IPL 2023 CSK vs DC: Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Capitals by 27 runs

CSK got off to a slow start and lost early wickets, but Shivam Dube and MS Dhoni hit some big shots to take the score to 167. In reply DC struggled from the first ball and wickets kept falling. The team could only manage 140 runs and lost the match by 27 runs.

CSK innings:

CSK got off to a slow start with Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad playing cautiously, taking their time. During the fifth over, Axar Patel bowled beautifully and Devon Conway went. Soon, Axar Patel struck again and the other opener Ruturaj Gaikwad sent his partner to the pavilion.

Moeen Ali came in with the mindset to stabilize the innings and tried to form a partnership with Ajinkya Rahane, but Kuldeep Yadav didn’t like the idea and dismissed Ali for 7 runs. CSK’s innings was 66/3 after 10 overs, their lowest at this stage. in season.

Shivam Dube played some explosive shots and eased some of the pressure with back-to-back boundaries, but Mitchell Marsh lured the young batsman and was caught by skipper David Warner. Ambati Rayudu and Ravindra Jadeja played some safe shots and gradually picked up the pace of the innings.

Khaleel Ahmed dismissed Ambati Rayudu but none of the CSK fans were unhappy as it meant the legend M S Dhoni Now going to the crease. MS Dhoni played a short inning of 9 balls but hit 20 runs with the help of two sixes and a four.

At the end of the first innings, CSK were at 167/8.

DC shift:

Chasing 167 runs, Delhi got off to a bad start and Deepak Chehar dismissed the captain. david warner On the second ball of the innings. Phil Salt played some big shots during the second and third overs until Deepak Chehar also sent him back to the pavilion as DC fell to just 20 runs for two.

Soon, a run-up mixup ended in Mitchell March being dismissed for a silly runout, DC were now in real trouble.

Manish Pandey and Riley Rossouw played cautiously in partnerships with the occasional boundary and somehow the scoreboard got moving. But the CSK bowlers were bowling with a clear aim of taking wickets and soon Pandey’s patience gave way and ‘impact player’ Mathisha Pathirana dismissed the player. DC were at 84/4 after 13 overs.

One bring two is a common phrase used in cricket and Ravindra Jadeja proved it by dismissing Rossouw soon after Pandey. Axar Patel came on and tried to hit some boundaries, but the exercise seemed futile as the match was slipping out of DC’s hands. DC’s score at the end of the second innings was 140/8.