Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals – Pre-match Updates
Head to Head comparison of matches played and won between the two teams shows that out of 24 matches played between them, CSK convincingly won 15 times and DC managed to win on 9 occasions.
Both CSK and DC are in prime form and predicting who’s gonna win this one is difficult, a lot may depend on the toss, the Dubai wicket is good for batting and a score of around 155 is gettable.
This match can be a preview of qualifiers or maybe the finals.
After losing the toss CSK was put on to bat first, CSK finished the innings at 136-5 after 20 overs.
Delhi needed 137 runs at the rate of 6.85 runs per over, they lost 7 wickets but in the end, DC scored 139-7 in 19.4 over and won the match by 3 wickets.
Axar Patel was awarded Man of the Match for his 2 wickets for 18 runs in 4 overs.
After losing the toss CSK was put on to bat first, the well-known openers, Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad, who have been in tremendous form, opened the innings for CSK.
In the very first over of the innings, CSK got 16 runs and Gaikwad’s decision of LBW out was also reversed by DRS. Second, over too cost DC 10 run and CSK was 26-0 after 2 overs.
Axar Patel who is DC’s ‘man with golden arm’ was brought into the attack by Rishabh, straight away he dismissed Faf at 10, CSK was 30-1 after 3 overs.
In the 5th over Nortje scalped Gaikwad at 13, with both the openers back into the pavilion CSK was 41-2 after 5 overs.
With Moeen Ali and Robin Uthappa at the crease, CSK was 48-2 after the power play (6 overs).
This was not the usual start that CSK gets by its openers but still, they were placed well after the power play with 48 runs in the kitty. The only thing they needed to do is stay on the wicket and build a partnership.
In the 8th over Axar struck again and departed Moeen Ali at 5, CSK was 61-3 after 8 overs.
CSK was struggling to score and keep wickets, in the 9th over CSK lost Uthappa at 19 to Ashwin, CSK was 65-4 after 9 overs.
Ambati Rayudu and Dhoni were on the crease and built the partnership, they both batted well and completed the 50 runs partnership in the 18th over, CSK was 118-4 after 18 overs.
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In the last over Dhoni was dismissed by Avesh Khan at 18, it was the partnership of Dhoni and Rayudu due to which CSK finished the innings at 136-5 after 20 overs.
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CSK Scorecard
Batting
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Ruturaj Gaikwad
c Ashwin b Nortje
13
13
2
0
Faf du Plessis
c Shreyas Iyer b Axar
10
8
2
0
Robin Uthappa
c and b Ashwin
19
19
1
0
Moeen Ali
c Shreyas Iyer b Axar
5
8
0
0
Ambati Rayudu
Not out
55
43
5
2
MS Dhoni
c Pant b Avesh Khan
18
26
0
0
Ravindra Jadeja
Not out
1
2
0
0
Total: 136-4 in 20 Overs
Bowler
Overs
Maiden
Runs
Wickets
Anrich Nortje
4
0
37
1
Avesh Khan
4
0
35
1
Axar Patel
4
0
18
2
Kagiso Rabada
4
0
21
0
R Ashwin
4
0
20
1
DC Innings
Delhi needed 137 runs at the rate of 6.85 runs per over, this was not a big ask but DC must keep up with the run rate and should not lose many wickets too early.
Shikhar Dhawan who has been an Orange cap contender opened the innings with Prithvi Shaw.
They both gave a similar start that CSK got initially, and scored 19 in the first two overs, DC was 19-0 after 2 overs.
In the very next over Deepak Chahar dismissed Prithvi at 19, DC was 24-1 after 3 overs.
Shreyas Iyer and Shikhar Dhawan were on the crease but DC lost Iyer to Hazlewood at 2, DC was 51-1 after the power play (6 overs).
Rishabh Pant came to bat and scored 15 runs quickly and was departed by Jadeja in the 9th over, DC was 72-3 after 9 overs.
Ripal Patel came in and built a brief partnership with Dhawan, Jadeja took his second wicket by displacing Ripal out at 18 in the 13th over, DC was 94-4 after 13 overs.
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Delhi still needed 43 runs off 42 deliveries with 6 wickets in hand, it was not a big ask and DC just needed to keep playing till the end.
R Ashwin joined Dhawan and DC got into big trouble when Shardul Thakur dismissed both Ashwin and Dhawan in one over at 2 and 39 runs respectively, DC was 99-6 after 15 overs
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Shimron Hetmyer and Axar Patel were the new batsmen on the crease, both played sensibly and took the score to 131-6 by the end of the 19th over.
DC now needed 6 runs of 6 balls, which looked simple but again a twist in the tale, Bravo dismissed Axar at 5, DC was 135-7 after 19.3 overs.
DC needed just 2 runs of 3 deliveries but the risk was that Bravo was Bowling and Kagiso Rabada was on the strike, and to everybody surprise, Rabada hit dispatched Bravo to the boundary and registered a win for Delhi in 19.4 over, DC scored 139-7 and won by 3 wickets.
