Delhi Capitals registered their first win of the season with a thumping 20-run triumph towards Chennai Super Kings within the thirteenth match of the Indian Premier League 2024 on Sunday.
Rishabh Pant and David Warner scored fast fifties to assist the Capitals put up 191 complete after which Khaleel Ahmed and Mukesh Kumar bowled spectacular spells to prohibit the defending champions to 171.
Playing their first house recreation at Visakhapatnam’s ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Delhi added Prithvi Shaw to their enjoying eleven whereas Ishant Sharma changed injured Kuldeep Yadav. Chennai began with the identical eleven that recorded an enormous win over Gujarat Titans within the final match.
Delhi ended their woes on the high order as Warner and Shaw added 93 for the primary wicket inside the primary ten overs. David Warner recorded an excellent fifty whereas Shaw added 43 off simply 27 balls on his return. Chennai managed to make a comeback with Matheesha Pathirana clinching a shocking catch to dismiss Warner within the tenth over after which Jadeja dismissed Shaw within the following over.
Pathirana then bowled out Micthell Marsh and Tristan Stubbs with sensational yorker deliveries within the fifteenth over to put CSK again within the recreation. But Delhi managed to put up a big complete of 191/5 with Rishabh Pant scoring his first fifty of the season.
Chasing a big complete, Chennai’s in-form openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra failed towards Khaleel Ahmed’s startling first spell. Khaleel eliminated Gaikwad within the first over after which ended Rachin’s struggling innings within the third over to give Delhi early management.
Experienced batter Ajinkya Rahane and Daryl Mitchell added 68 runs for the third wicket to stage CSK’s comeback. Axar Patel gave Delhi their third success with Micthell’s wicket within the eleventh over however Rahane saved Chennai alive by top-scoring with 45 off simply 30 balls.
Mukesh Kumar then modified the sport within the 14th over with two big wickets of Ajinkya Rahane and Sameer Rizvi’s. Shivam Dube and Ravindra Jadeja struggled to maintain the required run fee beneath management within the closing stage with the previous scoring 18 off 17 balls.
Chasing 72 runs within the final 4 overs, MS Dhoni walked to bat for the primary time this season and gave his finest by smashing 37* off 16 balls with the assistance of three big sixes. Jadeja scored 21* off 17 as Chennai have been restricted to 171/6 of their first defeat of the season.
Chennai Super Kings Playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (wk), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana (substituted by Shivam Dube), Mustafizur Rahman.
Delhi Capitals Playing XI: Prithvi Shaw (substituted by Rasikh Salam), David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Anrich Nortje, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed.
