Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 23rd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Classy Kane Williamson!

Why were SRH hiding hm for so long? Shardul Thakur to KW - 4 6 4 4 1

Both the set batsmen gone!

• 17.1 -- Warner c Jadeja b Ngidi 57(55) [4s-3 6s-2]

• 17.5 -- Manish Pandey c du Plessis b Ngidi 61(46) [4s-5 6s-1]

Kane Williamson comes in with 17 balls remaining....

Warner finally getting into his groove?

Tonks a full ball from Ngidi over long-off to smash his 200th IPL six.In the very next over, he pummells a short ball over deep mid-wicket to bring up his 50th IPL fifty.It's taken him 50 deliveries - his slowest...

FIFTY for Manish Pandey

With Warner struggling for timing at the other end, Pandey notched up a 35-ball half-century in his comeback match.

Fifty partnership between Warner and Manish Pandey

CSK will still be happy with the proceedings as the duo has probably been over-cautious. SRH: 77/1 (11 overs)

Curran strikes!

Sam Curran win the battle between the two Englishmen. Bairstow walks down the pitch, probably expecting a full ball, and miscues the pull as Curran bowls one short. Caught at deep backward square leg. SRH: 22/1 (3.2 overs)

Manish Pandey in at No. 3. Can he make a statement in his comeback match?

Bairstow survives first ball

Second ball of the match, Chahar bowls one down leg and Bairstow gets an inside edge on his glance. Straightforward catch but MS Dhoni fluffs it. How costly will that be?

SRH opt to bat

Both teams get what they want at the toss.

For SRH, IN -- Manish Pandey, Sandeep Sharma | OUT -- Virat Singh, Abhishek Sharma

For CSK, IN -- Moeen Ali, Lungi Ngidi | OUT - Imran Tahir, Dwayne Bravo

PITCH REPORT:

"Groundsman's got a lot of time to prepare the surface. Should be a good batting surface. There will be dew expected after 8pm. Captains need to decide what's the preference - bat or bowl." - Anjum Chopra

PRELUDE:

Two teams that have had contrasting starts to their respective campaigns lock horns against each other. It's Chennai Super Kings (4W | 1 L) versus Sunrisers Hyderabad (1W | 4L). The Super Kings are ticking all the right boxes and have won four on the trot. How's Ravindra Jadeja gonna entertain us today? Kane Williamson single-handedly took his team close to a win but the Sunrisers got pipped in a scrappy Super Over against the Capitals. Have they recovered from that agonizing loss? They ought to get back to winning ways immediately to get their season on track. And, hey, say hello to Delhi which is all set to host its first IPL encounter of the year.