IPL 2019 CSK vs SRH in pictures: Chennai virtually book playoff berth, defeat Hyderabad by 6 wickets

Chennai Super Kings win toss and opt to field.

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w/c), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner, Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Sandeep Sharma, K Khaleel Ahmed.

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OUT!

An excellent IPL comes to a sad end.

Harbhajan get the big man out. A quicker ball which was wide of off, skids off the deck and takes the outside edge of Bairstow.

He plays down the wrong line and Dhoni makes no mistake.

Bairstow c Dhoni b Harbhajan 0(2).

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50!

With a four, Manish Pandey gets a fifty.

This is one of Manish Pandey's best IPL innings. He brings up his fifty in 25 balls. 

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50!

A quicker on middle and leg, tucked away into the leg-side and that'll be David Warner's 43rd IPL fifty.

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OUT!

A settled but tired Warner is sent back for 57.

No balance, the ball swings wildly and the bottom hand comes off while doing so. His back foot got dragged too far in the process and Dhoni ain't missing that stumping.

Warner st Dhoni b Harbhajan 57(45) [4s-3 6s-2].

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OUT!

Deepak Chahar ends his spell with a wicket.

Shankar was looking to clear the deep mid-wicket fence but couldn't get the timing right. The ball lands in Jadeja's hand.

Shankar c Jadeja b Chahar 26(20) [4s-2 6s-1].

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175!

The partnership between Manish Pandey and David Warner completely tilted the momentum. Manish Pandey scores an unbeaten 83 for 49 balls. David Warner 53 runs was a major contribution. 

MS Dhoni gets Warner out in 0.02 seconds.

Jonny Bairstow's journey at the IPL 2019 comes to an end as he gets out for a duck.

Sunrisers have a decent bowling attack but this chase is going to be interesting.

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OUT!

After SRH takes an appeal for a run-out, the preview shows a direct hit. A very close call. 

A touch and go! The batsman had driven the ball to Hooda at mid-off and a direct-hit at the bowler's end sends the South African back.

du Plessis run out (Hooda) 1(7).

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OUT!

A fuller length from Rashid, pitched around middle and Raina was looking to work it through the on-side.

But he reaches for the ball, as it has pitched well short of him. He loses his balance and goes out of the crease.

Excellent stumping from Bairstow.

Raina st Bairstow b Rashid Khan 38(24) [4s-6 6s-1].

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50!

And with a six Shane Watson brings up his fifty.

Watson roars back to form for CSK.

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OUT!

Shane Watson is walking! No century for him.

A good short ball from Bhuvneshwar and Watson got rushed on the pull. There was a top edge as it went through to Bairstow who took a stunning one-handed catch.

Watson c Bairstow b Bhuvneshwar 96(53) [4s-9 6s-6].

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OUT!

Anti-climax for the CSK fans in the stadium.

Rayudu wanted the winning hit but is sent back by Deepak Sharma.

He pulls and top edges the ball straight in the air which lands straight into Shankar's hand at mid-off.

Rayudu c Shankar b Sandeep Sharma 21(25) [4s-1].

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Chennai Super Kings beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets in the IPL encounter. Opting to bowl first, CSK managed to restrict SRH to 175.

Shane Watson was on fire as he scored 96 runs and missed his century. Suresh Raina helped Watson keep the scores on the board. 

The bowlers apart from Bhuvneshwar Kumar proved to be expensive for SRH.

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