In the 13th game of the season at Vizag, the Delhi Capitals defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 20 runs to record their first victory of the IPL 2024 season.
In the Indian Premier League 2024 season, Sunday is a busy day. The local team Delhi Capitals are playing the reigning champion Chennai Super Kings in an incredible match that is being watched in Visakhapatnam.
Prithvi Shaw returned to the team, replacing Ricky Bhui, while Rishabh Pant won the toss and decided to bat first. Due to a niggle, Kuldeep Yadav was rested, while Ishant Sharma took his position as the bowler. The same squad that had won the first two games was fielded by Chennai Super Kings.
After defeating Chennai Super Kings on Sunday, Delhi Capitals secured their first points of the 2024 Indian Premier League. Rishabh Pant and his team won by a score of 20 runs, delivering CSK their first defeat of the year.
Khaleel Ahmed dismissed both of Chennai Super Kings’ openers in the first six overs of their 192-run chase. To no effect, Ajinkya Rahane made every effort to bring Daryl Mitchell’s innings back. The Vizag crowd was delighted when MS Dhoni emerged and amused them with 37 runs off 16 balls.
Highlights of the Chennai Super Kings’ second innings over DC:
Powerplay 1: Mandatory -32/2) Overs 0.1 to 6.
In the first over, Khaleel Ahmed took a significant wicket, dismissing Ruturaj Gaikwad for just 1. After that, the left-arm seamer dismissed Rachin Ravindra for two runs off of twelve balls.
Chennai Super Kings: 8.3 overs and 50 runs
Chennai Super Kings upped the scoring rate after finding it difficult to get going in the opening six overs. When Daryl Mitchell hit Axar Patel for a six, the score reached fifty.
Chennai Super Kings 58/2 after the first strategic time-out (9 overs)
Rahane and Daryl Mitchell ensured that CSK didn’t lose any more wickets and guided the side to victory. The two hitters had the squad in a respectable position at the first time-out.
Chennai Super Kings: 12.5 overs and 100 runs
In the eleventh over, Axar Patel claimed the crucial wicket of Daryl Mitchell. The tempo was then picked up by Shivam Dube and Ajinkya Rahane. Shivam Dube’s four in the 13th over gave him the hundred.
Chennai Super Kings 102/4 in 13.3 overs is the strategic timeout.
Ajinkya Rahane was taken out by Warner for 45 runs off 30 balls against the Delhi Capitals after he was caught by Mukesh Kumar. The Delhi Capitals called their second timeout at this point.
In 19 overs, Chennai Super Kings scored 150 runs.
With two runs from Ravindra Jadeja on the final ball of the 19th over, the reigning champions reached their 150. Mukesh Kumar only managed five runs in an over, and Delhi was on the verge of winning.
Chennai Super Kings: 171/6 in 20 overs at the end of the game
After smashing 20 runs off the Anrich Nortje over, MS Dhoni reversed the course of events. With two fours and two sixes, the former captain of CSK finished at 37 not out. Delhi prevailed by 20 runs in their first IPL 2024 match.
