Hosts Chennai Super Kings’ 27-run win over Delhi Capitals dents visitors’ chances of reaching IPL playoffs
Post Date – 11:45 PM, Wednesday – 5/10/23
Chennai: Chennai Super Kings bowler Matheesha Pathirana celebrates the wicket of Delhi Capitals batsman Manish Pandey. PTI photo
Chennai: Hosts Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Capitals by 27 points on Wednesday, denting the visitors’ chances of reaching the IPL playoffs.
Choosing to bat, MS Dhoni struck 20 off nine balls to help the hosts Chennai Super Kings to a decent 167/8. In response, the DC batsmen found it tough, batting just 140/8 in their 20 overs. Rilee Rossouw topped the score in Delhi with 35 off 37 balls.
Earlier, CSK never really started as the Delhi bowlers were batting regularly. However, Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja (21) broke some much-needed boundaries and maxima to take them past the 160-run mark Spinners Axar Patel (2/27), Kuldeep Yadav (1/28) and Lalit Yadav (1/28) 34) Four wickets were shared between them, while Mitchell Marsh took three scalps.
Brief score: Chennai Super Kings 8 for 167 balls in 20 overs (Shivam Dube 25; Mitchell Marsh 3/18, Axar Patel 2/27). Delhi Capitals took 8 balls for 140 off 20 (Rilee Rossouw 35; Matheesha Pathirana 3/37).
