CSK vs DC in 50 Words
It was a battle we were all waiting for - Mentor vs Prodigy, MSD vs RP17. Woakes’ consistency, Avesh’s heart and Raina’s class highlighted the first innings, while DC’s openers dominated the chase. The match was all but done even as the first wicket fell. A perfect start for the prodigy.
Avesh Ko Woakes Sako Toh Rok Lo
Rishabh Pant was all smiles at the toss against MS Dhoni, a man he’s learnt a great deal from. The start was perfect, as the toss went in our favour and Pant opted to bowl first. Woakes and Curran were handed their first DC caps, while Amit Mishra received a special one for his one-hundredth game for the franchise. It was also a special day for Jinks, this being his 150th appearance in the IPL.
As expected, Chris Woakes took the brand new Kookaburra first up and started off right on the money with an absolute peach to beat Ruturaj on the outside. Avesh Khan followed up a tight over with a top quality one of his own, picking up the big wicket of du Plessis and giving away just two runs. Woakes came back to bowl the third, and got rid of the other Chennai opener, Ruturaj Gaikwad. The DC new-ball bowlers were top drawer.
However, Moeen Ali and Suresh Raina took the attack to us after the early wickets. The pair of southpaws got stuck into Ravichandran Ashwin. Raina peppered the mid-wicket boundary and the extra-cover area with signature inside-out drives, while Moeen Ali went right over the sight screen. Ashwin was having an off night.
Even so, Ashwin had the last laugh as he picked up Moeen Ali after a 53-run third-wicket stand. Suresh Raina however, continued the onslaught, picking up a couple of sixes off Mishra as well. With his fourth six of the innings, Raina celebrated his return to the IPL with a fine fifty.
O Chinna Thala, please aur mat maarna 🙏🏻#RockyAurVicky #YehHaiNayiDilli #CSKvDC pic.twitter.com/BhvLb8XBGD
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 10, 2021
Tom Curran picked up a wicket on DC debut, that of Rayudu, with a well-disguised back-of-the-hand slower one. Jadeja walked to the crease and got going straight away, with two boundaries off his first two balls. One lucky run-out and one massive wicket later, Chennai’s beloved Chinna Thala and Thala were back in the pavilion for contrasting scores, the former for 54 and the latter for a duck. Avesh Khan was having a ball.
Sam Curran walked to the crease and faced his brother Tom Curran on World Siblings Day, only for his older brother to target him with a bumper.
Other siblings on #WorldSiblingDay 👉 🤗
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 10, 2021
Tom to Sam 👉 Ye le, bouncer 🙃#CSKvDC #YehHaiNayiDilli #IPL2021
The younger brother turned the tables on Tom in the penultimate over with two sixes, two fours and 23 runs coming off it. When Woakes knocked Sam over off the final delivery of the innings, his cameo of 34 from 15 had already lifted CSK up to 188/7.
Prithvi Shaw 3.0 and an Evergreen Gabbar
Before tonight, Deepak Chahar had dismissed Shaw 5 times for just 38 runs in the IPL. Prithvi Shaw didn’t pay those numbers any heed. The youngster got off the mark with a four in the first over, and so did Dhawan.
Our openers launched into their opening bowlers with a range of shots. Prithvi Shaw smashed Chahar over long-on for our first maximum of the season, while Gabbar took Curran on for two fours and a six. That gun-barrel straight six into the sight screen would probably win a ‘Shot of the Day’ poll unanimously.
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Thakur came into the attack and went to the ropes four times in that very over. Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw played the powerplay true to its name, scoring 65 without the loss of a wicket.
The spinners came on and they were deposited over the stands too, with each of the openers going against the turn on the leg side against Jadeja and Moeen. When Shaw brought up his fifty at the stroke of the halfway mark off just 27 balls, we were already in cruise control mode.
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Two balls later, Shikhar Dhawan brought up his milestone, but the carnage was far from over. The duo picked up their pace even more, unleashing another flurry of boundaries in the next couple of overs. By the time Chennai struck for the first time, the scoreboard read 138 with Shaw having scored 72 of them in no time!
Rishabh Pant promoted himself to number three with 51 to get from 39 and didn’t take long to score his first boundary as captain, a fierce cut through point. At 16.1, Dhawan made history by becoming the first batsman to have hit 600 (!!!!) fours in the tournament - a staggering achievement to say the least.
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Dhawan departed for a magnificent 85 soon after, and that brought the power of Marcus Stoinis to the crease. Together with his new skipper, he crunched a few to the boundary to make light work of the chase. Rishabh Pant scored the winning boundary, in his first match as captain, with his friend, mentor and confidant MS Dhoni watching from behind the stumps. He walked off with pride having had the perfect start to his captaincy career, leaving all DC fans with a smile that they probably took with them to bed.
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Brief Scores
Chennai Super Kings 188-7 in 20 overs (Suresh Raina 54 off 36, Moeen Ali 36 off 24, Chris Woakes 2-18, Avesh Khan 2-23); Delhi Capitals 190-3 in 18.4 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 85 off 54, Prithvi Shaw 72 off 38, Shardul Thakur 2-53, Dwayne Bravo 1-28)
CSK vs DC in 50 Words
It was a battle we were all waiting for - Mentor vs Prodigy, MSD vs RP17. Woakes’ consistency, Avesh’s heart and Raina’s class highlighted the first innings, while DC’s openers dominated the chase. The match was all but done even as the first wicket fell. A perfect start for the prodigy.
Avesh Ko Woakes Sako Toh Rok Lo
Rishabh Pant was all smiles at the toss against MS Dhoni, a man he’s learnt a great deal from. The start was perfect, as the toss went in our favour and Pant opted to bowl first. Woakes and Curran were handed their first DC caps, while Amit Mishra received a special one for his one-hundredth game for the franchise. It was also a special day for Jinks, this being his 150th appearance in the IPL.
As expected, Chris Woakes took the brand new Kookaburra first up and started off right on the money with an absolute peach to beat Ruturaj on the outside. Avesh Khan followed up a tight over with a top quality one of his own, picking up the big wicket of du Plessis and giving away just two runs. Woakes came back to bowl the third, and got rid of the other Chennai opener, Ruturaj Gaikwad. The DC new-ball bowlers were top drawer.
However, Moeen Ali and Suresh Raina took the attack to us after the early wickets. The pair of southpaws got stuck into Ravichandran Ashwin. Raina peppered the mid-wicket boundary and the extra-cover area with signature inside-out drives, while Moeen Ali went right over the sight screen. Ashwin was having an off night.
Even so, Ashwin had the last laugh as he picked up Moeen Ali after a 53-run third-wicket stand. Suresh Raina however, continued the onslaught, picking up a couple of sixes off Mishra as well. With his fourth six of the innings, Raina celebrated his return to the IPL with a fine fifty.
O Chinna Thala, please aur mat maarna 🙏🏻#RockyAurVicky #YehHaiNayiDilli #CSKvDC pic.twitter.com/BhvLb8XBGD
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 10, 2021
Tom Curran picked up a wicket on DC debut, that of Rayudu, with a well-disguised back-of-the-hand slower one. Jadeja walked to the crease and got going straight away, with two boundaries off his first two balls. One lucky run-out and one massive wicket later, Chennai’s beloved Chinna Thala and Thala were back in the pavilion for contrasting scores, the former for 54 and the latter for a duck. Avesh Khan was having a ball.
Sam Curran walked to the crease and faced his brother Tom Curran on World Siblings Day, only for his older brother to target him with a bumper.
Other siblings on #WorldSiblingDay 👉 🤗
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 10, 2021
Tom to Sam 👉 Ye le, bouncer 🙃#CSKvDC #YehHaiNayiDilli #IPL2021
The younger brother turned the tables on Tom in the penultimate over with two sixes, two fours and 23 runs coming off it. When Woakes knocked Sam over off the final delivery of the innings, his cameo of 34 from 15 had already lifted CSK up to 188/7.
Prithvi Shaw 3.0 and an Evergreen Gabbar
Before tonight, Deepak Chahar had dismissed Shaw 5 times for just 38 runs in the IPL. Prithvi Shaw didn’t pay those numbers any heed. The youngster got off the mark with a four in the first over, and so did Dhawan.
Our openers launched into their opening bowlers with a range of shots. Prithvi Shaw smashed Chahar over long-on for our first maximum of the season, while Gabbar took Curran on for two fours and a six. That gun-barrel straight six into the sight screen would probably win a ‘Shot of the Day’ poll unanimously.
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Thakur came into the attack and went to the ropes four times in that very over. Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw played the powerplay true to its name, scoring 65 without the loss of a wicket.
The spinners came on and they were deposited over the stands too, with each of the openers going against the turn on the leg side against Jadeja and Moeen. When Shaw brought up his fifty at the stroke of the halfway mark off just 27 balls, we were already in cruise control mode.
View this post on Instagram
Two balls later, Shikhar Dhawan brought up his milestone, but the carnage was far from over. The duo picked up their pace even more, unleashing another flurry of boundaries in the next couple of overs. By the time Chennai struck for the first time, the scoreboard read 138 with Shaw having scored 72 of them in no time!
Rishabh Pant promoted himself to number three with 51 to get from 39 and didn’t take long to score his first boundary as captain, a fierce cut through point. At 16.1, Dhawan made history by becoming the first batsman to have hit 600 (!!!!) fours in the tournament - a staggering achievement to say the least.
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Dhawan departed for a magnificent 85 soon after, and that brought the power of Marcus Stoinis to the crease. Together with his new skipper, he crunched a few to the boundary to make light work of the chase. Rishabh Pant scored the winning boundary, in his first match as captain, with his friend, mentor and confidant MS Dhoni watching from behind the stumps. He walked off with pride having had the perfect start to his captaincy career, leaving all DC fans with a smile that they probably took with them to bed.
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Brief Scores
Chennai Super Kings 188-7 in 20 overs (Suresh Raina 54 off 36, Moeen Ali 36 off 24, Chris Woakes 2-18, Avesh Khan 2-23); Delhi Capitals 190-3 in 18.4 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 85 off 54, Prithvi Shaw 72 off 38, Shardul Thakur 2-53, Dwayne Bravo 1-28)
