Kumar is back. Dhoni flicks to leg for FOUR! CSK wins the game by 8 wickets as Ambati Rayudu gets 100.
Siddharth Kaul comes into to bowl his third over. Singles coming in for Chennai Super Kings. Fine leg comes in and changes being made in the fielding. Dhoni ends the over with a SIX!
Rashid Khan is here and gives away only 4 runs off the over. 19 runs required from 18 balls.
Shakib Al Hasan bowls his last. Manish Pandey DROPS an important catch of Dhoni at the boundary. Rayudu goes down the line and hits a tall SIX and a FOUR.
Sandeep Sharma comes in. Out of desperation, Raina makes a poor shot selection and captain Kane Williamson takes a stunning catch at the mid-off. Raina OUT on 2. MS Dhoni the new man in. Is there a twist in the tale?
Shakib Al Hasan bowls his third over. As Rayudu pushes the delivery, Watson gets slow and Goswami makes no mistake and sends the Australian packing, Watson OUT on 57. Raina the new man in for CSK.
Kumar back into the attack and Rayudu hits a huge SIX and then a FOUR! 14 runs off the over. After 13 overs, SRH were 100-1. 52 runs required from 42 balls.
Spinner Rashid Khan bowls his third over and Rayudu hits it for a huge SIX. SRH desperately looking out for a wicket to obstruct the run flow. 66 runs required from 48 balls.
Siddharth Kaul is here and half centuries for the openers Watson and Rayudu who brings in 50 with a SIX and then another FOUR. 13 runs off the over. 74 runs required from 54 balls,
Sandeep Sharma comes back. CSK are way too ahead of SRH. Watson ends the over with a FOUR at deep backward point. CSK needs 87 runs from 60 balls.
Chennai Super Kings is all pepped up for the challenge against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune in the 46th match of the IPL 2018. Sunrisers Hyderabad has already made their way to the playoffs with 18 Points at the Table. However, Kane Williamson would want to keep up his 6 matches winning spree and would leave no stone unturned to win this game as well. Chennai Super Kings are in Pune after losing a game against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. Dhoni blamed the bowlers for the loss and it would be interesting to watch how the bowlers perform after the captain taking a jibe at them.
The match is full of trivia. As per IPLT20.com, MS Dhoni needs 47 runs to 4000 IPL runs and Shane Watson needs 11 runs to 3000 IPL runs. Also, Dwayne Bravo needs 4 more wickets to surpass Ravichandran Ashwin’s tally of 90 wickets and become the Chennai Super Kings’ highest wicket-taker in the IPL. Bhuvneshwar Kumar needs 5 more wickets to become the first Sunrisers Hyderabad bowler to take 100 IPL wickets. For now, we will have to see who wins the interesting game.
Predicted XI CSK: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Sam Billings, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi
Probable Playing XI SRH: Alex Hales, Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson (c), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma