May 21, 2026
Zero Dhoni innings and a 89-run mauling: how CSK’s IPL 2026 came apart
Chennai Super Kings finished IPL 2026 with 12 points, an MS Dhoni who never made it to the crease, and a heavy defeat in Ahmedabad that confirmed what...
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May 21, 2026
Dhoni heads home to Ranchi as CSK take on GT without him for their last shot at IPL 2026
MS Dhoni has left the CSK camp ahead of Thursday’s must-win league finale in Ahmedabad, with batting coach Mike Hussey confirming a thumb injury and a...
May 18, 2026
Cummins’ 3/28 at Chepauk and a 200th T20 wicket: the spell that bowled SRH into the playoffs
Pat Cummins took three top-order CSK wickets on a slow Chepauk surface and brought up his 200th T20 wicket in the same spell, sealing Sunrisers Hydera...
May 18, 2026
SRH chase 181 at Chepauk to seal an IPL 2026 playoff spot
Sunrisers Hyderabad chased down 181 with five wickets and six balls to spare at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, sealing a playoff berth alongside Gujarat...
May 18, 2026
If Dhoni walks out at Chepauk tonight, the lap of honour is the only goodbye he needs to make
CSK have advertised a lap of honour after tonight’s home game against SRH. With Dhoni 44, a calf-strain season behind him and his 2021 wish for a Chen...
May 18, 2026
Chepauk’s last call: CSK take on SRH with the IPL 2026 playoff door closing
A loss at home to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday night effectively ends Chennai Super Kings’ IPL 2026, with the defending champions sixth and one point...
May 18, 2026
Seven into three: how the IPL 2026 playoff race actually sits after RCB sealed the top
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are in, Mumbai and Lucknow are out, and the remaining seven teams have eight league games to decide who joins them in the...
May 16, 2026
CSK wake up sixth and out of their own hands as the IPL 2026 playoff math hardens
Mitchell Marsh’s onslaught at Ekana pushed Chennai down to sixth on net run-rate and turned the IPL 2026 playoff route into a two-win-plus-favours scr...
May 15, 2026
CSK rope in left-armer Kuldip Yadav at 30 lakh as Khaleel Ahmed’s full-season replacement
Chennai have signed Delhi pacer Kuldip Yadav at his base price exactly a month after Khaleel Ahmed limped off with a Grade 2 quadricep tear against KK...
May 15, 2026
Akash Singh’s three-fer note celebration was theatre, the figures against CSK were the point
Pulled out for his first match of the season, Akash Singh took 3 for 26 against his old CSK side, dismissing Gaikwad, Samson and Urvil Patel and theat...
May 15, 2026
Eight teams, four spots, ten days: how the IPL 2026 playoff race actually sits with two rounds left
LSG and MI are out, RCB and GT are on 16, SRH and PBKS are scrambling, and four more sides still believe. Here is the math of the last week of the IPL...
May 15, 2026
Dhoni pulls out of CSK’s Lucknow trip at the last minute as the IPL 2026 comeback wait drags on
MS Dhoni stayed back in Chennai on Wednesday rather than fly out with the CSK squad to Lucknow ahead of Friday’s must-win game against LSG, despite hi...
May 14, 2026
CSK take their playoff push to Lucknow without Overton as eliminated LSG host the rematch
Chennai Super Kings head to Ekana looking for a fourth straight win without Jamie Overton, whose season-ending thigh injury leaves them short on overs...
May 12, 2026
From 0-3 to genuine contenders: how CSK’s quiet rebuild has the IPL 2026 race watching
CSK’s climb from 0-3 to fifth in the IPL 2026 table is not a miracle so much as a slow, slightly boring fix, and the top four should be paying attenti...
May 12, 2026
Dhoni back at full nets but CSK keep the IPL 2026 return on ice
MS Dhoni is close to full fitness and back doing full net sessions, yet CSK are refusing to put a date on his IPL 2026 return as the team’s playoff ma...
May 11, 2026
Hardik’s brief MI unfollow revives CSK trade chatter after Mumbai’s IPL 2026 exit
Hardik Pandya briefly dropped Mumbai Indians from his Instagram following list moments after Sunday’s playoff elimination, then refollowed within minu...
May 10, 2026
Urvil Patel’s 13-ball fifty hands CSK a five-wicket win and knocks LSG out at Chepauk
Urvil Patel matched the IPL record for the fastest fifty as Chennai Super Kings chased down 204 with four balls to spare, ending Lucknow Super Giants’...
May 5, 2026
Dhoni stays in Chennai for calf rehab as CSK travel to Delhi without him
MS Dhoni has not travelled to New Delhi for the IPL 2026 clash against Delhi Capitals on Tuesday, with bowling coach Eric Simons saying the wicketkeep...
May 4, 2026
Ghosh’s IPL debut ends in a fracture as CSK lose a fourth player to injury
Ramakrishna Ghosh is out of IPL 2026 with a fractured right foot, ending his Chennai Super Kings career one match in. He becomes the fourth CSK player...
Apr 27, 2026
Dhoni’s calf goes again: another setback delays his CSK return after Chepauk loss to Gujarat
MS Dhoni was a notable absentee as Chennai Super Kings were beaten by eight wickets at Chepauk on Sunday, and head coach Stephen Fleming has now confi...
Apr 26, 2026
Sudharsan’s 87 and Rabada’s 3 for 25 sink CSK at Chepauk as Gujarat win by eight wickets
Chennai’s three-week run of form ran into a left-hander in spectacular touch and a South African quick who got the ball to climb. Gujarat chased 159 i...
Apr 26, 2026
CSK sign Akash Madhwal for 30 lakh as their Ayush Mhatre replacement, and it is the bowler call they needed
Chennai Super Kings have brought in Akash Madhwal as the official replacement for the season-ending Ayush Mhatre, going for a fast bowler at 30 lakh r...
Apr 26, 2026
CSK host Gujarat at Chepauk with Sanju Samson on a roll and Shubman Gill the only thing keeping GT alive
Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans both come into Sunday’s afternoon match with three wins and four losses from seven games. They are not the same...
Apr 21, 2026
Ayush Mhatre ruled out of IPL 2026 with a hamstring tear as CSK lose their leading run-scorer
CSK’s 18-year-old opener Ayush Mhatre is out for the rest of IPL 2026 after tearing his left hamstring against Sunrisers Hyderabad, with Mike Hussey c...