Live: Power play in Delhi's name, Chennai Super Kings on backfoot
- Match between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings
- This match will be played at Vizag Stadium in Andhra Pradesh
- A total of 29 matches have been played between the two teams so far
Delhi Capitals, which has lost two consecutive matches in the 17th season of IPL, will face the current champion Chennai Super Kings (CSK) today. The 15th match of the season is being played at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium. Delhi won the toss and decided to bat first and set a target of 192 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs.
Chennai innings starts
End of Power Play: The powerplay went to Delhi Capitals. After 6 overs, the score of Chennai Super Kings is 32 runs for two wickets. Rahane is in the game after scoring 18 runs on 14 balls. He has hit 2 fours and one six. Daryl Mitchell is playing with him scoring 7 runs in 8 balls.
4 overs ended: Ajinkya Rahane hit two fours in the fourth over. After 4 overs, Chennai's score is 17 runs for two wickets. Ajinkya Rahane is in the game after scoring 10 runs on 8 balls. Daryl Mitchell is running with him.
Rachin Ravindra out: Chennai Super Kings lost their second wicket for just 7 runs in the third over. Rachin Ravindra was out after scoring just two runs in 12 balls. Chennai faces the challenge of 192 runs.
Gaikwad out: Khalil Ahmed has given the first blow to Chennai Super Kings in the very first over. Rituraj Gaikwad was out after scoring one run in two balls. Now Ajinkya Rahane has come to bat at number three. After one over, Chennai's score is 1 run for 3 wickets.
Chennai Super Kings is all set to chase the target of 192 runs. Rituraj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra have come for opening batting. Khalil Ahmed will bowl the first over.
Delhi innings
Delhi Capitals set a target of 192 runs on the basis of half-centuries from David Warner and Rishabh Pant. Batting first, Delhi scored 191 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Mathisha Pathirana took three wickets. During this period he bowled at a speed of more than 145 km per hour.
Prithvi Shaw and David Warner gave a good start to Delhi Capitals in this match. Both of them made a partnership of 93 runs for the first wicket. The first success for Chennai was given by Mustafizur Rahman, who got Warner caught out by Pathirana on the third ball of the 10th over. He was successful in scoring 52 runs in 35 balls. Meanwhile, 5 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat. Delhi's second wicket fell in the second over. Set batsman Prithvi Shaw was caught by Ravindra Jadeja at the hands of Dhoni. Shaw, playing his first IPL match of the season, scored 43 runs with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes.
The deadly bowling of Mathisha Pathirana was seen in the 13th match of IPL. He broke the 134-run partnership between Rishabh Pant and Mitchell Marsh. There was a partnership of 31 runs between the two for the third wicket. Marsh was bowled by Mathisha Pathirana bowling at a speed of 150 kmph. The star all-rounder faced 12 balls and scored 18 runs. He made Tristan Stubbs his victim on the last ball of the over. He returned to the pavilion without opening the account.
Along with this, team captain Pant also returned to the pavilion after playing a strong innings. After returning to the field, he scored his first half-century. This star player scored 51 runs in 32 balls. During this, 4 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat. Against Chennai, Akshar Patel remained unbeaten after scoring 7 runs and Abhishek Porel remained unbeaten after scoring 9 runs. Mathisha Pathirana took 3 wickets for Chennai. He bowled lethally. While Mustafizur Rahman and Ravindra Jadeja got one wicket each.
Pants out: Rishabh Pant, known as Miracle Man, had a strong performance against Chennai. He scored a big half-century in 31 balls. This is his first half-century after returning to the field, after which he returned to the pavilion. He was caught out by Gaikwad on the fifth ball of the 19th over off the bowling of Pathirana. At present Akshar Patel and Abhishek Porel are present at the crease.
Over 18 overs: After 18 overs, Delhi Capitals' score is 162 runs for 4 wickets. Rishabh Pant has reached 35 runs in 27 balls. So far he has hit 2 fours and 2 sixes. Along with him, Akshar Patel is on five runs in six balls.
17 overs over: Pathirana bowled the 17th over, in which 5 runs were scored. After which Delhi's score has become 148 runs for 4 wickets. Rishabh Pant is playing with 23 runs in 23 balls and Akshar Patel is playing with 4 runs in 4 balls.
Pathirana brought Chennai back into the match by taking two wickets in one over. Mitchell Marsh was clean bowled on the fourth ball of the 15th over. Then Tristan Stubson, who came to bat, showed the way to the pavilion by hitting the ball. Mitchell Marsh was out after scoring 18 runs. When Stubbs became a duck hunter. After 15 overs, Delhi's score is 134 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. At present, Pant and Axar are at the crease from Delhi side.
Over 12 overs: After 12 overs, Delhi Capitals' score is 111 runs for two wickets. Mitchell Marsh is playing after scoring 6 runs in five balls with the help of one four. While Rishabh Pant is in the game after scoring five runs in seven balls.
Prithvi shows out: Delhi has lost its second wicket in the form of Prithvi Shaw for 103 runs in the 11th over. Shaw was out after scoring 43 runs on 27 balls. Now Mitchell Marsh and Rishabh Pant are at the crease. After 11 overs, Delhi's score is 104 runs for 2 wickets. With both sets of batsmen out together, it may be difficult for Delhi to reach 200.
Warner out 😀The first wicket of Lee Capitals fell in the 10th over at the score of 93 runs. Pathirana took a brilliant catch of Warner off the ball of Mustafizur Rahman. Now Rishabh Pant has come at number three.
9 overs over: After 9 overs, Delhi Capitals' score is 91 runs without any wicket. David Warner is in the game after scoring 51 runs on 33 balls. So far he has hit 5 fours and 3 sixes. While Prithvi Shaw is in the game after scoring 34 runs on 22 balls.
End of Power Play: Mustafizur Rahman bowled the sixth over. A total of 20 runs were scored in this over. Prithvi Shaw hit 3 fours and David Warner hit one four. After 6 overs, Delhi's score is 62 runs without any wicket. Warner is in the game with 35 runs on 22 balls and Prithvi Shaw is in the game with 24 runs on 15 balls.
5 overs over: Deepak Chahar bowled the 5th over. However, 18 runs came in this over. David Warner hit one six and two fours on Chahar. After 5 overs, Delhi Capitals score is 42 runs without any wicket. Warner is in the game after scoring 30 runs on 19 balls. While Prithvi Shaw is in the game after scoring 12 runs in 11 balls.
3 overs ended: Deepak Chahar bowled the third over. A total of 9 runs were scored in this over. However, on the second ball of the over, Warner hit a skyscraper six on the leg side. Then he also took a double by playing a chip shot. After 3 overs, Delhi's score is 19 runs without any wicket.
Deepak Chahar bowled the first over for Chennai Super Kings. Seven runs came in this over. David Warner hit a brilliant four on the last ball. Prithvi Shaw is in the game after scoring 3 runs and Warner has scored 4 runs.
head to head record
A total of 29 matches have been played between the two teams in the IPL so far, in which Chennai has won 19 matches, while the Delhi team has been successful in winning 10 matches. CSK's highest score against Delhi is 223 runs while Delhi's highest score is 198 runs. Last season, there were two matches between Delhi and CSK in which Chennai won both the matches.
Playing-11 of both the teams
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper/captain), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Anrich Norkia, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khalil Ahmed
Impact Player: Sumit Kumar, Kumar Kushagra, Rasik Dar Salaam, Praveen Dubey, Jack Fraser-McGurk
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mathisha Pathirana, Mustafizur Rahman.
Impact Player: Shivam Dubey, Shardul Thakur, Sheikh Rashid, Moeen Ali, Mitchell Santner