हैदराबाद vs चेन्नई, मैच 27, राजीव गांधी अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्टेडियम, हैदराबाद, 18 April 2026 - लाइव कमेंट्री

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.

 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.

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.