Delhi Capitals register second win in 13th IPL

DUBAI: Delhi Capitals registered second win in the 13th IPL on Friday night as they beat favourite Chennai Super Kings by 44 runs.

Chasing 176 to win, the three-time champion CSK failed to take the momentum of the match right from the beginning and finally could score only 131 in allotted overs losing 7 wickets. In-form Faf du Plessis contributed 43 while Kedar Jadhav and MS Dhoni added 26 and 15 respectively. All DC bowlers controlled the CSK batsmen with discipline bowling. Kagiso Rabada took 3 wickets for 26.

Earlier, Prithvi Shaw starred with a 43-ball 64 to help Delhi Capitals to 175/3 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here. He was also involved in a 94-run opening stand with Shikhar Dhawan (35).

After the openers' dismissals Rishabh Pant (37 not out) and captain Shreyas Iyer (26) scored 58 for the third wicket to build on the solid foundation.

Shaw and Dhawan started patiently before dictating the flow of the game throughout the first half of the DC innings. It was Piyush Chawla who provided the breakthrough for CSK as Dhawan looked to up the ante after the 10th over. He tried a reverse sweep but ended up taking the ball on the pads. The umpire raised the finger and Dhawan walked without bothering to take a review.

Interestingly, replays showed that Deepak Chahar had got an inside edge off Shaw that was collected by Dhoni but no CSK player appealed for the catch and it went unnoticed. Eventually, Chawla got Shaw in his next over with MS Dhoni stumping the 20-year-old.

Shreyas was dismissed in the 19th over by Sam Curran with Dhoni diving to his right to complete the catch.

Brief scores: Delhi Capitals 175/3 off 20 overs (Prithvi Shaw 64, Rishabh Pant 37 no; Piyush Chawla 2/33) beat CSK 131/7 in 20 overs ( du Plessis 43, Jadhav 26, Dhoni 15, Rabada 3/26, Nortje 2/21). IANS 

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