- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.5 Four short and one full, that's all you need. It's actually fuller side of length but JFM was starving to slug the ball off the front foot with an open stance. Saw the 137ks ball around off in his half and tried to clear mid-on. Safe option as only square leg was out, but the ball went off the bottom of the bat. It stayed high for a while, Ashwin walked back from the edge of the ring and reverse-cupped the catch 0/119.2 gone! Gloved behind to Dhoni! He took it with a reverse cup in front of his face while moving to his left. A bouncer from Pathirana, who banged the ball in short on the stumps. It arrived almost close to Rahul's face, as he looked to hook it by slightly getting across. But he could only get a glove for a simple catch for Dhoni 179/56.5 Soft dismissal, Porel guides it to short third. Not something you see off a spinner, but trust Jadeja's pace to create these. Was a quickish length ball just outside off, skidded off the pitch, Porel wanted to use that pace and run the ball along the ground. The bat was behind him and the face was open, but the ball ballooned up and actually carried to short third. Almost like catching practice to pacers. 54/210.4 bowled him! Axar looked to repeat what Rahul did earlier in the over, but he missed, and Noor has the expression of a hero. Noor bowled this on a fullish length, and got it to dip on a middle-and-off line. Axar, like Rahul, had got his front leg out of the way to try and heave this across the line. But this ball was slower, and hinted to turn in, before he missed and it struck the stumps 90/316.1 taken by Jadeja! He was placed at deep cover, and had to run forward a good dew steps to take it in front of his stomach. Khaleel angled this across to Rizvi, and bowled on a fullish length in the channel just outside off. Rizvi was deep in the crease, and looked to loft, but the face of the bat seemingly didn't open enough for the shot. He even lost his bottom hand off the bat, as the ball ballooned up for Jadeja 146/419.3 run-out first ball! When it's Jadeja, you know exactly where and at what speed the throw will be coming. Ashutosh is nowhere in the frame as Dhoni collects the ball before whipping the stumps off. Pathirana welcomed Ashutosh with an inswining batter which arrived on leg. Ashutosh could only clip it towards square leg, where Jadeja rushed forward from the boundary. There was a mix-up between the batters regarding the possible second, and eventually Ashutosh fell well short 180/6Extras6 (lb 1, w 5)TOTAL183/6 (20 Overs, RR: 9.15)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Jake Fraser-McGurk, 0.5 ov), 2-54 (Abishek Porel, 6.5 ov), 3-90 (Axar Patel, 10.4 ov), 4-146 (Sameer Rizvi, 16.1 ov), 5-179 (KL Rahul, 19.2 ov), 6-180 (Ashutosh Sharma, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KK Ahmed 4 0 25 2 6.25 9 1 1 0 0 Mukesh Choudhary 4 0 50 0 12.5 6 7 2 0 0 R Ashwin 3 0 21 0 7 4 2 0 0 0 RA Jadeja 2 0 19 1 9.5 4 0 2 1 0 Noor Ahmad 3 0 36 1 12 2 3 2 0 0 M Pathirana 4 0 31 1 7.75 5 2 0 2 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.5 Leading edge back to the bowler, is that a result of the two-paced nature of the pitch? 133ks length ball at the hip, Ravindra tried to flick it through midwicket while standing upright. Was into the shot too early, the ball lobbed softly, low to Mukesh's right. He had time to stop himself almost completely to get down and take it. 14/15.3 Another leading edge, this time it's taken at cover. Googly at 89ks landed in line with leg stump and turned a touch, Conway tried to chip the ball over midwicket, played in front of the body. Went right up. CSK lose three in the powerplay 41/32.3 Gaikwad falls into the trap. JFM was stationed at deep-backward square leg and has to move to the right to take it comfortably. Was a 141ks ball around a back of a length after a few full balls. Gaikwad tried to help it along the way with a one-legged flick, timed it nicely but hit it flat and misplaced it. 20/29.2 Six and out, Dube holes out to long-on. The crowd, who had started roaring, have been silenced again. 89ks, not exactly off the top of the hand, but the line was wide. The length was full and Dube tried to drag it across with a slog sweep. Toed it right up, Stubbs runs in and takes a regulation catch 65/410.4 a confident appeal by Rahul, and even before he's done, the umpire's finger is up! That tells you how plumb that was. It is the googly from Kuldeep, who tosses it up, and lands it full on middle and off. Jadeja looks to flick this from around off, but leaves a gap between bat and pad. The ball turns in to strike his front pad, and he's gone! 74/5Extras18 (lb 6, nb 2, w 10)TOTAL158/5 (20 Overs, RR: 7.9)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Rachin Ravindra, 1.5 ov), 2-20 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 2.3 ov), 3-41 (Devon Conway, 5.3 ov), 4-65 (Shivam Dube, 9.2 ov), 5-74 (Ravindra Jadeja, 10.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MA Starc 4 0 27 1 6.75 12 2 0 2 1 Mukesh Kumar 4 0 36 1 9 5 1 2 1 0 MM Sharma 3 0 27 0 9 3 2 0 3 1 V Nigam 4 0 27 2 6.75 9 2 1 0 0 Kuldeep Yadav 4 0 30 1 7.5 4 2 0 0 0 AR Patel 1 0 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Delhi Capitals , elected to bat first
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Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.30 start, First Session 15.30-17.00, Interval 17.00-17.20, Second Session 17.20-18.50
Match days
05 April 2025 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Delhi Capitals 2, Chennai Super Kings 0
Match Notes
- Delhi Capitals Impact Player Subs: Donovan Ferreira, Mukesh Kumar, Karun Nair, Darshan Nalkande, Tripurana Vijay
- Chennai Super Kings Impact Player Subs: Shivam Dube, Nathan Ellis, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Jamie Overton, Shaik Rasheed
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 1 wicket)
- Delhi Capitals: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (KL Rahul 18, Abishek Porel 32, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 76/2 in 9.0 overs (KL Rahul 25, AR Patel 18)
- Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 3
- KL Rahul: 50 off 33 balls (2 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (KL Rahul 27, Sameer Rizvi 19, Ex 4)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 146/3 in 16.0 overs (KL Rahul 68, Sameer Rizvi 20)
- Delhi Capitals: 150 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 4
- Over 18.6: Review by Delhi Capitals (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - A Bengeri, Batter - T Stubbs (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Delhi Capitals - 183/6 in 20.0 overs (T Stubbs 24, V Nigam 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 3 wickets)
- Delhi Capitals Impact Player Sub: Mukesh Kumar in for Ashutosh Sharma (Delhi Capitals innings, 19.6 ov)
- Abishek Porel kept in place of KL Rahul from 0.1 to 2.6 overs
- Chennai Super Kings Impact Player Sub: Shivam Dube in for Matheesha Pathirana (Chennai Super Kings innings, 5.3 ov)
- Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (45 balls), Extras 9
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 59/3 in 9.0 overs (V Shankar 17, S Dube 12)
- Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 14.3 overs (89 balls), Extras 10
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 112/5 in 16.0 overs (V Shankar 48, MS Dhoni 11)
- V Shankar: 50 off 43 balls (4 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls (V Shankar 29, MS Dhoni 20, Ex 4)
- Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 19.2 overs (118 balls), Extras 18
Match Coverage
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