Well played, mate!
Chennai Super Kings reclaimed the top spot on the leaderboard with a commanding seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (CSK Twitter/BCCI/IPL Photo)
Opening act
CSK's fifth win on the trot was fashioned by a 129-run opening partnership as they went past SRH's 171/3 with ease (ANI/BCCI/IPL Photo)
Let's finish this
In-form CSK openers Ruturaj Gaikwad (75) and Faf du Plessis (56) thwarted the SRH bowling attack to set up the victory (ANI/BCCI/IPL Photo)
Not enough
By the time Rashid Khan (3/36) accounted for Gaikwad, Moeen Ali (15) and du Plessis, the writing was on the wall - ANI/BCCI/IPL Photo
We won
Ravindra Jadeja (7*) and Suresh Raina (17*) then took CSK over the line - PTI/BCCI/IPL Photo
Contrasting knocks
Earlier, after opting to bat, half-centuries from Manish Pandey and skipper David Warner led SRH to a decent total (PTI/BCCI/IPL Photo)
Big hit
Warner (57) and Pandey (61) added 106 runs for the second wicket - PTI/BCCI/IPL Photo
Top gun
Warner crossed 10,000 T20 runs while scoring his 50th half-century in the IPL (PTI/BCCI/IPL Photo)
Final flourish
But it was Kane Williamson's 26* off 10 balls and Kedar Jadhav's 12* off 4 that took SRH past the 170-run mark (PTI/BCCI/IPL Photo)
Got him!
Lungi Ngidi was the best bowler for CSK, returning figures of 2/35 - PTI/BCCI/IPL Photo
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