IPL 2019, CSK vs DC: Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Capitals. (BCCI/IPL)
IPL 2019, CSK vs DC Highlights: Defending champions Chennai Super Kings produced a clinical effort to beat Delhi Capitals by six wickets and qualify for their eight IPL final. Chasing a target of 148, openers Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson set the platform with an 81-run stand. The match ended when DJ Bravo hit the winning runs with 1 over to spare.
Bowling first, CSK restricted DC to 147/9. Dwayne Bravo (2/19), Ravindra Jadeja (2/23), Deepak Chahar (2/28) and Harbhajan Singh (2/31) shared eight wickets between them to keep DC in check after opting to bowl. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bowl first against Delhi Capitals in the Qualifier 2 of the Indian Premier League on Friday. CSK made one change to their playing eleven, bringing in Shardul Thakur for Murali Vijay. Delhi, meanwhile, have fielded an unchanged side.
Chennai Super Kings
151/4 (19.0)Delhi Capitals
147/9 (20.0)Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets
It's all over! CSK win the second qualifier by 6 wickets. They will now face MI in the IPL finals. Bravo gets the winning runs as they cross the line with 6 wickets.
With 2 runs to win from 9 balls, Dhoni goes for the big hit but this time he is caught in the deep! Anti-climax in Vizag CSK- 146/4, 18. 4 ovs
MSD gets a boundary, followed by a double. CSK need 14 runs in 20 balls
Chopped on! Raina is gone for 11 and CSK- 127/3, need 21 runs in 24 balls. Axar gets a wicket on the last ball of his spell, Raina departs after a rusty inning. Dhoni has walked out to bat
18th IPL fifty for Shane Watson and he gets there with a six! CSK are on course towards a place in the finals. CSK- 101/1. But he doesnt last long and is gone moments later trying to loft Amit Mishra over long-off. CSK- 109/2
OUT! du Plessis goes for another big hit but is caught in the deep. He is out for a well-made 50Boult with the breakthrough for DC! CSK - 81/1 , 10. 2 ovs
FIFTY! 12th half-century in IPL for Faf du Plessis. comes of off 37 balls. Chennai are motoring along. CSK- 73/0
Shane Watson is averaging 18.26 this IPL season, from 16 matches. In the history of the IPL only one opener (Adam Gilchrist) has played as many matches but with a lower average than Watson's in #IPL2019.
In the Powerplay against Mumbai, CSK played 17% false shots, and lost four wickets. Today, they played 21% false shots - and have lost no wickets.
Back to back 4's! Watson is changing gears and Ishant Sharma is under pressure CSK - 42/0 in 6 ovs. 15 runs off the over and the Powerplay also comes to an end.
Ishant Sharma drops it short and Shane Watson cuts it beautifully and finds the gap towards third man. CSK are getting a move on. CSK- 35/0, 5.2 ovs
The lowest team scores after two overs in #IPL2019:
CSK 1-1 v RR
CSK 2-0 v DC
CSK 2-0 v SRH
MI 3-0 v CSK
KXIP 4-0 v MI
CSK 4-0 v DC
CSK 4-0 v SRH
So many throws as Faf and Watson run all over the place - somehow both survive, and all Shreyas can do is smile. CSK - 1/0 in 1 over.
Faf du Plessis and Watson are at the crease. du Plessis is on strike. Boult will open the attack.
SIXXX! Ishant Sharma finishes off with a big hit and 16 runs come off the last over DC- 147/9 after 20 ovs. CSK need 148 to qualify for the IPL2019 final. Is this a winning score?
Trent Boult goes downtown and over long on for a huge six but is out the next ball. Jadeja gets the wicket. DC- 137/9
Deepak Chahar gets Pant's wicket as the southpaw plays a one-handed loft to long-on. Rishabh Pant did well for 38, but could not find that much-needed higher gear. Delhi - 125/8, 18.4 ovs
Perfect leg-stump yorker, at full pace - 139kph by DJ Bravo. He has cleaned up Keemo Paul. DC - 119/7, 17.5 overs. How much can DC get from here?
Deepak Chahar stands on the rope and catches the ball, six! Dhoni is livid. 14 runs of the over and it is the most expensive one of the innings. DC- 116/6, 17 ovs
WICKET! S Rutherford is out for 10, Harbhajan Singh gets his man. Moments after hitting the first six of the game, Rutherford slices a catch to the fielder and DC are 6 down. DC- 102/6
DRS! Again- WICKETS: MISSING! Sherfane Rutherford survives. DC - 85/5 in 13.4 overs.
MS Dhoni DRS report card in IPL 2019 (fielding)
Referrals: 7
Overturned: 3
Umpire's call: 0
WICKET! DJ Bravo strikes & Axar Patel is gone for 3. The ball was angling across the left-hander who goes for the uppish late cut and finds the man on the third man boundary, and all he does is hit it straight down his throat. DC- 80/5
Another blow for DC ! Skipper Shreyas Iyer falls for 13. Irresponsible shot from the captain given the state of the game. Iyer should have looked to build a partnership and accelerate in the final 3-4 overs. All will now rest on Pant." -- Seemed like a slight misjudgment rather than a poor shot, to be honest. It was the googly out of the hand. DC- 75/4
Halfway Mark: Chennai slightly ahead at this stage, Delhi have lost their top three
DC- 68/3
Jadeja to Munro, out Caught by Dwayne Bravo!! Jadeja gets rid of the set batsman. Munro was looking so good, until he played this shot. Once again he goes down on his knee to play the sweep shot.
Interesting idea to promote Colin Munro. He's consistently struggled against spin in IPL cricket, dismissed every 9.6 deliveries he's faced from them - introducing him earlier might mean he can get stuck in, and be well set before the spinners come on.
LBW! DRS= Dhoni Review System . Umpire gives not-out to an LBW appeal against Shaw, but MSD goes for the review! Three reds on review, with the ball heading towards top of middle stump - Prithvi Shaw lbw to Deepak Chahar . And its OUT. DC- 21/1
Shikhar Dhawan is setting the early pace! A Hat-trick of Boundaries for Gabbar. All the three were fullish in length and have been dispatched with ease. DC are off to a flier. DC- 20/0 in 2 ovs
first boundary of the day from the bat of Shaw. Chahar was short and the batsman pulls it through the square leg with authority. DC- 7/0 after 1 over.
CSK are the only side to beat DC twice in the league stage this season. Deepak Chahar to Prithvi Shaw & HERE WE GO!
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Colin Munro, Axar Patel, Sherfane Rutherford, Keemo Paul, Amit Mishra, Trent Boult, Ishant Sharma
Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir
Chennai Super Kings won the TOSS and have elected to field first
"It's not about who we're playing, it's about how our preparations are. And we're really looking forward to it and hope we do what we've done earlier" - Prithvi Shaw on playing Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier 2
"Rather than going over the wicket, we now need to go round the wicket. That means the journey takes a longer time. But luckily, we finished in the top-two and that gives us a second chance" - MS Dhoni after losing Qualifier 1 to Mumbai Indians
Hello and welcome to our live blog on the second qualifier of Indian Premier League 2019 between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals. This will be all about Chennai's veterans against Delhi's young guns. Who will come out on top - time will tell.