IPL 2026 Updates CSK vs SRH: Sunrisers down CSK to qualify for playoffs

Mon, 18 May 2026

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23:53

Sunrisers Hyderabad down CSK to qualify for playoffs

SRH 181-5 (19 ovs) vs CSK 180-7 | SCORECARD

Ishan Kishan struck a fluent 70 as Sunrisers Hyderabad registered a comfortable five-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings to seal their place in the IPL 2026 playoffs.

Kishan smashed seven fours and three sixes in his 47-ball knock and an equally enterprising Heinrich Klaasen (47 off 26 balls) added 75 runs for the third wicket, powering Hyderabad to 181 for five in 19 overs.

SRH now have 16 points with a game in hand -- good enough to carry them to the playoffs and the night's result meant that Gujarat Titans (16 points) also marched into the knockouts.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (18 points) have already sealed their place in the playoffs

23:41

Sunrisers down CSK to qualify for playoffs

Ishan Kishan

SRH 181-5 (19 ovs) vs CSK 180-7 | SCORECARD

Arora puts SRH on course for victory as flicks Kamboj over square leg for a massive six.

The youngster hits the next ball to long-off for a single.

Kishan gives it away looking for the glory shot. He ends up hitting it straight to long-off to perish after a match-winning knock of 70 from 47 balls.

Smaran Ravichandran comes in at No 7 for SRH. The left-hander pulls Kamboj to deep square leg for a single and Arora takes one.

Ravichandran slices a full toss over point for a four to take SRH to victory and seal their pace in the IPL 2026 playoffs.

SRH and Gujarat Titans join RCB in the playoffs. There are as many as five in the reckoning for last spot including Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders.

23:29

Sunrisers need 13 from last 2 overs

SRH 168-3 (18 ovs) vs CSK 180-7 | SCORECARD

Mukesh Choudhary to bowl the 18th over. Reddy lofts the first ball down the ground but holes out a simple catch to long-off to be dismissed for 11.

Mukesh bowls two wides in a row to new batter Salil Arora.

Arora takes a single through the covers to get off the mark and Kishan hits the next to the fielder for just one.

Arora hits Mukesh uppishly as it falls just short of the fielder in the covers for a single.

Kishan nearly takes off his partner at the other end, powerfully slamming Mukesh straight down the ground for a four.

The last ball is a half-tracker as Kishan pulls it into the stands over square leg for a six.

Kishan has smashed 70 from 46 balls with SRH needing 13 from the last two overs.

23:21

Sunrisers need 28 from last 3 overs

SRH 153-3 (17 ovs) vs CSK 180-7 | SCORECARD

Kamboj back into the attack to bowl the 17th over. Kishan flicks the first ball off his pads as Noor makes a sensational stop at deep square leg, leaping over the ropes to push the ball back to save the six and keep it down to just a single.

Kamboj doing well to keep the batters down to singles off the next two balls.

Reddy mistimes the full toss over extra cover as the batters complete two runs but the bowler fails to collect the throw and concedes the third.

Kamboj bowls a full toss on the pads as Kishan whips it wide of long-on for a four followed by a dot ball.

SRH need 28 from the last three overs.

23:14

Ishan Kishan's fifty puts SRH in control

SRH 143-3 (16 ovs) vs CSK 180-7 | SCORECARD

Spinner Hosein back into the attack. He starts with two dot balls to Kishan, who pulls the third ball for a single to race to his fifty from 37 balls -- the first batter to go past the 50-run mark in this game.

Hosein bowls a wide down the leg side before Reddy clips the spinner to deep square leg for one.

Kishan slaps Hosein through the covers as Urvil makes a stunning stop running to his right at long-off before putting in the dive to keep it down to two.

Kishan is hurried into the pull shot last ball as he manages just a single to long-on as Hosein does well to concede just six runs from the 16th over.

SRH need 38 from the last four overs.

23:08

Klaasen out for 47; Sunrisers 3 down

SRH 137-3 (15 ovs) vs CSK 180-7 | SCORECARD

Noor comes back into the attack as Klaasen immediately targets the spinner. He lofts the second ball inside out over the covers for a four to bring the target down to 50.

However, Noor gets revenge next ball. Klaasen goes for the big shot down the ground but is beaten by the googly as Samson whips off the bails in a flash.

The stumping is referred to the TV umpire. Samson has pulled off a sensational stumping as he dislodged the bails before Klaasen could ground his feet back in the crease.

Klaasen walks back after a quickfire 47 from 26 balls, having put on 75 from 41 balls for the third wicket with Kishan to put SRH in control.

Nitish Kumar Reddy plays a nice drive first ball for two runs to sweeper cover. The next ball is again a wide half-volley and this time plays a beautiful drive in the gap at covers for a four.

SRH need 44 from last five overs for victory.

23:02

Klaasen, Kishan revive Sunrisers

SRH 126-2 (14 ovs) vs CSK 180-7 | SCORECARD

Kamboj back into the attack. He survives a run out chance first ball trying to steal a quick single to the covers. Noor misses the direct hit which results in two runs for Kishan to take SRH past 100.

Kishan then powerfully pulls the short ball from Kamboj over midwicket for a six to raise the 50-run stand for the third wicket from 28 balls.

Two singles along with a wide before Kishan powerfully cuts a short wide ball for a four and picks one from the last ball.

16 runs from the over brings the asking run rate to under 10.

Medium pacer Shivam Dube comes into the attack. Klaasen hammers a short wide delivery wide of long-off for a four as the boundaries continue to flow.

Two singles and a wide before before Klaasen hits Dube square on the off-side for another four.

Both batters in their 40s as SRH look unstoppable at the moment with 55 needed from the last six overs.

22:47

Klaasen, Kishan revive Sunrisers

Heinrich Klaasen

SRH 98-2 (12 ovs) vs CSK 180-7 | SCORECARD

Klaasen, on 18 from 13 balls, gets a lifeline as Spencer Johnson puts down a tough chance. Klaasen miscues the sweep off Noor Ahmad as Johnson rushes to his left at deep square leg and puts in the dive but fails to hold on.

Klaasen makes CSK pay as he lofts the flighted delivery from the spinner powerfully over long-off for a six.

The next ball is short and Klaasen rocks back to pull it for a boundary followed by singles off the next two, to get 14 from the 11th over.

Spencer Johnson back into the attack. He gifts Kishan a full toss which he clips through square leg for a four and hits the next to long-on for one.

Klaasen square drives a full wide delivery to deep point for two runs followed by singles off the last two balls.

22:35

Klaasen, Kishan revive Sunrisers

SRH 75-2 (10 ovs) vs CSK 180-7 | SCORECARD

Heinrich Klaasen breaks the shackles as he punches the short ball from Noor through the covers for a four and takes one off the next.

The dot balls are rising as CSK's spin duo keep things tight. After two dot balls in a row, Klaasen nearly chips a catch back to the bowler but it falls just short.

Klaasen then powerfully sweeps the spinner over backward point for a four. He tries the same shot next ball but this time straight to the fielder at short thirdman.

Klaasen makes a lot of room before he launches the CSK spinner inside out over the covers for a six and takes one off the last ball.

At the halfway mark, SRH reach 75/2 in 10 overs with Klaasen on 18 from 13 balls and Kishan on 24 from 20 balls.

They need 106 from the last 10 overs for victory.

22:25

Abhishek falls for 26; Sunrisers in trouble

SRH 57-2 (8 ovs) vs CSK 180-7 | SCORECARD

Spinner Noor Ahmad comes into the attack after the Powerplay. He continues to build the pressure giving away just two singles from the first five balls.

Abhishek ends the over on a high as he slogs the spinner's last ball over square leg for a six to take SRH past 50, in the seventh over.

Spin from both ends as Akeal Hosein comes into the attack to bowl the seventh over.

The West Indian strikes in his opening over with the key wicket of Abhishek, who holes out the sweep to deep square leg to walk back after a sedate 26 from 21 balls.

Heinrich Klaasen keeps strike with a single from the last ball to midwicket.

22:15

Chennai's pacers keep SRH in check

SRH 45-1 (6 ovs) vs CSK 180-7 | SCORECARD

Mukesh to bowl his third over in the Powerplay. Abhishek hammers the first ball through the gap between cover and point for a four before he takes one off the next.

Kishan keeps out the next two balls before taking one to mid-on and Abhishek keeps strike with a single from the last ball.

Anshul Kamboj comes into the attack, to bowl the sixth over. Abhishek backs away and looks to hit the first ball through the off-side but is beaten.

Abhishek takes a single before Kishan can't get a run off the next two balls. The left-hander breaks the shackles as he swings Kamboj over fine leg for a six followed by a dot.

CSK's pacers have done extremely well to limit SRH to 45/1 in six overs in the Powerplay.

Abhishek has been kept quiet, for 18 from 14 balls, while Kishan has made 20 from 16 balls.

22:05

Blow for Sunrisers; Head out for 6

SRH 31-1 (4 ovs) vs CSK 180-7 | SCORECARD

Kishan gets a streaky boundary as he gets an outside edge trying to drive Johnson, but the ball flies wide of the slip fielder for a four.

The next ball is again full and moves away as Kishan goes for the big drive is beaten on the outside edge.

Kishan counter-attacking as he pulls Johnson through square leg for a boundary but is beaten yet again looking to smash the full delivery over the off-side.

Kishan guides the last ball past short thirdman for the third four of the over.

21:59

Blow for Sunrisers; Head out for 6

SRH 19-1 (3 ovs)vs CSK 180-7 | SCORECARD

Spencer Johnson from the other end. Abhishek picks a single from the second ball before Head gets an outside edge off a full delivery which runs wide of the wicketkeeper for a four.

Good bowling from Johnson as Head is cramped for room off the next two balls before he drives last ball to the fielder in the covers to make it three dots in a row.

Good start from Johnson as he concedes just five runs from his first over.

Mukesh continues as Abhishek pulls the first ball to deep square leg for a single. Head fails to time his inside out lofted shot but manages to clear the cover fielder for two runs.

Mukesh gets the early wicket for CSK as he dismisses the dangerous Head. The Australian gets a big fat top edge off the short ball trying to play the pull shot.

Mukesh does well to judge the catch cleanly to strike the early blow for CSK as Head walks back for six.

Ishan Kishan is beaten as he attempts to cut the short wide delivery. Confident appeal from CSK but the umpire is not interested before Kishan takes one off the last ball.

21:47

Sunrisers' bowlers limit CSK to 180

SRH 10-0 (1 ov)vs CSK 180-7 | SCORECARD

Travis Head comes in as the Impact Player as he walks out to open the batting with Abhishek Sharma.

Left-arm pacer Mukesh Choudhary will open the bowling for CSK, who need a few early wickets in the Powerplay.

He starts with a yorker which Abhishek defends before he hits the next over point for a four to get off the mark.

Mukesh bowls another good yorker forcing Abhishek to defend followed by a good bouncer outside off-stump which he leaves alone.

Abhishek on the charge as he lofts a full wide delivery over mid-off for another boundary.

Mukesh bowls a wide before Abhishek keeps strike with one from the last ball to get 10 from the opening over.

21:28

Sunrisers' bowlers limit CSK to 180

CSK 180-7 (20 ovs) vs SRH | SCORECARD

Praful Hinge to bowl the final over. He starts with two successive wides before Veer swats the short ball through midwicket for two runs.

The slower ball proving to be quite effective. Veer swings and misses off the change of pace delivery and the same next ball.

Veer then hammers a full toss straight back over the bowler's head for a four followed by play and miss off a length ball angled across.

Veer miscues the ball high as Hinge runs back to complete a smart catch off his own bowling.

SRH's bowlers have been clinical as they limit CSK to 180/7 in 20 overs. They were unable to get the boost in the death overs, losing 3/48 in the last five overs.

Brevis was their top-scorer with 44 from 27 balls, while Kartik Sharma stroked 32 from 19 balls and Samson made 27 from 13 balls.

Cummins did the damage with the ball, with excellent figures of 3/28, while Sakib claimed 2/34.

21:22

Brevis, Dube perish; Super Kings 6 down

CSK 172-6 (19 ovs) vs SRH | SCORECARD

Sakib entrusted with the ball for the crucial 19th over. Dube pulls the first ball for a four before he misses out on a full toss followed by a wide.

Sakib dents CSK further wicket with the wicket of Dube, who is beaten by the slower ball as he swings across the line and is bowled for 26 from 23 balls.

The wickets of Brevis and Dube in successive overs leaves CSK reeling on 164/6 in the 19th over.

Akeal Hosein gets off the mark with three runs courtesy of an overthrow after he went for a quick single to point.

Prashant Veer gets a thick outside edge off another slower ball with the ball flying fine on the off-side for a four followed by a single from the last ball.

21:15

Brevis out for 44; Super Kings 5 down

CSK 159-5 (18 ovs) vs SRH | SCORECARD

Pacer Hussain comes back into the attack. Three singles from the first four balls before Dube swats the slower bouncer fine on the leg side for a four to raise the 50-run stand for the fifth wicket from 33 balls, while CSK also go past 150.

Malinga back from the other end to bowl his final over. Brevis is turning it on as he powerfully pulls Malinga for a six over midwicket to race to 44 from 26 balls -- his highest score this season.

However, Malinga gets revenge with the wicket of Brevis from the final ball.

The last ball at full place at 141.3kph beats Brevis for pace as he looks to swing across the line.

Brevis walks back after a good hand of 44 from 27 balls as SRH continue to chip away at the wickets.

21:04

CSK struggle; Sunrisers in control

CSK 144-4 (16 ovs) vs SRH | SCORECARD

Malinga to bowl his third over. Dube and Brevis pick a single each off the first two balls before he smashes the fourth ball over long-on for a six.

Singles off the last two balls as Malinga goes for 10 runs in the 15th over.

Cummins comes back from the other end, to bowl his fourth and final over.

He starts with a short ball but Brevis is ready as he launches a fierce pull over midwicket for a six. The next ball is down the leg side as the CSK right-hander glances it fine for a four and then takes one down to long-on.

The slower bouncer from Cummins goes high over Dube and is ruled a wide for height.

Cummins ends the over with two dots in a row to Dube, to finish with splendid figures of 3/28 in four overs, including 15 dot balls.

20:51

Cummins leaves CSK in a mess

CSK 122-4 (14 ovs) vs SRH | SCORECARD

CSK are struggling to get going. Spinner Shivang continues to keep things tight as he concedes just four runs in the 13th over.

Even Brevis has slowed down considerably, scoring 11 from 13 balls faced so far.

Pacer Nitish Reddy back into the attack. Dube breaks the shackles as he drives a wide half volley through the covers for a four -- the first boundary after 16 balls.

Brevis also joins the party as he hits Reddy for a four and six off successive deliveries in the 14th over.

Reddy has struggled with the ball, conceding 18 runs in his second over after going for 17 in his first.

20:41

Cummins leaves CSK in a mess

CSK 100-4 (12 ovs) vs SRH | SCORECARD

Cummins leaves CSK in further strife with the wicket of his opposite number Gaikwad.

The CSK skipper pulls the short ball but straight into the hands of Eshan Malinga at deep square leg.

A poor outing with the bat for Gaikwad, who walks back after a disappointing innings of 15 from 21 balls without a single boundary.

CSK struggling on 100/4 in 11.3 overs with Cummins taking 3/16 in 2.4 overs.

Shivam Dube keeps out the last three balls as Cummins bowls an excellent over, giving away just a single in the 12th over.

20:35

Kartik out for 32; CSK in trouble

CSK 99-3 (11 ovs) vs SRH | SCORECARD

Cummins dents CSK with the wicket of the free-flowing Kartik. The SRH captain foxes the youngster with the slower ball as he mistimes the slash and is caught at sweeper cover after scoring 32 from 19 balls.

Dewald Brevis gets off the mark with a single from the last ball to long-on.

At the halfway mark, CSK have reached 91/3 in 10 overs with Gaikwad on 15 from 19 balls without a single boundary so far.

Sakib back into the attack. After two dots in a row, Brevis breaks the shackles as he pulls the pacer over fine leg for a six.

Two more dots before Brevis keeps strike with one from the last ball.

20:22

Kartik's attack revives Super Kings

CSK 89-2 (9 ovs) vs SRH | SCORECARD

Kartik goes after Hinge to revive CSK. The young right-hander lofts the first ball inside out over the covers for a four.

He then latches on to the short ball, pulling it over midwicket for a six before he gets a thick outside edge for another four.

A misfield from the midwicket fielder gets Kartik a single followed by a wide.

Gaikwad heaves a sigh of relief as he survives a run out chance. Kartik taps it on the off-side as Gaikwad sets off for a quick single but has to turn back. Praful is quick to get to the ball on his follow through but misses out on the direct hit.

In the next over, Kartik takes on spinner Shivang, lofting the flighted googly back over the bowler's head for a straight six.

SRH miss out on another run opportunity. Gaikwad clips a full ball to short fine leg as Kartik goes for a quick single but is sent back halfway down.

However, the throw from short fine is a poor one as the bowler is unable to gather it to miss out on an easy run out.

Singles off the last three balls as CSK reach 89/2 in nine overs.

Kartik has provided the boost, smashing 32 from 16 balls, while Gaikwad has been cautious on 14 from 18 balls.

20:11

Urvil out for 13; CSK lose 2nd wicket

CSK 63-2 (7 ovs) vs SRH | SCORECARD

Malinga bowls another superb over in the Powerplay. He gives away just five singles in the sixth over as CSK reach 57/2 in six overs in the Powerplay.

Malinga has been impressive, conceding only eight runs in two overs bowled in the Powerplay.

Gaikwad has been quite sedate, scoring nine from 11 balls faced so far.

CSK will need to rebuild after the two quick wickets with Gaikwad needing to take responsibility in the middle overs.

Left-arm wrist spinner Shivang Kumar comes into the attack. Gaikwad pulls the first ball for a single to long-on and Kartik clips the next off his pads for another run.

Four more singles from the rest as Shivang makes a quiet start giving away six runs in his first over.

20:06

Urvil out for 13; CSK lose 2nd wicket

Urvil Patel is bowled by Sakib Hussain.

CSK 52-2 (5 ovs) vs SRH | SCORECARD

Pacer Eshan Malinga comes into the attack. He makes an excellent start, conceding just four singles in the fourth over despite bowling in the Powerplay.

Urvil looks to keen go on the attack but Malinga managed to keep him quiet with a good mix of slower balls.

Another change of bowling, as pacer Sakib Hussain is the fifth bowler to come into the attack.

The move pays off as Sakib strikes with the wicket of Urvil, who is completely deceived by the slower bouncer as he attempts a big swing across the line and is bowled for 13.

The young Kartik Sharma walks in at No 4. He keeps out the first two balls he faces from Sakib before he gets it off the bottom of the bat, past short thirdman for a four to take CSK past 50.

19:51

Cummins strikes; Samson out for 27

CSK 43-1 (3 ovs) vs SRH | SCORECARD

Pat Cummins strikes in his first over with the wicket of the dangerous Samson, who is caught behind after a quickfire 27 from 13 balls.

Samson goes for the big drive through the off-side but the length ball moves away enough to take the edge.

Samson takes the review after a chat with his captain but there is a clear spike on the UltraEdge.

No 3 Urvil Patel takes no time to warm up. He misses out on a full toss before smashing Cummins for back to back sixes.

He pulls the SRH captain over for a six before whipping a full over deep square for the same result, a sensational Helicopter shot to remind the fans of M S Dhoni.

19:46

Samson gives CSK a flying start

Sanju Samson

CSK 30-0 (2 ovs) vs SRH | SCORECARD

Pacer Praful Hinge from the other end. Gaikwad hits the first ball through the covers for a single before Samson plays away from the body and is beaten.

Samson is beaten again as he looks to hit Hinge through the off-side. This time SRH take the review for caught behind before they take the DRS. But there is nothing on the UltraEdge as they lose their first review quite early.

Samson then gets on top of the bounce to guide Hinge past short thirdman for a boundary. He is looking in great form as he follows it up with a straight boundary past long-on.

Samson makes it a hat-trick of fours as he slashes the last ball past point.

Samson has raced to 27 from 11 balls with five fours and a six to give CSK a flying start.

19:36

CSK elect to bat; Dhoni 'still not fit to play'

CSK 17-0 (1 ov) vs SRH | SCORECARD

Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad walk out to open the batting in CSK's final home game of the season.

For SRH, pace bowling all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy will open the bowling.

The first ball is on length around the off-stump as Samson pushes it to the fielder at point but the siren goes for the no ball as the pacer has overstepped.

A free hit for Samson, who makes most, as he goes back to clobber the length ball over long-on for a six to get off the mark in thumping fashion.

The next ball is on the pads as Samson plays a nicely-timed flick through midwicket for a four.

A single each for Samson and Gaikwad before the former eases the last ball past point for another four to get 17 runs from the opening over.

19:10

Dhoni 'still not fit to play'

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

There was a lot of buzz at the stadium when Dhoni made his way into the ground along with his CSK team-mates.

But Ruturaj Gaikwad has revealed at the toss that Dhoni is still not fit to play and could be available in the coming games if CSK advance to the playoffs.

Check out the playing XIs:

Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (w/k), Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Spencer Johnson.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (w/k), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (Captain), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge.

19:06

'Dhoni still not fit enough to play'

Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has won the toss and elected to bat against SRH in Chennai on Monday.

'The wicket is looking a bit dry we will bat first, also there is no dew,' Gaikwad says at the toss.

On being asked if M S Dhoni is playing, Gaikwad reveals: 'The good thing is he is here, but he is still not fit enough to play.'

18:53

CSK vs SRH Head To Head

Chennai Super Kings hold a superior head to head record against SRH, having won 15 out of 23 games played.

SRH have been in good form in recent seasons, winning three out of the last five matches played.

Earlier, this season SRH beat CSK by 10 runs.

18:35

Will Dhoni play his first match of season?

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Chennai is buzzing with excitement as Mahendra Singh Dhoni makes his way to the M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai ahead of their IPL 2026 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday.

However, it is not confirmed yet if he will play the match.

Dhoni, who has not played a single match this season, has reportedly suffered a fresh thumb injury while recovering from the calf strain that forced him to miss the side's first 12 games.

According to reports, the latest injury occurred before CSK’s match against Lucknow Super Giants, and he did not travel with the squad despite initial plans.

The veteran wicketkeeper-batter was originally expected to miss only the opening two weeks of the season. However, a slow recovery, fitness setbacks and concerns over disturbing a settled team combination delayed his return further.

18:15

CSK, SRH battle for playoff berth

Chennai Super Kings

Welcome to the coverage of the IPL 2026 match between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai on Monday.

With the playoffs qualification at stake, SRH will look to rise above their batting inconsistencies against an equally desperate five-time champions CSK.

Placed third in the points table with 14 points in 12 matches, SRH (NRR 0.331) need to win both their remaining two group stage games to avoid late hiccups in the journey towards the knockouts.

Even if they lose one of these two matches, SRH could still finish in the final four but the 2016 winners will need both Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals falter in at least one of their remaining two games.

However, SRH's wobbly run does present the Pat Cummins-led side to put together a unified show especially at the business end of the tournament where they seem to have stuttered, losing two of their last three fixtures.

The road ahead for CSK is not easy either even as they stand with a chance to finish with 16 points, but for that they will have to win their remaining two matches.

The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side had slipped to the sixth spot following their loss to Lucknow Super Giants in their last outing, and they currently have 12 points from as many matches.

Even on Net Run Rate, CSK are behind in the race with a tally of 0.027 compared to RR (0.082) - who have three matches left - and PBKS (13 points, NRR 0.355) are also in the fray.

But CSK can still fancy their chances given the gumption their players and the support staff have shown while facing innumerable obstacles, including injuries to multiple key players.

IPL 2026 Updates CSK vs SRH: Sunrisers down CSK to qualify for playoffs

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