For the first time in IPL 2026, MS Dhoni came to the ground on match day. He wasn't in the playing XI though, or on Chennai Super Kings ' (CSK) substitutes bench.
For the first time in IPL 2026, the captain winning the toss in Chennai decided to bat first. Ruturaj Gaikwad confirmed that Dhoni wasn't "fit enough" to take the field. felt runs on the board would work better given a pitch that looked a bit dry. The lack of dew also went into the making of that decision. CSK made one change of bringing in spinner Akeal Hosein for Gurjapneet Singh, who was on the Impact Subs list.
Pat Cummins. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are coming off a week-long break after being dismissed for 86 in their previous game in Ahmedabad. A win here, however, will seal their progress - and Gujarat Titans' as well - into the playoffs.
Chennai Super Kings: 1 Sanju Samson (wk). 2 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 3 Urvil Patel, 4 Kartik Sharma, 5 Dewald Brevis, 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Prashant Veer, 8 Akeal Hosein, 9 Anshul Kamboj, 10 Spencer Johnson, 11 Noor Ahmad Impact Substitutes: Mukesh Choudhary, Matt Short, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Gurjapneet Singh
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 1 Abhishek Sharma. 2 Ishan Kishan (wk), 3 Heinrich Klaasen, 4 R Smaran, 5 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 6 Salil Arora, 7 Pat Cummins (capt), 8 Praful Hinge, 9 Shivang Kumar, 10 Eshan Malinga, 11 Sakib Hussain Impact Substitutes: Travis Head, Aniket Verma, Liam Livingstone, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel
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