Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings Betting Preview, Odds & Predictions

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Sunrisers Hyderabad are looking for a 3rd win in 6 matches to stay on track with the playoff spots.
Chennai Super Kings are looking for a hat-trick of wins as they travel to Hyderabad.
Explore betting opportunities in handicaps, batters to Score Over/Under Runs, bowlers to Take Over/Under Wickets markets and Match Sixes.

Ishan Kishan has been in great six-hitting form (Getty Images).

This Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings prediction preview looks ahead to the IPL group match played in India. The Sunrisers picked up a vital win to end a 2-match losing streak and will be hoping home-ground advantage can keep them in the top 4 of the IPL.

Match Details
Recent Form
Head-to-Head Record
Team News
Key Stats
Match Analysis
Betting Markets to Watch
Latest Odds

The Super Kings are looking for a 3rd win on the bounce and will be hoping to roll their talismanic MS Dhoni out for his 1st match of the season after regaining match fitness.

Match Details

Match	Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings
Competition	Indian Premier League
Date	18 April 2026
Time	16:00 SAST
Venue	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, India

Recent Form

Team	Last 5 Matches
Sunrisers Hyderabad	LWLLW
Chennai Super Kings	LLLWW

Both sides have tasted defeat 3 times this season, but the Super Kings are enjoying a better run of form after back-to-back wins.

Head-to-Head Record

Date	Winner	Margin of victory	Competition
25 April 2025	Sunrisers Hyderabad	5 wickets	IPL
28 Apr 2024	Chennai Super Kings	78 runs	IPL
5 Apr 2024	Sunrisers Hyderabad	6 wickets	IPL
21 April 2023	Chennai Super Kings	7 wickets	IPL
1 May 2022	Chennai Super Kings	13 runs	IPL

The Super Kings have an historic dominance over the Sunrisers, but the hosts have claimed 2 strong wins in their last 3 clashes.

Team News

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Jaydev Unadkat and Harshal Patel both missed out on the win over the Rajasthan Royals due to injury and poor form, but their replacements Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain both pulled great performances out the bag to give the franchise confidence against the Super Kings despite the continued absence of Aussie star Pat Cummins. Both bowlers snapped up 4 wickets as they rolled the Royals for 159.

Possible XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Praful Hinge, Eshan Malinga.

Chennai Super Kings: Fans will be waiting with baited breath for news that MS Dhoni is in the starting XI or at least on the Impact bench. He’s back in training and looking strong, but they might not want to rush him back just yet. The Super Kings have however been hit by the loss of Khaleel Ahmed with a quadriceps injury that has ruled him out of the rest of IPL 2026.

Possible XI: Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh.

Key Stats

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Ishan Kishan hit 6 sixes in his 44-ball 91 against the Royals.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Heinrich Klaasen (224 runs, ave 44.8) is 2nd on the IPL runs list.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Praful Hinge took 4/34 against the Royals on his IPL debut.
Chennai Super Kings’ Sanju Samson has scored 115* and 48 in his last 2 knocks.
Chennai Super Kings’ Ayush Matre has scored 73, 59 and 38 in his last 4 innings.
Chennai Super Kings’ Anshul Kamboj (10 wickets, S/R 11.2) is joint top of the IPL wickets list.

Match Analysis

The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad offers a batting-friendly track that encourages high scoring on its black-soil pitch, with the ball coming onto the bat true and fast. Later in the match it tends to slow down and with a high chance of evening dew it makes chasing the best option.

There should be early movement for the seamers and the spinners will be able to pull some grip out of the track if they put the effort in, but it’s the batters who will want to roll this pitch up and take it home.

The boundary is larger than most IPL venues and the outfield is quick, but scores should be high and there is a good chance of a decent haul of sixes in the match. The side batting first will hope to set their opponents a score from 210 to 220 to put them under pressure.

Betting Markets to Watch

Take Over/Under Wickets

Praful Hinge knocked over 4 of the Royals’ top 5 batters as they were reduced to 9/5 after just 3 overs. Sakib Hussain also picked up 4 wickets, but I’m backing Hinge to strike at least twice with the new ball again.

Score Over/Under Runs

Heinrich Klaasen is in great form with the bat, racking up scores of 31, 52, 62, 39 and 40 in his 5 IPL innings this season.

Take Over/Under Wickets

Anshul Kamboj is the Super Kings’ leading bowler, having returned figures of 2/27, 2/43, 1/52, 3/35 and 2/32 in his 5 IPL matches this season.

Most Match Sixes

Ishan Kishan has hit 146 sixes in 117 IPL innings but Abhishek Sharma is ahead of him on the Six List in the 2026 IPL with 13 sixes to Kishan’s 12. I’m backing Kishan in this match as he comes into the clash on the back of 6 sixes in his 91 against the Royals just 5 days ago at the same venue, while Sharma was out for a 1st-ball duck.