Overview
- Sunrisers Hyderabad, which won on Saturday in Hyderabad, defended 194 to beat Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs with Eshan Malinga’s 3 for 29 and Shivang Kumar’s tight spell stalling the chase.
- Abhishek Sharma blazed 59 off 22 and Heinrich Klaasen added 59 off 39 to lift SRH to 194 for 9 after a flying powerplay start and a mid-innings wobble.
- CSK were 84 to get from the last 10 overs before the innings slowed, a phase Gaikwad said turned the game, and Praful Hinge sealed it by conceding seven and removing Jamie Overton in the final over.
- CSK batting coach Michael Hussey said Ayush Mhatre suffered a hamstring tear with scans planned and the in-form 18-year-old likely to miss games, forcing changes to a top order already searching for stability.
- SRH moved up to fourth, while CSK rose to seventh on net run rate, a tiebreaker that compares runs scored to runs conceded, as former star Ravichandran Ashwin’s comments about Gaikwad’s mindset added pressure after the loss.