Chennai Super Kings–Sunrisers Hyderabad rivalry

Chennai Super Kings-Sunrisers Hyderabad rivalry
Other names Yellow Army v Orange Army, South Indian Derby
Locale Chennai
Hyderabad
Teams Chennai Super Kings
Sunrisers Hyderabad
First meeting 25 April 2013
CSK won by 5 wickets at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Latest meeting 27 May 2018
CSK won by 8 wickets at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Next meeting TBD
Broadcasters Sony Six (2008-2017)
Star Sports (2018-till date)
Stadiums MA Chidambaram Stadium
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium
Statistics
Meetings total 11
Most wins Chennai Super Kings (9)
All-time series CSK: 9
SRH: 2
No Result:0
Largest victory By runs:
CSK beat SRH by 77 runs at Hyderabad

The Chennai Super Kings-Sunrisers Hyderabad rivalry simply known as CSK-SRH rivalry is a sports rivalry between the cricket teams of Chennai Super Kings representing Tamil Nadu and Sunrisers Hyderabad representing Telangana in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The rivalry is also referred as the South Indian Derby. The two teams have played each other in the IPL matches on 10 occasions with CSK dominating the head to head record, winning 8 of them while SRH winning only 2 of them and have played against each other in only one Champions League Twenty20 encounter where CSK won the match by 12 runs.[1]

The battle between these two teams are also popularly known as the battle between Yellow Army and the Orange Army. The rivalry is considered to be one of the emerging rivalries in Indian Premier League history. Sunrisers Hyderabad is also regarded as the third biggest rival for Chennai Super Kings after Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Background

The rivalry started between the two teams during the 2013 Indian Premier League season. This was also the season where Sunrisers Hyderabad eventually made its IPL debut replacing the old franchise Deccan Chargers. At the 2013 IPL season, in the first ever meeting between the two sides, Chennai Super Kings defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets at MA Chidambaram Stadium. The Sunrisers Hyderabad team recorded its first victory against them during the 2014 Indian Premier League season at Ranchi.

2018 IPL

After the conclusion of the 2015 IPL league season since the gap of 3 years, the CSK team renewed its rivalry against Sunrisers Hyderabad on 22 April, 2018 at the 2018 Indian Premier League season. The Chennai Super Kings was previously banned from playing in IPL for 2 seasons in 2016 and 2017 after being involved in 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case. Chennai Super Kings recorded a close victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad in a group stage match at Hyderabad by 4 runs in the first match between two sides after 2015 during the 2018 IPL season.[2] In the return fixture on 13 May, 2018 which held at CSK's temporary home, Pune; CSK managed a convincing 8 wicket victory against SRH.[3]

The two teams also clashed against each other in the 1st Qualifier of the season which held in Wankhede Stadium with Chennai Super Kings edging the Sunrisers Hyderabad team by 2 wickets to make room for the direct finale which was also CSK's 7th final at the IPL history.[4] On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders in the Qualifier 2 to set up a final against Chennai Super Kings.[5]

List of matches

No. Year Tournament Venue Winner Margin MoM
1 2013 2013 IPL Chennai
CSK
 5 wickets MS Dhoni – CSK – 67* (37)
2 2013 2013 IPL Hyderabad
CSK
 77 runs Suresh Raina – CSK – 99* (54) & 1/4 (3 overs)
3 2013 2013 CLT20 Hyderabad
CSK
 12 runs Suresh Raina – CSK – 84 (57)
4 2014 2014 IPL Sharjah
CSK
 5 wickets Dwayne Smith – CSK – 66 (46)
5 2014 2014 IPL Ranchi
SRH
 6 wickets David Warner – SRH – 90 (45)
6 2015 2015 IPL Chennai
CSK
 45 runs Brendon McCullum – CSK – 100* (56)
7 2015 2015 IPL Hyderabad
SRH
 22 runs David Warner – SRH – 61 (28)
8 2018 2018 IPL Hyderabad
CSK
 4 runs Ambati Rayudu – CSK – 79 (37)
9 2018 2018 IPL Pune
CSK
 8 wickets Ambati Rayudu – CSK – 100* (62)
10 2018 2018 IPL Mumbai
CSK
 2 wickets Faf du Plessis – CSK – 67* (42)
11 2018 2018 IPL Mumbai
CSK
 8 wickets Shane Watson – CSK – 117* (42)

References

  1. ↑ "IPL 2018: In their short rivalry so far, Chennai Super Kings lead 4-2 against SRH - CricTracker". CricTracker. 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  2. ↑ "20th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Hyderabad, Apr 22 2018 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  3. ↑ "46th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Pune, May 13 2018 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  4. ↑ "Qualifier 1 (N), Indian Premier League at Mumbai, May 22 2018 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  5. ↑ NDTVSports.com. "IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs SRH: Chennai Aim For Third Title vs SunRisers Hyderabad – NDTV Sports". amp.sports.ndtv.com. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
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