New Delhi: Joy, celebration and excitement are palpable as Sunrisers Hyderabad register a 10th win against the five-time champions chennai super kings They host the IPL 2026 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday. It’s not just a win – the celebrations are about breaking into the top four in the table.SRH is currently ranked fourth with three wins and three losses in six games. Their kitty has six points.SRH’s players looked elated after the win and their boss Kavya Maran also celebrated excitedly as the cameras turned to the stands.A strong death bowling performance, led by the fiery spell of Eshan Malinga and Nitish Kumar Reddy, helped Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs.With this defeat, CSK is ranked seventh with 2 wins and 4 losses.CSK elected to bat first and half-centuries later, Abhishek Sharma (59 off 22 balls with 6 fours and 4 sixes) and Heinrich Klaasen (59 off 39 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes) pushed SRH to 194/9.Chasing 195, CSK stayed in the game thanks to the contributions of Ayush Mhatre (30 off 13 balls, 5 fours and 1 six), Matthew Short (34 off 30 balls, 3 fours) and Sarfaraz Khan (25 off 16 balls, 3 fours). However, the play of Eshan (3/29), Nitish (2/31), Sakib Hussain (1/32) and Shivang Kumar (1/18) put pressure on CSK in the second half, leaving them 10 runs behind.“It was great. When you have a young group of bowlers, you know they executed their plan well. They also came up with their plan and bowled to it. So it was good to see, you know, there was a lot less pressure on the captain to set the pitch because they were ahead of the game anyway. So it was great to see them doing their job today. (Were they 20 runs short?) Yes, 100% I felt Abhishek was out early, but after scoring 60-plus runs, it was always when we ended up scoring 220, 230 runs,” SRH captain Ishan Kishan said after the win.“We always see… starting with the first three batsmen, there’s always one batsman who scores big. So we missed that today, but especially with this team, with a batting line-up like this, I felt, yeah, we were probably 20 runs short. (Having faith in his young bowlers) Yeah, actually watching them in practice, trying their best and trying to get better and better day by day. So you have to trust your bowlers,” he said.“We have a group of bowlers now who I think are very hungry to do well. So it’s about when you give them the ball and let them do what they want to do. (On the pitch) I thought it was a really good wicket to bat, to be honest. That’s why I said our gap is 30-40. But yes, there is a lot to be learned from this game as well. Looking at the lens selection, I think we could do better. (On the points table) No, to be honest, we’re not looking at the points table right now. I know it’s a very long game. We need to keep our heads down, play day in and day out, take it one game at a time and see how it goes,” he said.SRH will next face Delhi Capitals on April 21 at the same venue.
