Sunrisers Hyderabad booked their place in the Indian Premier League play-offs with a five-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings.

Ishan Kishan's 70 off 47 played a crucial role as Sunrisers chased down 181 with an over to spare, with Chennai now facing the prospect of elimination with one game to go.

Chennai won the toss and chose to bat first, but saw Sanju Samson (27 off 13) and Urvil Patel (13 off 8) both dismissed inside the powerplay.

Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (15 off 21) failed to get going, with Pat Cummins (3-28) starring with the ball, but Dewald Brevis' 44 off 26 saw the Super Kings set a modest total of 180-7.

Despite seeing Travis Head (6) caught and bowled by Mukesh Choudhary (2-36) early on, Kishan and Klaasen (47 off 26) put together a partnership of 75 to get Sunrisers back on track.

Salil Arora (10 off 5) and Ravichandran Smaran (5 off 2) got the visitors over the line, with a top-two finish still on the cards for Hyderabad.

𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐒, 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄  pic.twitter.com/YIfT9JvELT

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) May 18, 2026

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Klaasen's vital knock of 47 saw him reclaim the Orange Cap for this season, scoring 555 runs across 13 innings.

Kishan, meanwhile, scored his fifth half-century of the tournament; only Gujarat Titans' Sai Sudharsan has more 50+ scores in IPL 2026 (seven).