Zoom News : Sep 26, 2020, 08:08 AM
Cricket Desk: The eighth encounter of the IPL 2020 witnessed the clash between the oldest and the youngest skipper of the tournament– MS Dhoni and Shreyas Iyer. Having won their first encounter against KXIP in an enthralling super over, the Delhi franchise were put to bat first by MS Dhoni. CSK, on the other hand, had lost their previous game against RR while succumbing to Sanju Samson’s batting brilliance.CSK skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first. Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan started pretty well and added a 94-run partnership for the opening wicket. Shaw looked in blistering touch as he hammered CSK bowlers all around the ground.The 20-year-old exhibited top-class cricket and started hitting boundaries from the word go. He took just 35 balls to smash a classic half-century against CSK’s quality bowling attack. The right-handed batsman slammed nine fours and a six before getting stumped off Piyush Chawla for 64.Prithvi Shaw-Shikhar Dhawan pair stitched 36 runs in PowerplayOn the following delivery, Shaw again looked for a boundary as he tried to pull off a flashy cover drive. To the youngster’s disappointment, the ball sneaked between the bat and the pad and went through to wicketkeeper Dhoni.The snickometer revealed that it apparently was an edge but no member from the CSK bunch was able to identify it. It was later revealed that the ball had taken a thin edge before going to the wicketkeeper’s gloves.Rishab Pant’s handy knock took DC to a competitive scoreDC scored 88-0 after 10 overs, but two wickets in consecutive overs of Chawla somewhat brought CSK back in the game. Despite that, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant added a crucial 58-run stand for the third wicket.Sam Curran did get the wicket of Iyer on 26, but Pant held his end and kept on tickling the scoreboard. The left-handed batsman went unbeaten on 37 after the end of 20 overs. With a strike-rate of 148, the wicket-keeper batter smashed six boundaries to take his side to 175/3.