Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals Highlights: Hosts Chennai Super Kings notched up a 27-run win over Delhi Capitals, denting the visitors’ chances of reaching the IPL playoffs on Wednesday. Opting to bat, MS Dhoni blazed away to 20 off nine balls to help hosts Chennai Super Kings post a decent 167/8.
In reply, DC batters found the going tough and could manage only 140/8 in their 20 overs. Rilee Rossouw top-scored for Delhi with a 37 ball-35. Earlier, CSK never really got going as the Delhi bowlers kept striking at regular intervals.
However, Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja (21) smashed some much-needed boundaries and maximums to take them over the 160-run mark Spinners Axar Patel (2/27), Kuldeep Yadav (1/28) and Lalit Yadav (1/34) shared four wickets amongst themselves, while Mitchell Marsh took three scalps.
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Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2023
Chennai Super Kings
167/8 (20.0)
Delhi Capitals
140/8 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 55 )
Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Capitals by 27 runs
In the last match, Chennai Super Kings had beaten Mumbai Indians by six wickets. DC has seen a late surge and has won two games back-to-back and defeated RCB by seven wickets in their last game.
Delhi Capitals: Manish Pandey, RR Rossouw, KL Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, David Warner (Captain), Aman Hakim Khan, Axar Patel, MR Marsh, PD Salt (WK), KK Ahmed
Chennai Super Kings: Ajinkya Rahane, M Theekshana, RD Gaikwad, MM Ali, TU Deshpande, Devon Conway, RA Jadeja, MS Dhoni (Captain/WK), S Dubey, DL Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana
The Chepauk pitch is friendly for both batters and bowlers. However, the key factor is that the chasing side has won matches here more times. If we look at the results of the last five matches played at Chepauk, the side that batted second won the game three times. The average score for the first innings here is 173. Spinners will have a better chance on this pitch, stats show.
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