- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.3 taken at midwicket! And all the credit should go to the bowler. First because he follows Shaw, who is trying to make room to access the off side again. Then he puts in enough effort that he derives extra bounce - which is beyond hard on this Delhi pitch. The batsman is cramped and he's committed to the big shot. Ends up with a slog that comes off the high part of the bat and ends up in Watson's hands 36/117.1 and Bravo continues to pick up wickets. Slower length ball on off stump and Dhawan can't get any power on it as he looks for the pick-up whip. Too early on the shot too, and he sends it ballooning up for a second catch to Thakur, running in from deep square leg 127/611.4 big appeal, and it's given! Does Iyer for length here - wasn't short enough to cut and he was going back, playing the trajectory rather than the length. Then it skids on straight instead of turning away, and by the time Iyer can bring his bat down it's already zipped through and struck his back pad. Looked pretty plumb on first glance 79/215.2 length ball angling into off stump, and Bravo has taken out the dangerman. Wasn't so much the ball that did it. Pant whips away a good-looking pick-up shot, times it really well, but ends up hitting it within the range of Thakur at deep square leg. Thakur had to do quite a bit of work to sprint to his right and then complete the catch on the slide 120/315.4 length ball on middle stump, and for the second time in the over an innocuous delivery picks up a wicket. Stays leg-side of the ball and goes for the on-the-up drive, but ends up hitting it straight into the lap of the cover fielder 122/416.3 bowled 'im! What a follow-up to the previous ball. That one took ages reaching Paul, this one is past his outside edge before he can bring his bat down fully. Flat, back of a length, spun hard out of the hand and straightening wickedly after angling in from a round-arm release. Tries to make room initially, then tries to bring his bat down straight in a hurry, and ends up playing a long way inside the line 123/5Extras7 (lb 2, w 5)TOTAL147/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.35)Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Prithvi Shaw, 4.3 ov), 2-79 (Shreyas Iyer, 11.4 ov), 3-120 (Rishabh Pant, 15.2 ov), 4-122 (Colin Ingram, 15.4 ov), 5-123 (Keemo Paul, 16.3 ov), 6-127 (Shikhar Dhawan, 17.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DL Chahar 4 0 20 1 5.00 12 2 0 1 0 SN Thakur 2 0 19 0 9.50 5 4 0 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 4 0 30 0 7.50 10 3 1 2 0 RA Jadeja 4 0 23 1 5.75 8 1 0 0 0 Imran Tahir 2 0 20 1 10.00 3 2 1 0 0 DJ Bravo 4 0 33 3 8.25 8 4 0 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.4 huge appeal for a stumping. And it all starts with some sexy bowling from Mishy. Tosses it up. Tempting the batsman. Luring him into a big shot over the covers. Bringing him out of his crease and then making him lose his shape thanks to the amount of turn off the pitch. Now all that's left is for Pant to collect the ball and break the stumps and he does it in style 73/22.4 taken at mid-off! Rayudu pays for being a little too enthusiastic. He hares down the pitch too early, allowing the bowler the chance to change his length, hit the deck hard, cramp the batsman, and even startle him for pace because hey, he chose to needlessly run down the pitch, reducing the time he gets to face the ball. It comes off the top of the bat and balloons to Iyer 21/110.2 another wrong'un, a big appeal, and it's given. Raina walks too. May have been the front-of-the-hand slider - just kept going with the angle from over the wicket while Raina went back to play the late dab. Ended up sliding off the bat face into Rishabh Pant's gloves 98/319.1 a wicket. Back of a length wide of off, extra bounce, and Jadhav gets a thin edge to the keeper as he reaches out to steer to third man 146/4Extras8 (lb 5, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL150/4 (19.4 Overs, RR: 7.62)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Ambati Rayudu, 2.4 ov), 2-73 (Shane Watson, 6.4 ov), 3-98 (Suresh Raina, 10.2 ov), 4-146 (Kedar Jadhav, 19.1 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Delhi Capitals , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20
Match days
26 March 2019 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Chennai Super Kings 2, Delhi Capitals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 1 wicket)
- Delhi Capitals: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (45 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 55/1 in 9.0 overs (S Dhawan 22, SS Iyer 7)
- Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 13.4 overs (82 balls), Extras 4
- S Dhawan: 50 off 45 balls (7 x 4)
- Innings Break: Delhi Capitals - 147/6 in 20.0 overs (AR Patel 9, R Tewatia 11)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 58 runs, 1 wicket)
- Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (SR Watson 28, SK Raina 19, Ex 4)
- Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 10.3 overs (63 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 125/3 in 16.0 overs (KM Jadhav 24, MS Dhoni 15)
- Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 19.4 overs (119 balls), Extras 8
Match Coverage
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Ponting defends decision to bat first early in the season
The Delhi Capitals coach said they would have ideally liked Shikhar Dhawan to score quicker
Bravo and Watson come up trumps against Delhi Capitals
Chennai Super Kings cruised to their second victory in as many games - even if it did go down to the final over
Talking Points: Why no Sandeep Lamichhane?
Delhi Capitals chose to play Rahul Tewatia and Amit Mishra ahead of the Nepal legspinner against Chennai Super Kings
Can Super Kings work their magic away from spin-friendly Chepauk?
The nature of the Feroz Shah Kotla pitch will be of utmost interest, given Delhi's potent seam attack and Super Kings' wealth of spin options