Delhi Capitals registered their first win of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) season on Sunday with a 20-match win over defending champions Chennai Super Kings, but before that, the global board Fans witnessed the wonderful performance of MS Dhoni in his cameo. The veteran wicketkeeper-batsman smashed an unbeaten 37 off 16 balls but the whirlwind knock was in vain as CSK had too many opponents. Dhoni, who was adjudged the ‘electric striker of the match’, had the fans inside the stadium cheering and gave a feeling that CSK had won the match.
The buzz in the stadium, especially after the crowd witnessed MS Dhoni’s special, made even his wife Sakshi think that Chennai had secured victory. Sakshi even posted an Instagram story about the story, admitting that she didn’t realize it was Delhi who won.
As for the match, Khaleel Ahmed dismissed openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Lachin Ravindra with 1 and 2 runs respectively. Rachin Ravindra), thus setting a favorable narrative for the DC team.
Ajinkya Rahane (45) and Daryl Mitchell (34) tried to bring development to CSK with 68 games. But Axar Patel achieved a breakthrough by removing Mitchell. Mukesh Kumar swooped in from the other end to remove Rahane.
Shivam Dube and Sameer Rizvi worked hard to add much-needed firepower to CSK’s cause. Dhoni came on and smashed 20 off Anrich Nortje in the final over. However, DC’s brilliant execution plan kept CSK away from victory.
Earlier in the innings, Prithvi Shaw (43 off 27 balls) and David Warner (52 off 35 balls) opened the scoring for Delhi and formed a 93-run partnership to get the Capitals off to a blistering start. .
CSK star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Shaw at a crucial moment in the 11th over when the opener was in full swing. Shaw hit 4 fours and 2 sixes in the crease.
After the first two dismissals, Pant took control of the match. However, other DC batsmen such as Mitchell Marsh (18 runs from 12 balls) and Tristan Stubbs (0 runs from 2 balls) did not last long against the Chennai bowling attack.
Matheesha Pathirana was on fire as she grabbed the crucial wicket in the 15th over, removing Marsh and Stubbs.
The Sri Lanka pacer picked up his third wicket after removing Pant in the 19th over. The DC captain hit 4 fours and 3 sixes to take the team past the 190-run mark.
With ANI input
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