SRH vs CSK IPL 2024 Highlights: Impressive all-round performance boosts Hyderabad to easy win over Chennai

In the bowling we felt it was a slow wicket. So we wanted to take the powerplay on. We had a chance to prepare well before the IPL. We knew it will be slow but not if we take on the bowler. Because it would be difficult for the bowler as well. Big scores matter, but I went with the flow today. Hopefully I will get out last next time. It is all the hardwork i have put before this. Special thanks to my dad, Yuvi Paaji and Brian Lara.

Nitish Kumar Reddy smashes Deepak Chahar on the very first delivery of the 19th over to boost Sunrisers Hyderabad to an easy win.

CSK - 165/5 in 20 overs.

SRH - 166/4 in 18.1 overs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad win by 6 wickets.

Moeen Ali gets his second and he removes Shahbaz Ahmed. This was pitched on leg from around the wicket and turned away from the left-hander. But he goes for a reverse sweep and is trapped. CSK go for a review and get their man. 25 runs still needed in 26 balls

Moeen Ali traps Markram in front to get him LBW. Well, there might be something still in this game but still, it's a long road for CSK. This was on a good length spinning into the right-hander, who went for a reverse sweep but could not get anything on it. 31 runs are needed off 30 balls

SRH are in complete control of the proceedings.

Excellent couple of overs from CSK after the end of powerplay.

Ravindra Jadeja conceded only 7 runs in the 7th over and then Maheesh Theekshana concedes just 6 runs in the 8th over.

SRH - 90/1 in 8 overs. (Travis Head - 30* off 21 balls, Aiden Markram - 21* off 16 balls).

CSK are looking to break the momentum after the wicket. SRH have made 64/1 in 5 overs. The last over brought them 7 runs. 

And finally, Chahar gets his man and is pumped up. This was some show from Abhishek, who scored 37 off 12 balls. This was looking so dangerous but it's over. SRH 46/1 after 2.4 overs.

35 runs from the first tow overs and SRH are off to a flier. Playing his first match in IPL 2024, Mukesh has been swept for 27 runs by Abhishek. Some sort of start

Travis Head walks in as an impact sub and is set to kick off SRH's innings with in-form Abhishek Sharma.

Deepak Chahar to bowl the first over for CSK. Mukesh Chaudhary replaces Shivam Dube.

SRH need 166 runs in 120 balls to beat CSK.

CSK finish on 165. Dhoni took a single off the penultimate ball and Jadeja hit a four on the final ball, although it was a misfield. So CSK have a decent total of 165

Natarajan gets Mitchell and there is no disappointment in the crowd by the CSK fans for the fall of the wicket. This happens only when Dhoni has to come in and the legend is here

CSK are at 152/4 after 18 overs. Mitchell and Jadeja collect 13 off the over. 2 overs to go with Bhuvneshwar and Natarajan having one each. Bhuvo to bowl the 19th

Unadkat gets Rahane on a slower ball as well. These slower deliveries are doing the trick as this looks a challenging surface when balls are slow. This was outside the off-stump with no pace on offer. Rahane had to reach out and edges it to backward point

Dube's stay is over. Cummins gets the much-needed breakthrough and SRH can breathe now. This was a slower bouncer way outside off and Dube had to reach for it. He hits it to backward-point. Jadeja now comes in.

Dube has smoked two back-to-back sixes off Natarajan and he has taken CSK past 100 in the 12th over. A good over for the Super Kings after a little quiet period

A good first half from CSK despite losing two wickets. Dube and Rahane are looking strong and are keeping Chennai on track. Cummins bowled a four-run over the 10th over. Unadkat comes for the 11th. It looks like Cummins is now keeping spin away from Dube, finally, he has taken this move.

Dube's love for the spinners is on full display. He has hit 25 from 10 balls already and all the runs came against Mayank Markande and Shahbaz Ahmed. He has hit two sixes and two fours already. CSK 80/2 after 9

The Chennai skipper has to depart. Shahbaz Ahmed comes and strikes on his first ball. It was a length ball on stumps, Gaikwad wanted to get under it and slog it. But gets the inside part of the bat to long-on, where Abdul Samad holds on to the easy chance. Dube comes in now

Ruturaj and Rahane are going well at the moment and CSK are off to a strong start. They have made 48/1 from the first 6 overs with both the current batters looking confident. The last powerplay over of Bhuvi brought 15 runs as Gaikwad and Rahane combined for three boundaries, including a six.

Bhuvneshwar gets Rachin and that is his first wicket of the season. This was a back-of-a-length delivery angling across the left-hander wide towards the off-stump. Rachin went for the pull and got a top-edge taken by Markram at mid-on. Rahane now comes in

And here we go. CSK openers Rachin and Gaikwad are in the middle, while Abhishek Sharma has the ball in hand

Sunrisers Hyderabad impact subs: Travis Head, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tripathi.

Chennai Super Kings impact subs: Shardul Thakur, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Choudhary.

3 changes for CSK

Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

2 changes for SRH

Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Jaydev Unadkat, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan

Pat Cummins have won the toss and SRH are batting first

I think the ball is swinging less, the wickets are pretty flat, last match in Vizag, I asked the curator if he wanted to see 300 runs being scored,. he just said that he wanted to break the 277-run record set in Hyderabad (laughs). Last match, KKR made 272 there. I think this mentality should change, they should prepare 200-run pitches. For me, the pitch doesn't matter, the ball does swing in the 1st over. I've played a lot of games, the bounce is always good, there's something in this wicket for the pacers, it's not flat. It's better in the middle overs (about the 2 bouncer rule). Anyway, you don't bowl a lot of bouncers with the new ball. But we did see with Mayank Yadav, he got protection in the deep, the batters will be left thinking, so it does help in the middle and death overs, especially if you use your variations. Last time the crowd support was 90-10 in favour of CSK, today I think it's around 80-20.

The Bangladesh speedster was likely to arrive in Hyderabad on Friday afternoon after going home for visa issues for T20 World Cup. There is no official word from the franchise whether he has joined the team or not

CSK are at third spot with two wins in their three outings, while SRH are on 7th with a single win in three games. CSK were unbeaten in their first two games - registering wins against Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans before facing a tough loss to Delhi Capitals. Meanwhile, SRH began their campaign with a hard loss to Kolkata Knight Riders before beating Mumbai Indians. SRH lost their previous game to GT.

The previous contest saw the highest-ever IPL total being shattered but will it be the same this time too? It's hard to say because the pitch for this one will be a black soil one instead of red soil, which was in play for the record-breaking SRH vs MI clash. But this will be a fresh pitch and runs should be scored well today too.

It's match number 18 in IPL 2024 as Sunrisers Hyderabad go face-to-face against Chennai Super Kings at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The venue hosted a record run-scoring fest a little more than a week ago. Fans have happy memories about the venue and would be hoping for something similar this time too.