IPL 2020 Highlights, CSK vs DC: Delhi Capitals Beat Chennai Super Kings By 44 Runs
IPL 2020, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Delhi Capitals beat Chennai Super Kings by 44 runs to register their second consecutive win of IPL 2020.
Delhi Capitals beat Chennai Super Kings by 44 runs to register their second consecutive win of IPL 2020 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday. Chasing 176 to win, Chennai Super Kings got off to a poor start as they lost both their openers Shane Watson and Murali Vjay inside the powerplay. Watson got out to Axar Patel while Vijay was removed by Anrich Nortje. Ruturaj Gaikwad who came into bat at No. 4 failed to impress as he got run out after scoring just five runs. After losing two quick wickets, Faf du Plessis and Kedar Jadhav stitched a decent partnership to keep CSK hopes alive in the game. Anrich Nortje dismissed Jadhav to hand his side a crucial breakthrough. MS Dhoni came in to bat but the damage was already done. Nortje and Rabada bowled brilliantly towards the end to seal the massive for their side. Earlier, Prithvi Shaw (64 off 43) scored his 5th IPL half-century as Delhi Capitals posted 175/3 against CSK. Shaw got support from his opening partner Shikhar Dhawan (35 runs off 27) who played with more caution up front but more than made up for it once the field restriction were lifted. The duo added 36 runs in the first six overs without any loss and capitalised on the start after the powerplay, taking aggressive approach against the CSK spinners. Both the players found boundaries at will and looked they will take the game away from them. However that was not to be as Piyush Chawla paid off his captain's faith on him by removing both the openers in quick succession to stop the run flow. (SCORECARD)
IPL 2020 Highlights Between Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals Straight From Dubai International Cricket Stadium, UAE
Short and wide from Kagiso Rabada and Ravindra Jadeja hits it straight into the hands of Amit Mishra at backward point. Rabada finishes his spell with three wickets.
Kagiso Rabada bowls a slower bouncer, Dhoni goes for a pull shot, only manages a top edge and Pant dives forward and grabs a good catch to send CSK skipper back.
Keeping MS Dhoni quiet is not an easy task to do but Anrich Nortje has done it to perfection so far. He has used his variations to deceive the wicketkeeper-batsman to great effect.
Anrich Nortje traps Kedar Jadhav plumb in front to give Delhi Capitals a crucial breakthrough. Jadhav wanted to pull it but there wasn't enough bounce in it.
Faf du Plessis comes charging down the track and gets beaten by the flight, only manages an outside edge and the ball lands in no man's land and races away to the fence.
Avesh Khan bowls short outside off stump and Faf du Plessis smashes it over cover point but Shimron Hetmyer stationed in the deep made a complete mess of it.
Ruturaj Gaikwad commits too far down the pitch and pays the price for it. du Plessis played it with soft hands on the leg side but it hadn't gone too far to allow a quick single. Pant was alert and fired in a throw at the non-striker's end to send him back to the pavillion.
Anrich Nortje gets the reward for bowling tight line and lengths. Murali Vijay miscues his shot and hands a simple catch to Kagiso Rabada fielding at mid-on.
Shane Watson hits a short ball from Axar Patel firmly but straight into the hands of the only fielder in the deep Shimron Hetmyer. He goes for 14 runs off 16 balls.
Anrich Nortje bowls on the middle and leg, Shane Watson hits it straight into the hands of Prithvi Shaw stationed at square leg who couldn't grab it with both hands.
Marcus Stoinis is making his presence felt with these innovative shots. The first boundary was a result of a ramp shot over fine leg, while the other shot though not hit properly still went past MS Dhoni and raced away to the fence. Delhi finish with 175/3 in 20 overs, setting a challenging total for CSK.
Sam Curran takes off pace from his delivery, Shreays Iyer decides to muscle it but only manages an outside edge, Dhoni takes a brilliant catch to send him packing
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