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CHENNAI, India (AP) – Sunrisers Hyderabad booked a spot in the Indian Premier League playoffs with a five-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings on Monday, anchored by Ishan Kishan.<\/p>\n
With Hyderabad’s victory, Gujarat Titans also secured a place in the four-team playoffs. Defending champions and league leaders Royal Challengers Bangalore have already been eliminated, leaving only one spot left to be filled in the knockouts.<\/p>\n
Five-time champions Chennai are still in contention for the title but needed a favorable result, including a win over Gujarat in Thursday’s final league match.<\/p>\n
Playing their first match after a week’s rest, Hyderabad eased into the over at 181-5 as Kishan scored a breezy 70 off 47 balls and Heinrich Claassen mastered spin with a knock of 47 off 26 balls.<\/p>\n
Chennai finished with 180 wins and 7 losses despite struggling against the variations of Hyderabad’s fast bowlers. Captain Pat Cummins led the way with 3-28, complemented by Saqib Hussain’s 2-34 and Eshan Malinga’s 1-26.<\/p>\n
“It’s really satisfying and a pretty tough wicket for batsmen,” Cummins said. “That partnership (between Kishan and Klaasen) was really tough. They just picked their opponents and played some outrageous shots.”<\/p>\n
\u201cThe real thing (playoffs) starts now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni was at the stadium for the first time this season, still nursing a calf injury and missed the team’s final home game in front of about 35,000 fans.<\/p>\n
Chennai’s Sanju Samson got off to an agile start on a slow pitch, hitting five fours and a six in the first 11 balls before Cummins found the outside edge in his third over.<\/p>\n
Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad worked hard off 21 balls to score 15 runs with a no-bounder, but he too fell to Cummins, but Chennai posted healthy runs in the middle overs with good serving from Dewald Brevis (44) and Kartik Sharma (32).<\/p>\n
However, he was overshadowed by Kishan of Hyderabad and Klaasen, who was dropped at number 18. The pair scored a total of 75 for the third wicket until Claasen stumbled. However, Kishan scored six points from the win.<\/p>\n
“I was in the game till the penultimate over,” Gaikwad said. \u201cEveryone played their best today.\u201d<\/p>\n
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