IPL 8, DD vs CSK Highlights: Zaheer Khan, Shreyas Iyer Help Delhi Daredevils Shock Chennai Super Kings
Two-time champions Chennai Super Kings lost to Delhi Daredevils by six wickets, thanks to Zaheer Khan's 2/9 and Shreyas Iyer's unbeaten 70 . Catch all the highlights of the match.
Delhi Daredevils stunned top-placed Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in Raipur on Tuesday. Catch all the highlights of the match here: (LIVE SCORECARD | STATS | STANDINGS) (All Times PM IST)
10.59: Delhi Daredevils beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets. Shreyas Iyer top scores with 70 not out.
10.45: WICKET! Yuvraj Singh falls to Negi for 32 but Delhi are now well within sight of a rare win. They need 27 to win off 40 balls with seven wickets in hand.
10.43: Fifty for Shreyas Iyer, fourth of this season. Delhi now need only 28 to win off seven overs.
10.40: SIX! Yuvraj goes down the ground and sends Ashwin into the stands. Great shot that. DD are 88/2 in 12.2 overs, chasing 120 vs the Super Kings.
10.36: Delhi Daredevils coasting towards an easy win here; they are 74/2 off 11 overs, chasing 120 vs the Super Kings. Iyer is approaching another fifty.
10.22: FOUR! Another trademark Yuvraj shot as the ball flies away to the fence. DD take 20 runs off this Ishwar Pandey over; they are 48/2 in 7, chasing 120
10.19: SIX! Boom! Iyer hammers Pandey into the stands. And he follows it up with a boundary as Delhi Daredevils move to 43/2 in 6.4 overs
10.17: FOUR! Classic Yuvraj Singh as India's 2011 World Cup hero sends a Pandey delivery smashing to the fence. Top shot that as DD move to 32/2 in 6.1 overs.
10.15: FOUR! Ashwin in the attack and bowls a poor one; Iyer, who has been in good form punishes it aptly; DD 28/1 in 5.1 overs, chasing 120 vs Super Kings.
10.11: WICKET! Pandey picks up his second wicket; he has removed the dangerous JP Duminy for 6 and DD are now 24/2 in 4.1 overs. Yuvraj Singh joins Shreyas Iyer in the middle.
10.06: FOUR! Duminy gets off the mark in style - a backfoot punch off Mohit Sharma. That was a really poor delivery. DD 21/1 in 3.2 overs.
10.02: WICKET! Quinton de Kock falls to Ishwar Pandey for 3. That was an unnecessary and poor shot, given the low total DD are chasing; 16/1 in 2.3 overs.
9.58: After two overs, Delhi Daredevils are 14/0, chasing 120 vs Chennai Super Kings in Raipur.
9.34: Brilliant bowling by the Delhi Daredevils. Zaheer bowled his most economical spell in an IPL match, snaring 2/9 off four overs, while Albie Morkel took 2/21 off three overs. Chennai Super Kings score 118/6 off their 20 overs.
9.26: WICKET! Nadeem has picked up the important wicket of MS Dhoni for 27 and CSK are 110/6 in the 19th over. Daredevils have done a really good job of keeping CSK quiet.
9.08: WICKET! Big blow for the Super Kings as Albie Morkel removes his fellow South African Faf du Plessis. Another South Africa, DD skipper Duminy is a relieved man. CSK 83/3 off 15.2 overs as Bravo walks in to join Dhoni.
9.05: Yuvraj fires one in the pads and du Plessis shimmies down to collect four runs. Seven off the over - CSK are 83/3 with five to go.
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9.04: du Plessis is beginning to look really dangerous and if cuts loose with Dhoni, CSK could get to a strong total; they are 76/3 off 14 overs.
8.57: Good first over from Yuvraj - gives away just five runs. Chennai Super Kings are 65/3 with seven overs remaining. Could this turn out to be a low-scoring thriller? Even without Nehra, CSK have a strong bowling unit.
8.55: Yuvraj Singh in the attack. Du Plessis takes a single and gets Dhoni on strike. This should be an interesting battle.
8.53: FOUR! Statement of intent from Dhoni as he slams Yadav to the fence. They need more of those now. CSK 60/3 in 12 overs.
8.51: This has not appeared to be an easy pitch to bat on. Chennai's normally fluent batsmen have struggled to get going. Ian Bishop feels it's a 160 pitch. Can Dhoni and du Plessis set up a big one?
8.42: WICKET! This is now a really poor start for the Super Kings. Jayant Yadav has removed the dangerous Suresh Raina and CSK are stuttering at 46/3 in 9.2 overs. This brings Dhoni and du Plessis together with half the innings to go.
8.35: WICKET! Albie Morkel strikes off his first ball to remove Dwayne Smith, who was looking increasingly dangerous in the middle. He's gone for 18 and CSK are 34/2 in 8.1 overs.
8.30: Gurinder Sandhu bowls a poor one in his first over and Smith, who has just begun to open his shoulders up, would not miss out on that. FOUR! Aptly punished. CSK 29/1 off 7.2
8.28: Nadeem tosses it up outside off and Smith knew that was in his zone. Bang! First six of the Chennai innings. They are 24/1 off 7 overs with Raina at the other end.
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8.24: WICKET! It was coming. Delhi had suffocated Chennai with some tight overs and McCullum felt the pressure and played a poor shot off Zaheer - he shuffled across off-stump to give Duminy an easy catch at mid-off. CSK 16/1 off 6 overs
8.14: Rare loose ball from Zaheer and Smith was quick to pounce on to it and dispatch that to the fence. But good comeback by Zak as he cramps the West Indian up for room.
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8.11: This is a very tidy start by the DD bowlers; Nadeem and Zaheer have done a good job so far; CSK are 6/0 off three overs.
8.09: FOUR! Finally after scoring just one run off 14 balls, CSK are up and away. McCullum latched on to a short one from Nadeem and hammered it to the on-side fence.
8.07: Cracking over from Zaheer Khan. Just one off it as Chennai Super Kings reach 1/0 at the end of 2.
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8.04: Nadeem bowls a maiden to a watchful Dwayne Smith. Zaheer Khan into the attack for the second over of the Chennai innings as Brendon McCullum faces up.
8.01: Delhi Daredevils have decided to start off with Shahbaz Nadeem - CSK openers Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum at the crease. This should be an exciting phase in the game.
19.40:Playing XI:
Delhi Daredevils: Q de Kock (WK), SS Iyer, JP Duminy (Captain), Yuvraj Singh, KM Jadhav, SS Tiwary, JA Morkel, J Yadav, GS Sandhu, Z Khan, S Nadeem
Chennai Super Kings: DR Smith, BB McCullum, SK Raina, F du Plessis, P Negi, MS Dhoni (Captain & WK), DJ Bravo, RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, MM Sharma, IC Pandey
19.31: Chennai Super Kings opt to bat vs Delhi Daredevils, who are already out of contention for the playoffs. CSK have brought in Ishwar Pandey for Ashish Nehra, who is down with the flu. Two changes for DD - Shahbaz Nadeem comes in for Amit Mishra. Gurinder Sandhu replaces Coulter-Nile
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Chennai are likely to miss Brendon McCullum as there's an uncertainty over his participation in today's Indian Premier League match. McCullum is to leave the IPL and join the New Zealand squad in England. "Michael Hussey will replace McCullum. Hussey has been great for us. Yes it is a big loss that Brendon will have to go back (to attend national duty)," MS Dhoni had said after his side defeated Rajasthan Royals on Sunday.
Delhi, who are placed seventh in the points table, are already out of contention for play-offs following another poor season. The have suffered eight losses in 12 matches. It would be a huge task for Jean-Paul Duminy's men to upstage the title favourites.
Ashish Nehra has been leading the CSK bowling attack with remarkable consistency and he has found good support from the spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin.
McCullum's exit may hurt CSK and Stephen Fleming is not denying the dependence of the Kiwi star. "I do not think about the special advantage of being first or second. The situation will be that we will be a losing couple of players. Brendon McCullum in particular and we are very mindful of that. But we want to make sure that we go to number one and then qualify," Fleming said.
CSK's fielding has been sensational this season with Dwayne Bravo grabbing few of the fantastic catches. His 'Superman' effort to dismiss Shane Watson on Sunday christened it as 'Catch of the season'.
STATS
Mumbai Indian have struck most fifties -- 14 -- this season. Delhi Daredevils are second best with 13 half-centuries.