swings a bit early and it goes off the toe end but flies back past the bowler quickly and well wide of Heinrich Klaasen at mid off to his right.

FOUR! A teaser for Klaasen. Hinge has been taken down by Mhatre. 24 runs off it. Hinge lands it on a back of a length, on off. Ayush holds his shape and swings through the line. Gets it off the bottom half of the bat and Heinrich Klaasen running over his right shoulder thinks he is in business but the ball drops out of his reach and it skips across the turf. Klaasen puts in a slide to stop the boundary but to no avail.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Nitish Kumar Reddy strikes with his first ball. Seam-up ball by Reddy, on a short of a good length, outside off. Samson presses on the back foot and goes for the pull. Skies it off the lower half of the bat towards mid on, where Heinrich Klaasen calls others out of the way and settles under it. He takes the catch in reverse cup style around his face.

Fractionally short and equally wide at 135 kph. Mhatre stays leg side of the ball and looks to force it away on the off side. The ball comes on slower than he anticipated and Ayush ends up bunting it down the strip.

A swing and a miss! Pitched up by Reddy, a hint of away shape, outside off. Ayush crouches and swings to go down the ground. His feet go nowhere, and he is beaten on the outside edge.

Reddy hits the hard length, on off. Ayush stands tall on top of the bounce and taps it to cover-point.

DROPPED! Heinrich Klaasen covered a lot of ground, but the ball kept going away from him. It could have been two in the over for Reddy. Angled in, on a good length, on middle. Mhatre is nowhere near the pitch of the ball but he still swings through the line. It is skied over mid on, where Klaasen runs over his left shoulder but the ball keeps drifting away from him. He flings himself but the ball clips his fingertips and dribbles towards the ropes. Heinrich does well to get back up on his feet and he flicks the ball away from the fence, saving a run for his side.

Wide! Short and this slips just beyond the tramline. Gaikwad lets it go.

FOUR! Lovely shot! Reddy is made to pay for the extra ball. Fractionally fuller, on middle. Ruturaj Gaikwad presents the full face of the bat and lets his hands through the ball. Drives it all along the ground to the left of mid on for a four.

SIX! Just over! Samson and CSK are away. Banged in short, tucking the batter up for room. Sanju swivels and although he is a bit rushed, he manages to get the pull shot away. Manages to clear the deep backward square leg fielder for a six. Hinge was off in celebration before watching the ball sail over the deep fielder's head.

Dishes it out on a hard length, on off. Samson hops and runs it down behind point with an open bat face. The backward point fielder dives to his left and gets a hand on it. It rolls to deep third and the batters cross for one.

This keeps climbing, on a shortish length, on off. Ruturaj Gaikwad hops and gets his hands high to flay it away before bailing out of the shot.

Fuller and honing in on the off stump, Gaikwad lunges and pats it back to Praful.

FOUR! Gaikwad is up and running! A little bit of width, on a good length. This shapes back a touch, Ruturaj presses forward and drives it on the up through covers for a boundary to get going.

FOUR! Easy pickings! As they say, sport is a great leveller. Praful Hinge has experienced that tonight. 3 wickets in his opening over on his debut night against RR, and tonight, he has gone for 15 runs. Swinging back in at the hips, on a back of a length. Gaikwad gets on his toes and glances it down to the vacant deep fine leg region for four more.