Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings Match 13 Report: Warner, Pant, Khaleel Help DC To A First Win But MS Dhoni Grabs Headlines

DC vs CSK Match Highlights And Report-IPL: After two losses in their first two games, Rishabh Pant’s Delhi Capitals opened their account on the points table with a 20-run win over CSK in Vizag.

Half-centuries from David Warner and Rishabh Pant took Delhi to 191, amid Matheesha Pathirana’s terrific three-wicket haul. Delhi bowlers took early wickets and then bossed the middle overs to effectively seal the game by the 16th over.

While DC collected the win, the crowd, which was mostly filled by shirts in yellow despite this being the home ground of Delhi for two matches, and the CSK fans were elated as ‘Thala’ MS Dhoni provided a sensational flourish of 37* (16), smashing 4 fours and 3 sixes. Four of his boundaries came in the last over against Anrich Nortje.

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Pant won the toss and elected to bat first. Delhi Capitals brought in Prithvi Shaw, and the diminutive opener delivered instantly with a blazing knock of 43 (27). At the other end, David Warner was in his element, scoring 52 runs in 35 balls. The two openers posted an opening stand of 93 runs in 9.3 overs.

Delhi then slipped from 93/0 to 134/4 by the 15th over as Pathirana yorked Marsh and Stubbs. Pant had had two scratchy innings earlier but looked much better tonight. He took his time to settle first—he was 23 (23) when the 17th over started—and then exploded spectacularly in the 18th and 19th overs, which yielded a combined 31 runs. Delhi ended with 191.

The DC pacers were on the money straightaway with the new ball. Khaleel had Ruturaj Gaikwad, the CSK skipper, edging to Pant, before bouncing out Rachin Ravindra.

Ajinkya Rahane (45 off 30) was sumptuous in his 5 fours and 2 sixes, but lost Daryl Mitchell at the other end to Axar Patel before himself getting out to Mukesh Kumar, who used his pace variations to get rid of Sameer Rizvi and Shivam Dube. The match was effectively done and dusted when CSK were 120/6 in 16.1 overs, but the best show of the night—the MS Dhoni show—was yet to come.

Dhoni, who didn’t get to bat in the first two CSK matches, pulled his first ball of the season for a four and then got another boundary with a drive. Dhoni smoked Khaleel over extra cover for his first six, before tearing into Nortje in a 20-run last over.

Score summary: Delhi Capitals 191/5 in 20 overs (David Warner 52, Matheesha Pathirana 3/31); Chennai Super Kings 171/6 in 20 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 45, Mukesh Kumar 3/21). DC defeated CSK by 20 wickets.

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