Chennai Super Kings players (Pic credit: CSK) Five-time champions Chennai Super Kings are in uncharted territory after missing the playoffs for the third successive season. For a franchise that was once looked upon as a regular Top 4 side, the decline has been steep and uncomfortable.Despite an erratic campaign, CSK stayed mathematically alive till their … Read more
Chennai Super Kings (ANI Photo) Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has delivered a blunt assessment of Chennai Super Kings after their disappointing IPL 2026 campaign came to an end with a crushing 89-run defeat against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on May 21.CSK finished the season with six wins, eight defeats and 12 points, a campaign … Read more
Shubman Gill’s catch (ANI Photo) Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill produced a breathtaking moment in the field during GT’s high-stakes IPL 2026 clash against Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, pulling off a sensational diving catch to dismiss the dangerous Shivam Dube.The catch came during a one-sided contest that saw Gujarat … Read more
NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans moved closer to a top-two finish in IPL 2026 after beating Chennai Super Kings by 89 runs in Ahmedabad on Thursday.Gill, Sudharsan and Buttler powered Gujarat Titans to 229/4 before their bowlers bundled out CSK for 140 in 13.4 overs.Shubman Gill scored 64 off 37 balls while B Sai Sudharsan made … Read more
Chennai Super Kings’ captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (AP Photo) Ravichandran Ashwin believes the pressure of leading Chennai Super Kings during the difficult post-MS Dhoni transition has started affecting Ruturaj Gaikwad’s batting, following another disappointing outing for the CSK skipper in IPL 2026. Speaking on JioHotstar after Chennai’s five-wicket defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chepauk, Ashwin said … Read more
Ishan Kishan (Video grabs) NEW DELHI: Ishan Kishan lit up MA Chidambaram Stadium with both bat and celebration on Monday, steering Sunrisers Hyderabad into the playoffs before delivering a cheeky send-off to the home crowd after knocking Chennai Super Kings to the brink of elimination.On a surface where timing was difficult and strokeplay far from … Read more
Chennai Super Kings were 52 for two after the fifth over and Eshan Malinga came to bowl the last over of the powerplay. CSK needed to accelerate to put pressure on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and they needed their captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who was on 5 off 7 balls to shift gears. Instead, Gaikwad slowed things … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Ishan Kishan plays a shot (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Sunrisers Hyderabad booked their place in the IPL 2026 playoffs after beating Chennai Super Kings by five wickets at Chepauk on Monday. Chasing 181 on a slow surface, SRH got home comfortably in 19 overs thanks to a brilliant partnership between Ishan Kishan and … Read more
Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said he was “still proud of the boys” despite CSK suffering a five-wicket defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai on Monday.The defeat saw SRH chase down 181 in 19 overs through Ishan Kishan’s 70 off 47 balls and Heinrich Klaasen‘s 47. The result also confirmed SRH’s qualification for the … Read more
A heated exchange between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) wicketkeeper Sanju Samson and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batter Heinrich Klaasen broke out after the latter’s dismissal during their IPL 2026 clash in Chennai on Monday.The incident took place on the third ball of the 15th over of SRH’s chase when Noor Ahmad dismissed Klaasen with a stumping. … Read more