4 oversWICKET! First catch of the night for captain Dhoni as Dwayne Bravo sees off Shakib Al Hasan for 12 runs.CSK 117-8 after 18 overs: RUNOUT! A quick throw by Rashid at deep cover finds Harbhajan short of his crease.However, Carlos Brathwaite and Bhuvneshwar Kumar came to the rescue as the 2016 champions bounced back to finish at a decent total. The 36-year-old has already aggregated 446 runs from 14 games in his return to CSK colours and all eyes will be on ‘Thala’ come the big day. Siddharth Kaul later stunned the CSK crowd with wickets of Suresh Raina and Ambati Rayudu in two consecutive deliveries.The head-to-head record favours the Men in Yellow, who have won six out of the eight games against SRH.1 overs, CSK 140-8: du Plessis 67(42), SN Thakur 15(5); Brathwaite 3-0-31-0, Rashid 4-0-11-2 (Photo: BCCI) Mumbai: Faf du Plessis booked Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ticket to the finals with a match-winning knock to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by two wickets in the first Qualifier of the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday.MS Dhoni’s form this season goes without saying, for obvious reasons.In fact, CSK’s third-highest wicket-taker is coming fresh from a match-winning spell of 4/10 against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and will look to add more wickets to the tally on Tuesday.com or on the Hotstar app.CSK 24-3 after 4 overs:
TWO IN TWO! Kaul is ecstatic and why not? Ambati Rayudu is cleaned up by a yorker and departs back for a duck.SRH 18-1 after 2 oversKane Williamson has got to a strong start after the early dismissal oof Shikhar Dhawan.Nothing was going right for SRH despite cameos from Kane Williamson (24) and Yusuf Pathan (24). Down leg and Raina looks to flick it away but turns sharply back in.SRH XI: S Dhawan, S Goswami, K Williamson, M Pandey, Y Pathan, C Brathwaite, S Al Hasan, R Khan, B Kumar, S Kaul, Sandeep Sharma— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 22, 2018CSK XI: S Watson, A Rayudu, S Raina, MS Dhoni, F du Plessis, DJ Bravo, R Jadeja, H Singh, D Chahar, S Thakur, L Ngidi— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 22, 2018PreviewThe Indian Premier League (IPL) has entered its most exciting stage. Tossed up, inviting the CSK skipper for the drive and the ball rushes through the gates before crashing into the stumps.In their last match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Williamson got off to a start, but it was a rare instance when he departed for 36 and failed to covert a start to a big innings.The table toppers then began to tighten the screws by bringing in Rashid Khan who spun a web around the opposition.However, the explosive South African turned the tide with some hard-hitting in the death after taking time to set.1 oversWICKET! Deepak Chahar strikes in the very first ball as he sees off Shikhar Dhawan for a duck.Toss updateChennai Super Kings have won the toss and have decided to field.SRH 0-1 from 0.M.Where is the match?The match will take place at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
