IPL Live 2020 / Delhi Capitals beat Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets

Zoom News : Oct 17, 2020, 11:21 PM
In the 34th match of the 13th season of IPL, Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 5 wickets. This season, Delhi defeated Chennai for the second time. The team has reached the top of the points table by winning 7 out of 9 matches. Shikhar Dhawan scored the first century in the IPL while playing an innings of 101 runs.

Chennai won the toss and batting first gave a target of 180 runs. In response, Delhi Capitals won the match by scoring 185 wickets losing 5 wickets. Apart from Dhawan of Delhi, Marcus Stoinis scored 24 and captain Shreyas Iyer scored 23 runs. Deepak Chahar took the most 2 wickets for Chennai.

Deepak's initial two setbacks to Delhi gave Delhi a very poor start. Prithvi Shaw was dismissed in the very first over of the second consecutive match. Fast bowler Deepak Chahar gave both the first setbacks to Delhi. He caught Prithvi Shaw on his own ball. Ajinkya Rahane (8) was then caught out by Sam Karan. Opener Shikhar Dhawan held one end and led the team to victory.


Chennai had a poor start, Chennai had a very poor start. The team scored 179 runs losing 4 wickets. Opener Sam Karan returned to the pavilion without opening an account on the second ball of the match. Tushar Deshpande got him caught at the hands of Enrich Nortje. After this, du Plessis and Shane Watson (36) shared a 67-ball 87 for the second wicket. Watson was bowled by Nortje. Nortje took his second wicket in the match, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni was caught out by wicketkeeper Alex Carrie.

Du Plessis scored the highest 58 runs off 47 balls for du Plessis' 16th FIFTISK in the IPL. This was his 16th fifty in the league. Apart from him, Ambati Rayudu scored 45, Watson 36 and Ravindra Jadeja scored 33 runs. At the same time, Delhi fast bowler Enrich Nortje took 2 wickets for 44 runs. Apart from him Kagiso Rabada and Tushar Deshpande got 1-1 wickets.

Chennai scored 45 runs in the last three overs, Chennai scoring 134 runs in the 17th over. Jadeja and Rayudu were at the crease. In the 18th over of Delhi's Tushar Pandey, they both added 13 runs. Rabada had 16 runs in the 19th over. Jadeja hit two sixes in the 20th over of Nortje. Jadeja and Rayudu shared a 50-run partnership for the 5th wicket off just 21 balls, taking Chennai's score to 170.

Jadhav returns to CSK

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni made a change in the playing eleven. Kedar Jadhav replaced Piyush Chawla. At the same time, there was no change in the Delhi team. Captain Shreyas Iyer, who was injured in the last match, is fit. They are playing matches.


Both teams:

Delhi: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Tushar Deshpande, Kagiso Rabada and Enrich Nortje.

Chennai: Sam Karan, Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur and Karn Sharma.

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