IPL 2018 Highlights Qualifier 1 SRH vs CSK: CSK Reach IPL Final

Faf du Plessis remains unbeaten on 67*! He has single-handedly taken CSK into their seventh IPL final. SRH players are stunned on the field. They all are still trying to comprehend what just happened

Faf du Plessis sends the first ball of the final over for a six and it's all over. CSK are into the finals for a record seventh time! Right in the slot for Faf and he sends it straight back. He raises his arms in joy!

Shardul Thakur has hit the final ball of the 19th over for a four! CSK need just six runs from six balls! What an innings from Thakur. He is 15* off 5. Faf on strike to Bhuvneshwar

Shardul Thakur was on strike with CSK needing 23 off 12 balls! Kaul with a knuckle ball which takes the outside edge, past the keeper for four! Then it is the inside edge and that is also four! CSK need 15 off 10

Rashid Khan with a stunning pick up and throw before losing his balance! Harbhajan cannot run two on that! He is run out as Brathwaite collects and removes the bails.

Faf du Plessis with a four and a six to reach his half-century! More importantly, he takes CSK closer to the final! Stunning shots. Can he do more of this

What a spell from Rashid Khan. He has finished with 2 wickets for only 11 runs from his four overs. CSK have seen him off. They need 47 runs from 24 balls with 43 wickets in hand

Faf du Plessis survives on review! Rashid Khan had Du Plessis LBW and the umpire had given him out. But Faf reviewed and it and the only question was if the ball was missing the leg-stump. It was indeed missing leg

Carlos Brathwaite runs in from the boundary and dives forward to pull off a stunning low catch! Deepak Chahar is gone. CSK are in deep trouble here. Faf du Plessis the only hope now

Chennai Super Kings are 80 for the loss of six wickets after 14 overs. Strategic timeout in the chase. They need 60 runs from 36 balls at 10 runs per over

Sandeep Sharma returns to remove Ravindra Jadeja. A slower one from Sandeep and Jadeja is early into the shot. He is defending it and checks it at the last moment. Caught and bowled

Rashid Khan is making life difficult for CSK! Dwayne Bravo is gone as he is caught in the slips. Half of the CSK team is back in the hut. SRH on top in Mumbai

Rashid Khan has been magnificent once again. Only two runs from his second over and CSK are 50 for the loss of four wickets. They need 90 more runs from 60 balls

First of the two strategic timeout in the CSK innings. They are 48 for the loss of four wickets after nine overs. They still need 92 more runs from 66 balls

Rashid Khan has bowled MS Dhoni with a wrong'un! The CSK captain fails to pick it and it is through the gate and rattles the stumps.

Chennai Super Kings had SRH on the ropes during their powerplay and now they are also caught in the same situation. After 6 overs, CSK are 33 for the loss of three wickets chasing 140

Two in two for Kaul! He is pumped and so is Williamson. What a delivery to probably one of the best batsmen of IPL 2018. Kaul has shattered Rayudu's stumps. SRH on top here

Suresh Raina bowled around his legs! Siddarth Kaul has removed the big man Raina. Kept the leg-stump line and Raina was hoping short ball but it is length and Raina has moved across a lot. Bowled!

Suresh Raina welcomes Sandeep Sharma into the attack with three consecutive boudanries in the second over. Top shots from the left-hander!

Stunning start from Bhuvneshwar! He angles one into Watson that moves away after pitching and it a bit high as well. Watson plays for the line and gets the outside edge. First wicket falls

Kane Williamson and his team are in a huddle at the bourdary ropes. They have 139 runs to bowl at. CSK openers Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis are coming out to bat in the middle

20 runs from the final over and Sunrisers Hyderabad finish with 139 for the loss of seven wickets. Brathwaite has 18 off them. Brilliant batting from him. SRH will be happy after a disastrous start.

Lungi Ngidi with a great over and just three runs off it. Sunrisers Hyderabad are 119 for the loss of six wickets. Shardul Thakur will bowl the final over.

Brathwaite begins the 18th over with two big sixes! Thakur bowls the first ball right in the block and Brathwaite clears the front leg to send it over square-leg. Second is a powerful pull over mid-wicket

Sunrisers Hyderabad have four overs left now. They are 92 for the loss of six wickets. How many more can they score here? Bravo to finish off

DWAYNE BRAVO PULLS OFF A STUNNING RETURN CATCH! Pathan gets a mistimed shot and it goes back to Bravo. It is low and Bravo bends quickly to take it one-handed

What a spell from Ravindra Jadeja! Completely dominated the bowling in Mumbai. He finishes with 4-0-13-1 in the match. Dhoni would be extremely happy with this

Sunrisers Hyderabad are scoring at a rate of below six runs per over. After 13 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad are 75 for the loss of five wickets. Jadeja to continue

Gone! Jadeja build a lot of pressure with dot balls and has now been rewarded for it. Pandey gives a very easy return catch and Jadeja accepts. SRH sink more

Just the three runs off the Jadeja over and Sunrisers Hyderabad are really struggling in this match! Hyderabad are 64 for the loss of four wickets against CSK

Nine overs gone and Chennai Super Kings will be very happy with this situation. SRH are 61 for the loss of four wickets after nine overs. First of the two timeouts

Another batsman strangled down the leg side! Bravo cramps Shakib for room and he tries to pull the delivery. He has no feet movement and gloves it to MS Dhoni behind the stumps.

Sunrisers Hyderabad are 47 for the loss of three wickets after 6 overs. Fielding restrictions are over in Mumbai. We will see some spin now from CSK

Shardul Thakur removes Kane Williamson caught behind! Horrible start from SRH here. He tries to pull the delivery down the leg side and has played the shot very early. Only a faint edge off the gloves. Dhoni is delighted and so is Thakur

Ngidi with a good low catch to pick the wicket of Goswami! Ngidi cramped Goswami for room and the pull was very weak. The ball loops and Ngidi takes the catch

10 runs from the third over and Sunrisers Hyderabad are 28 for the loss of one wicket. Lungi Ngidi will continue to bowl. Fourth over coming up now

Chahar took a wicket off the first ball but then gives three consecutive fours on the final three deliveries! A mixed start for both the teams. SRH are 13 for 1 after one over

What a start for Deepak Chahar and CSK! First ball outside off and Dhawan tries to hit it too hard. Bottom edge back onto the stumps and he is bowled!

SRH Playing 11: Shikhar Dhawan, Sreevats Goswami, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Carlos Brathwaite, Shakib Al Hasan, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma

CSK Playing 11: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Kane Williamson reveals that he has made no changes to the Playing 11 from the previous game. MS Dhoni says CSK have made one chance -- Shane Watson is back for Sam Billings

Chennai Super Kings win toss and elect to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Dhoni says CSK have been chasing well and this ground is where you restrict the team for a decent total and have a chance to chase it down

With a 7 pm start, the toss will be at 6:30 pm. Just 15 minutes away from the moment when the two captain and the match referee walk out to the middle for the toss

Chennai Super Kings have reached six IPL finals out of the eight seasons they have competed in. They now have a chance to reach their seventh IPL final. A win here will give them a direct entry.

Chennai Super Kings have been unbeatable in the IPL 2018 against SRH. Hyderabad played two games against CSK in the league stage and both were stunning games for Ambati Rayudu. He smoked a century in the latest game between the two franchises. In the first game, he blasted 79 off 37 to help CSK win. Bravo defended 19 off the final over.

The Supernovas have defeated the Trailblazers in the women's T20 Challenge in Mumbai. The match went down the final ball and it was decided with a single. Such a great advertisement for the game. Here are the highlights

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Shikhar Dhawan, Shreevats Goswami, Kane Williamson (C), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan, Carlos Brathwaite, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul

Chennai Super Kings: Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (C, WK), Sam Billings/Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi

Harmanpreet Kaur's Supernovas have won the toss and elected to bowl first. They are wearing blue while Smriti Mandhana's Trailblazers are in pink. 

Tomorrow, Rajasthan Royals take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the Eliminator and Shane Warne has a message

Good luck to the @rajasthanroyals in the play offs. Apologies I can’t be there with you on Wednesday & Friday, but will see you Sunday for the final. Remember the things we’ve spoken about re playing finals / big games - you’re ready & I’m so proud of you all. You’ve got this ?

— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) 22 May 2018

There may be a dramatic feel to CSK taking on SRH but before that comes a match that marks a historic moment in Indian cricket. IPL Women’s T20 Challenge match between Harmanpreet Kaur-led Supernovas play Smriti Mandhana captained Trailblazers. The match will be played with IPL rules and serves as a blueprint for a potential IPL style tournament for women's cricket in the future. In many ways, this match is far more important than any IPL qualifier or final. Follow it live here. 

Last week in the IPL was a frantic one and it came to a crescendo in the weekend when three teams fell like dominoes in painfully slow motion. In between all that, there may have been a few things that you missed, such as Star Sports accurately (and suspiciously?) predicting which teams will take the final knockout spot. Read on.....

Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad have arguably been the two most consistent teams in the tournament so far. At the same time, they have gone about their business quite differently from each other. CSK have often completed astonishing comebacks and their innings have resembled a one-sided war in which they leave the opposition bowlers in tatters. SRH, on the other hand, have been methodical in their victories. Depending on which way the toss went, their bowlers would pierce through the opposition batting line-up before Kane Williamson and the rest of the SRH batting lineup - which often meant Kane Williamson and Shikhar Dhawan - would calmly rack up the runs and reach their target early enough for them to beat the late night traffic and reach their hotel rooms early to catch up on some valuable sleep. While the rest of the teams were piling on each other to reach the knockouts towards the end of the group stage, CSK and SRH sat serenely above them all. If there ever was a clash of titans in the IPL, this is it. You can start preparing for it with the preview to the match by Bharat Sundaresan, in which he speaks about CSK's Dance of Death, among other things.