IPL 2023: Chennai Super Kings now looks like a team that can easily make the playoffs

As British band Coldplay’s hit song Yellow’s chorus goes ‘And it was all yellow,’ the magnificent Chepauk turned yellow as it always does for its home team the Chennai Super Kings. And MS Dhoni’s not-so-a-dad’s-army turned in another clinical performance, this time against southern neighbours Sunrisers Hyderabad.

CSK was back to winning ways at its fortress after that blip against the Rajasthan Royals earlier.

Wily left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja set things up for CSK with a brilliant bowling performance where he emerged with three Hyderabad scalps.

Faced with a modest chase of 135, the Chennai Super Kings took it down with precision with the openers Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad at the forefront of it.

Chennai Super Kings won by seven wickets with eight balls to spare, its fourth win lifting it to third on the points table behind leader Rajasthan Royals and the Lucknow Super Giants.