CSK failed again (Photo: PTI)

IPL 2026 On 18 April, a match was played between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad. SRH defeated CSK in this match. With this, the problem of the yellow jersey team, which has been persisting for the last 7 years, was again exposed. Chennai team once again failed to chase the target of 180 plus runs on the IPL pitch. This was the 14th consecutive time in the last 7 years, when CSK got a target of 180 runs or more, but could not chase it.

Failed 14 times continuously since 2019

Chennai Super Kings last chased the target of 180 plus runs on the IPL pitch in the year 2019. Since then, the team faced a similar situation 14 times, but failed every time. However, it is not that CSK did not lift the trophy during this period. She was successful in winning the IPL 2021 title. After that he also lifted the IPL 2023 trophy. But, in the match in which the target was 180 plus, she could not reach it. Chennai team had to face defeat in that match.

Veteran cricketer surprised by CSK's failure

Chennai Super Kings' victory seemed certain against the target of 195 runs in the match against SRH played in Hyderabad in IPL 2026, but then suddenly the game turned and CSK had to face defeat by 10 runs. Former Indian cricketer and commentator Aakash Chopra has expressed surprise after seeing yet another failure of CSK in front of 180 plus target since 2019.

Its almost shocking to realize that CSK hasnt chased 180+ score even once since 2019. They won two trophies in this period but never chased a total thats considered just about par in most games. #CSKvSRH

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 18, 2026

If Suresh Raina was there then 180+ chase was there, left hand game for CSK

However, CSK's figures while chasing 180 plus target were not so bad when Suresh Raina was a part of the team. Till IPL 2019 with Suresh Raina, CSK has chased the target of 180 plus 9 times. However, in the rest of the season played after that, Raina was seen playing for CSK only in IPL 2021. That year we did not chase 180 plus but the team won the title.

The sequence was not broken even after 8 years in Hyderabad

In the IPL 2026 match against SRH, Chennai Super Kings had a chance to break the record of not winning in Hyderabad for 8 years, which they missed. In the last 5 matches played against SRH under the captaincy of Raina, Ruturaj and Jadeja, CSK has been able to win only 1. Under the captaincy of Dhoni, CSK alone played 18 matches against SRH, out of which they lost only 4.

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