CSK vs DC Match Summary:
Chennai Super Kings recorded their 4th win of the season after beating Delhi Capitals by 91 runs in the 55th match of the ongoing IPL 2022 at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai.
Delhi Capitals’ openers failed to give their team a flying start as a result they lost the high run chasing game by a huge margin of 91 runs.
Shikhar Bharat got out in the second over, while Delhi Capitals’ last match hero David Warner too was unable to deliver the same magic and returned to the pavilion after scoring just 19 runs in a 200-plus run chase.
After playing some good shots, both Mitchell Marsh and Rishabh Pant got out. Marsh scored 25 and the skipper was out on 21. The remaining batters were inept to chase the 209 target as a result Delhi lost their sixth game of the season.
For CSK, Moeen Ali bagged 3 wickets, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, and Dwayne Bravo took 2-2 wickets each, while Mahesh Theekshana took one wicket.
While batting first, Chennai Super Kings posted a monstrous score of 208 in their 20 overs run. Both Openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway gave CSK a strong start and added 110 runs for the first wicket. Gaikwad played a 41 runs knock before he mistimed the short delivery bowled by Anrich Nortje.
Devon Conway was looking in good touch and was nearing his hundred but he edged Khaleel Ahmed’s ball in the 17th over and was forced to go back to the pavilion at the score of 87 runs.
CSK added 41 runs during the death overs, the main man behind their 10+ run rate in the final overs was MS Dhoni, who smashed 1 four and 2 big six in his small but rocking knock in the final overs. Dhoni scored unbeaten 21 off 8 balls at a strike rate of 262.50.
Player of the match – Devon Conway
Devon Conway was awarded as the player of the match for his effortless knock of 87 runs in just 49 deliveries.
