India, May 19 -- Sunrisers Hyderabad sealed a five-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings at Chepauk and booked their playoff spot, but the chase produced one brief flashpoint when Heinrich Klaasen and Sanju Samson were involved in a heated verbal exchange.

SRH were chasing 181 and had control of the game for most of the second innings. Ishan Kishan gave the pursuit its spine with 70 off 47 balls, while Klaasen added the force in the middle overs. His 47 off 26 balls, with six fours and two sixes, kept Hyderabad ahead of the asking rate and left Chennai searching for a way back into the contest.

That opening came in the 15th over through Noor Ahmad. The left-arm wrist-spinner beat Klaasen with a googly, and Samson completed the dismissal s...