CSK vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2026: Kishan's 70 key as SRH win by five wickets, qualify for playoffs

CSK vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2026: Ishan Kishan's 47-ball 70 helped Sunrisers Hyderabad seal a five-wicket victory. SRH also became the third team to qualify for the playoffs, joining Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

CSK vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2026: Sunrisers Hyderabad's Ishan Kishan got a 47-ball 70. (ANI Pic Service)

CSK vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2026: Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Chennai Super Kings by five wickets, becoming the third team after Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru to qualify for the IPL 2026 playoffs. Ishan Kishan's 47-ball 70 was key as SRH reached 181/5 in 19 overs, chasing a target of 181 runs. Kishan smacked seven fours and three sixes during his knock, also striking at 148.94. Kishan built a dominant partnership with Heinrich Klaasen, with the latter departing for 47 off 26 balls in the 15th over. Akeal Hosein removed Abhishek Sharma in the eighth over, dismissing the SRH opener for 26 off 21 balls. SRH suffered an early setback in their run chase, losing opener Travis Head in the third over. The Aussie lost his wicket to Mukesh Choudhary, departing for six off six balls. Chennai Super Kings posted 180/7 in 20 overs, setting a target of 181 runs. In the 19th over, Sakib Hussain removed Shivam Dube for his second wicket, as the set CSK batter departed for 26 off 23 balls. Meanwhile, Praful Hinge rose to the occassion in the final over, dismissing Prashant Veer (11). Ehsan Malinga struck in the 18th over, breaking Dube's partnership with Dewald Brevis. Brevis departed for 44 off 27 balls....Read More

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• 18 May 2026, 11:37:44 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: SRH WIN!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Its back-to-back singles after Kishan's dismissal. Then Smaran hits Kamboj for a four to win the match for SRH! SRH qualify for the playoffs!

  SRH - 181/5 (19), Target - 181

• 18 May 2026, 11:32:40 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Kishan departs!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Kamboj misses his yorker and Salil hammers it for a six! SHOT! OVER DEEP MIDWICKET! Then he takes a single, gives Kishan the strike. Kishan tries to go big, ends up slicing it to Urvil for a catch!

  Kishan c Urvil b Kamboj 70 (47)

  SRH - 175/5 (18.3), Target - 181

• 18 May 2026, 11:29:55 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: SRH need 13 runs in 12 balls

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A poor delivery by Mukesh and Kishan flat hits it past the fielder for a four. Then he ends the over with a six, pulls a short ball to the deep square leg stands.

  SRH - 168/4 (18), Target - 181

• 18 May 2026, 11:23:34 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Mukesh removes Reddy!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Mukesh strikes in his first ball of the 18th over, caught by Urvil! A full ball, in the slot, and Reddy tries to go big, down the ground. Caught at long off!

  Reddy c Urvil b Mukesh 11 (7)

• 18 May 2026, 11:21:48 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: SRH need 28 runs in 18 balls

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Kamboj begins with a full ball, on the pads. Kishan guides it to deep square leg for a single. Then its a yorker, Reddy hits it to midwicket for a single. In the third ball, Kamboj sends it full, Kishan sends it to mid on for a single. Then Reddy takes a triple. Kishan is at it again! One bounce and then past the ropes, its a four! Over ends with a dot.

  SRH - 153/3 (17), Target - 181

• 18 May 2026, 11:13:37 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Kishan gets his fifty!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A short delivery by Akeal, and Kishan pulls him to deep midwicket for a single, fifty! Then its a wide, followed by a single. Over ends with a double and then a single.

  SRH - 143/3 (16), Target - 181

• 18 May 2026, 11:07:01 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Stumping!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: OUT!!!

  A good delivery by Noor, Klaasen goes forward, and fails to connect. Its a googly and Samson does the stumping! OUT!

  Klaasen st Samson b Noor 47 (26)

• 18 May 2026, 11:02:47 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Klaasen attacks Dube

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A short of length delivery by Dube and Klaasen cuts it square, past the sweeper for a four! Over ends with a dot. Dube was also earlier hit for a four in this over.

  SRH - 126/2 (14), Target - 181

• 18 May 2026, 10:55:12 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Kishan in good form

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A slow ball by Kambo and Kishan guides it to cover and calls for a single. He was a long way away, and Noor fails to hit the stumps. two runs. Then Kishan smacks him for a six, pulled into the deep midwicket ropes! Followed by a single, wide and then another single. Then Kishan cuts him for a four, wide of sweeper cover. Over ends with a single.

  SRH - 114/2 (13), Target - 181

• 18 May 2026, 10:46:28 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: SRH - 98/2 (12), Target - 181

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Nine runs conceded in the 12th over. Kishan (32*) and Klaasen (33*) are building a partnership here!

  SRH - 98/2 (12), Target - 181

• 18 May 2026, 10:39:26 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Johnson drops Klaasen!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: DROPPED! Klaasen takes on Noor, but doesn't middle it, miscued over backward square. Johnson dives forward, ball pops out! Takes a single. Kishan takes a single in the second ball and then Klaasen smacks Noor over long off for a six! Then its a four to backward square leg. Over ends with back-to-back singles.

  SRH - 89/2 (11), Target - 181

• 18 May 2026, 10:30:40 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: SRH - 64/2 (9), Target - 181

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A short delivery by Noor and Klaasen slams it past the long off fielder for a four! Over ends with a single.

  SRH - 64/2 (9), Target - 181

• 18 May 2026, 10:25:04 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Akeal removes Abhishek!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: OUT!! AKEAL STRIKES!

  A good delivery, down leg, and turns as well. Abhishek goes down for the slog sweep, miscues itt o deep backward square for a catch!

  Abhishek c Johnson b Akeal 26 (21)

• 18 May 2026, 10:20:20 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: First six of the innings!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A short delivery by Kamboj, on middle and leg. Kishan slams it over the fine leg ropes for a six! SHOT! Over ends with a dot! First six of the innings!

  SRH - 45/1 (6), Target - 181

• 18 May 2026, 10:07:28 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: SRH - 31/1 (4), Target - 181

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A short delivery by Johnson, and on leg. Kishan pulls it to deep backward square leg for a four! Then its a dot, followed by another four to end the over.

  SRH - 31/1 (4), Target - 181

• 18 May 2026, 09:56:17 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: OUT! Mukesh strikes!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: OUT!!!!

  A short and quick ball by Mukesh, outside off. Head goes too early and tries to go big, ends up getting caught by the bowler. Top edged!

  Head c and b Mukesh 6 (6)

  CSK - 18/1 (2.3)

• 18 May 2026, 09:55:13 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: SRH - 15/0 (2)

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A full length delivery by Johnson and Head drives it, but ends up edging it past the wicketkeeper for a four. Over ends with a streak of three dots.

  SRH - 15/0 (2)

• 18 May 2026, 09:47:32 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: SRH - 10/0 (1)

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A yorker length delivery by Mukesh, Abhishek guides it to the off side, dot ball. Then its a four, smacked over deep backward point, followed by back-to-back dots. Then he pitches it up, around off, Abhishek launches it over wide mid-off for a four! SHOT! Over ends with a wide and then a single.

  SRH - 10/0 (1)

• 18 May 2026, 09:43:08 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Action resumes!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: The run chase begins! Abhishek and Head to open for SRH. Mukesh to bowl the first over for CSK, also he is ther impact sub!

• 18 May 2026, 09:27:11 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: CSK - 180/7 (20)

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Hinge will bowl the last over and he begins with a wide, too short on length. Its another wide, another short ball. Then Prashant takes a double, guides him to mid-wicket. Hinge responds with back-to-back dots. In the fourth ball, Prashant smacks him to long off for a four, it was a full toss. CSK touch 180. Responds with a dot and then takes a catch! Prashant falls!

  CSK - 180/7 (20)

• 18 May 2026, 09:18:45 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: ANOTHER SET BATTER GONE! OUT!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Sakib to bowl the 19th over. He begins with a short ball, Dube has the height. He pulls it to fine leg ropes for a four. Responds with a dot and then a wide. He needs to bowl that again and guess what? He removes Dube! OUT! BOWLED HIM!

  An off-cutter and its slow, Dube misses it and it rattles his stumps!

  Dube b Sakib 26 (23)

• 18 May 2026, 09:13:28 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Malinga removes Brevis! OUT!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: OUT! MALINGA STRIKES!

  A length ball by Malinga, Brevis gets beaten by the pace and fails to connect. The ball hits the stumps! He has to leave, partnership with Dube broken!

  Brevis b Malinga 44 (27)

• 18 May 2026, 09:08:13 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: CSK - 151/4 (17)

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A slow and short delivery by Sakib and Dube drills him to fine leg ropes for a four! 150 up for CSK and also 50-run partnership with Brevis. Over ends with a dot.

  CSK - 151/4 (17)

• 18 May 2026, 09:01:38 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Brevis takes on Cummins

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A short delivery by Cummins, and Brevis pulls it over deep midwicket for a six! SHOT! Then its a length ball by Cummins, Brevis smacks it to fine leg ropes for a four! Then he takes a single. Cummins gets a dot in the fourth ball and then its a wide. Over ends with back-to-back dots.

  CSK - 144/4 (16)

• 18 May 2026, 08:52:15 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: CSK - 122/4 (14)

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A full delivery by Reddy, outside off. Dube goes forward and smacks through wide long off for a four! Then its a single, followed by another four, this time through backward point. Then Brevis slams him over deep backward square leg for a six! Over ends with back-to-back singles.

  CSK - 122/4 (14)

• 18 May 2026, 08:37:30 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: OUT!!!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: OUT! Gaikwad also has to go now!

  A short ball by Cummins, on middle. Gaikwad tries to pull, toe-ends it to Malinga for a catch! OUT!!

  Gaikwad c Malinga b Cummins 15 (21)

• 18 May 2026, 08:36:28 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: CSK - 99/3 (11)

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A short delivery by Sakib, down leg. Brevis goes inside the line and slams it over fine leg ropes for a six! SHOT! Then its a wide, followed by back-to-back dots. Over ends with a single.

  CSK - 99/3 (11)

• 18 May 2026, 08:28:33 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Cummins strikes again!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: OUT!! BIG WICKET!

  A good short ball and Kartik ends up hitting it to sweeper cover for a simple catch!

  Kartik c Reddy Cummins 32 (19)

  CSK - 92/3 (9.4)

• 18 May 2026, 08:17:30 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: CSK - 79/2 (8)

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A poor ball by Hinge and Kartik smacks him over cover for a four! Then its a six, pulled into the square leg ropes! Doesn't stop there, next its a short ball and Kartik cuts him over the wicketkeeper for a four! Over ends with a dot, single, wide and then again another dot!

  CSK - 79/2 (8)

• 18 May 2026, 08:07:42 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: CSK - 57/2 (6)

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: The sixth over begins with Gaikwad guiding Malinga to square leg for a single. It is followed by three singles and then a dot. Over ends with another single. Gaikwad (9*) and Kartik (6*) need to build a partnership.

  CSK - 57/2 (6)

• 18 May 2026, 08:00:38 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: OUT! Sakib removes Urvil

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A slow delivery by Sakib and its an off cutter. Urvil edges it to his own stumps! The off stump is out! OUT!!! ANOTHER ONE FALLS!

  Urvil b Sakib 13 (8)

• 18 May 2026, 07:53:51 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: CSK - 43/1 (3)

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A short delivery by Cummins, outside off. Urvil pulls him into deep midwicket for a six! SHOT! Ends the over with another six, and it was a full toss, goes flying into the deep square leg ropes!

  CSK - 43/1 (3)

• 18 May 2026, 07:47:19 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Cummins gets the breakthrough!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: IS THERE A NICK ON THAT ONE? YES, THERE IS! CUMMINS IS CELEBRATING BUT SAMSON DOESN'T THINK SO, HE REVIEWS!

  There is a huge spile and on-field umpire stays with his original call, out!! Samson fails to connect and Cummins' delivery nicks past his bat and Kishan takes it!

  Samson c Kishan b Cummins 27 (13)

  CSK - 31/1 (2.3)

• 18 May 2026, 07:43:25 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Samson destroys Hinge!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: SRH review for a caught behind against Samson. Not out displays on the screen! Then Samson drills Hinge through backward point for a four! SHOT! Then Hinge sends it short, outside off, Smason pulls it down the ground for a four! Ends the over with another four!

  CSK - 30/0 (2)

• 18 May 2026, 07:37:45 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Reddy leaks 17 runs in first over

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: The opening over begins with a no ball for Reddy, over steps! Then he is smacked by Samson to long on for a six, followedb y a four to deep square leg. He responds with a dot, followed by a single, to deep extra cover. Over ends with a single and then Samson hammers a four, to the left of deep point.

  CSK - 17/0 (1)

• 18 May 2026, 07:31:21 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Action begins!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Samson and Gaikwad to open for CSK. Reddy to bowl the first over for SRH.

• 18 May 2026, 07:11:03 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Playing XIs

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: CSK - Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Spencer Johnson

  SRH - Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins(c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge

• 18 May 2026, 07:05:18 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: What did the captains say?

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: After winning the toss, CSK skipper Gaikwad said, “We are looking to bat first. Looking a bit dry and we want to put up a good total. Even the last game against MI, it wasn't the best of wickets to bat on. Nothing complicated and we want to keep it simple. MS is still here but he is not fit enough to play this game. We have one change.”

  Meanwhile, SRH captain Cummins said, “It's T20 cricket and its not easy every game. He knows its not going to work every game. We would have probably wanted to bowl. Same team as the last game.”

• 18 May 2026, 07:01:56 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Toss time!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: It is toss time! Both Gaikwad and Cummins are in the middle! Gaikwad flips the coin, Cummins calls. Gaikwad wins the toss, opts to bat.

• 18 May 2026, 06:47:13 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Dhoni warms up with teammates!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Dhoni was the last player to exit CSK team bus and is also warming up with his teammates. Will he play tonight? We will get to know during toss!

• 18 May 2026, 06:44:20 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Toss upcoming!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Toss is coming up folks! We will soon see both captains, Gaikwad and Cummins, take centre-stage! It is scheduled for 7:00 PM.

• 18 May 2026, 06:33:33 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Playoff race heats up for SRH

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Currently third in the points table with 14 points in 12 games, SRH have a NRR of 0.331 and need to clinch victory in both their remaining league games. Even if they lose one of those matches, they could still manage a playoff berth, but also need other results to go their way.

• 18 May 2026, 06:21:06 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Cummins vs Samson

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Cummins has a decent record vs Samson. He hasn't dismissed him in five meetings, but has kept him at bay, conceding only 23 runs in 18 balls. Samson has managed 450 runs in 12 innings this season, at an average of 50.00 and 164.23 strike rate, packed with two tons and a fifty.

• 18 May 2026, 06:12:25 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Kamboj's struggles

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Kamboj has slowed down after a strong start. In his last three games, he has taken two wickets and has an economy rate of 14.9. In the last six games prior to his loss in form, he had an economy rate of 7 and 12 dismissals.

• 18 May 2026, 06:04:21 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Klaasen vs Noor

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Klaasen has a good record vs Noor. He has registered 73 runs in 38 balls, striking at 192.1, and has also been dismissed twice in six innings. He has hit six fours and five sixes against the spinner.

• 18 May 2026, 05:56:14 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Will MS Dhoni play tonight?

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: When the season began, CSK lost MS Dhoni to a calf strain and he was ruled out for two weeks. But the veteran hasn't featured in the playing XI at all, despite being present in the nets during training session.

• 18 May 2026, 05:44:12 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Abhishek vs Mukesh

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: SRH opener Abhishek has a good record against CSK's Mukesh in IPL. He has scored 66 runs at a strike rate of 220 and has been dismissed once.

• 18 May 2026, 05:33:51 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Sakib key for SRH

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Sakib has been key for SRH this season and his reverse swing has been a revelation in Hyderabad. In Chennai, that won't work and it will be interesting to see how he deals with it. He is SRH's second highest wicket-taker this season with 12 scalps.

• 18 May 2026, 05:20:22 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: All eyes on Brevis!

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Brevis missed the first games due to injury but since his return, he has managed only 99 runs in six innings. He is yet to find some form and he will need to perform tonight.

• 18 May 2026, 05:04:08 PM IST

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: SRH squad

  CSK vs SRH LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), 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