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DC 164/5 in 19 overs: Bravo to Hetmyer. OUT! Bravo finally gets his man. Pant starts off the over with another one-handed six down the ground and nearly holes out to deep point with Chahar diving in for a tough chance. Hetmyer gets on strike and attempts to pull a back of a length delivery that springs up. He mistimes it and Jadeja completes a fine catch in the deep on the leg-side. Shimron Hetmyer c Jadeja b Bravo 37 (24b 3×4 1×6)
| Dwayne Bravo becomes the first bowler to pick 550 T20 wickets – he also equals Amit Mishra with 166 IPL wickets – the joint second-most in the league. |
DC 153/4 in 18 overs: Pant stays deep in his crease and drills Hazlewood down the ground for four to start off. Hazlewood strays to the pads and this time Pant opens his stance and hoicks the ball over mid-wicket for another four. Hazlewood does well to return to the blockhole and restrict the batters to singles.
Hazlewood replaces Thakur
DC 141/4 in 17 overs: Short from Bravo and Hetmyer bludgeons the ball over mid-wicket for four. Pant escapes with an outside-edge as Bravo bowls full to him. Dhoni attempts to dive to his right but fails to make enough ground to catch the ball.
Bravo to continue
Timeout. Dhoni is having an animated chat with umpire Richard Illingworth, presumably about the landing area for the bowlers. He isn’t pleased one bit.
DC 127/4 in 16 overs: Slower ball from Thakur and Pant lands a one-handed six over mid-wicket! Low full-toss from Thakur with minimum pace on it and Pant fails to reach the line of the ball. Instead, his bat does after a wild swing and the ball sails 86m into the stands off his top-hand.
Rishabh has that effect on the bowlers. – SPORTZPICS
Thakur is back
DC 114/4 in 15 overs: Bravo rolls in his slower-ones before hitting the blockhole outside-off. Hetmyer deftly opens the face of the blade and guides it beside the short third for four.
Bravo into the attack.
DC 107/4 in 14 overs: 100 up for Delhi with a fierce six from Hetmyer. Moeen errs on length and bowls a tad short. Hetmyer clings onto it and slams it over mid-wicket for a flat six. Moeen bowls out after a decent spell, conceding just that lone boundary that he did in this over besides Axar’s wicket.
Moeen to bowl out
DC 95/4 in 13 overs: Chahar mixes up his length to Hetmyer and Pant. The pair is nudging about carefully at the moment and just five runs come off it.
Deepak Chahar is back
DC 90/4 in 12 overs: Hetmyer and Pant soak in the pressure and keep piercing Moeen through the gaps to squeeze in quick runs.
DC 83/4 in 11 overs: Jadeja to Shaw. OUT! Lofts it over cover and du Plessis holds onto it at long-off! DC in big trouble now. How about playing an absolute gorgeous stroke to get out? Well, here it is. Shaw absolute nails the lofted cover-drive as he finds the perfect delivery for it. du Plessis scampers from a straighter position to hold onto the ball. Prithvi Shaw c du Plessis b Jadeja 60 (34b 7×4 3×6)
DC 79/3 in 10 overs: Moeen to Axar. OUT! Straight down the ground but no timing on it. Santner, the sub-fielder, picks it up easily at long-on. Moeen lands the ball short and Axar rocks back and aims to pull the ball down the ground. He gets a toe edge on it and holes out to long-on. Skipper Pant at the crease. He nudges the ball to cover and sneaks in a quick single. Axar Patel c sub (MJ Santner) b Ali 10 (11b 1×4)
DC 74/2 in 9 overs: Crunch from Prithvi! Jadeja tosses the ball short and Shaw creates ample room to place the ball behind point for four. Jadeja keeps it on length once again and Shaw quickly pulls it to square leg for another boundary. And that’s fifty for Shaw off 27 balls – the first by a DC batter in the UAE leg!
DC 64/2 in 8 overs: Moeen cuts room for Shaw and Axar and lines his deliveries along the middle-stump. Shaw does well to lean forward and nudge about the inner-ring to find a couple of singles.
Moeen replaces Hazlewood
DC 60/2 in 7 overs: Jadeja comes around the wicket to Axar. He tosses it wide outside off and Axar deftly lofts it over cover. Bravo covers quick ground from point but fails to cut it across. Dhoni’s is not pleased with Jadeja’s line and gestures at him after the ball.
Jadeja into the attack
DC 51/2 in 6 overs: Hazlewood to Iyer. OUT! A skier and Gaikwad pouches it safely! Hazlewood brings the ball in quickly to Iyer who opts to guide it through mid-wicket. He ends up getting a leading-edge on that one and perishes after a short stay. Pressure once again on the DC middle-order. Surprise, it’s Axar at 4! Straight out from the Ponting manual, isn’t it? Shreyas Iyer c Gaikwad b Hazlewood 1 (8b)
DC 50/1 in 5 overs: Shaw on a roll! He welcomes his fellow Mumbaikar with a dazzling slog over mid-wicket for six. 84m it goes into the stands. Shaw holds his pose elegantly on that one. Thakur pushes a fuller ball to follow and Shaw slams it straight back for another six! 50 up for Delhi in the Powerplay! Thakur rolls in a slower one to finish and finds Shaw’s outside-edge. A tough stretch for Dhoni and the ball hits the tip of his fingers before rolling away.
Thakur replaces Chahar
DC 36/1 in 4 overs: Hazlewood to Dhawan. OUT! Edged and taken by MSD! Absolute beauty from Hazlewood. Pushes in on the length, wound tight against the off-stump as Dhawan has a gently poke at it. The ball clips the outside edge and presents Dhoni a simple catch. Iyer in at 3, Hazlewood keeps him on nought with four nagging deliveries on the money. Shikhar Dhawan c †Dhoni b Hazlewood 7 (7b 1×4)
DC 32/0 in 3 overs: Bang, bang goes Shaw! Another streaky edge from Shaw to start off the over. Chahar brings it in to the right-hander who French-cuts it through his legs for four through fine leg. Chahar then offers some room and Shaw pounces on it through point for another boundary. Another wry bowl goes down leg and Shaw glides it towards the fine leg for four! The onslaught is done yet, Shaw slams the last ball in blazing fashion, once again through point!
DC 15/0 in 2 overs: Two streaky edges for Shaw! Hazlewood pins Shaw down with a tight line around the stumps before fending a couple of short balls. Shaw slashes hard and finds two top-edges flying over Dhoni for a boundary and a six.
Josh Hazlewood from the other end
DC 3/0 in 1 over: Fine start for Chahar. He cramps Shaw for room second ball. Shaw nudges it towards square and gets off strike. Chahar slides the ball into Dhawan who does the same to open his account. Shaw ends the over with another single.
Deepak Chahar with the new ball. Shaw on strike.
Qualifier 1 is ON! In walk Dhoni’s yellow army to the field. They are followed by Capitals’ openers Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw.
MSD leads the Yellow Army for yet another Playoff contest! – SPORTZPICS
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CSK is coming off a three-match losing streak. To its defence comes a positive record that it hasn’t lost a single game this season while chasing, having won all five.
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Shreyas Iyer, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Tom Curran, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje
Toss: CSK wins the toss, opts to bowl
Dhoni: “Want to bowl first because most of the guys have felt there’s a bit of help for fast bowlers here. And then it goes one-pace. But its not a wicket where things ease down. Its a tough wicket.” Same team for Chennai.
Pant: “We have batted first enough times in the season so we are fine. But we would’ve liked to bowl.”Delhi makes one change: Tom Curran for Ripal.
Toss time in Dubai!
Pitch Report: Pommie Mbangwa and Matthew Hayden say: ‘Today there is a shorter and longer boundary square. 62 one way, 74 the other. Haydos is here. What do you see? I see a better surface than the one Delhi Capitals went down on (against RCB). There is less grass, it is nice and dry. But the cracks have’t come into play because this is only the third time we are using this pitch. 160 is the score, but if the middle order gets going 170 is an option. Four captains have decided to bat first and only one of them was successful. The other seven have decided to chase off which five have been successful. Chasing seems to be the way here and that’s because the pitch doesn’t change much.’
Both teams are carrying a recent wound though I believe the best teams are able to put that aside on the big day. In terms of balance, maybe #DelhiCapitals a bit ahead. For #CSK the opening partnership will be key. Delhi’s pace vs Chennai’s openers could determine the game.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 10, 2021
6:35PM IST: Live visuals have Robin Uthappa going through a throwdown session. Looks like Raina’s sitting out this one as well.
Faf du Plessis to the broadcaster: “It’s a big game, that’s why we practice and play this game to get a like tonight. The guys are very excited to be here tonight. Batting is about experience and learning. T20 cricket is great, because you feel like you are always learning. It doesn’t make a difference if you play someone you have faced in the nets. I am someone who doesn’t spend too much time worrying about or studying the opposition. You know Flem [Stephen Fleming], so our team meeting was short and sweet. The strength of CSK is that there aren’t many highs and many lows. How good would it be to play in the final! That’s obviously a plus to be in the position we are today. You get two cracks at the final.”
6:21PM IST: Perfect evening to end the half-century drought
Can Rishabh Pant find the goods with the bat tonight> – SPORTZPICS
6:15PM IST: Numbers Game
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Match Preview
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will take on Delhi Capitals (DC) — it has lost to Capitals twice in the league stage — in Dubai in Qualifier 1 of IPL 2021 on Sunday. The winner of this match will directly qualify for the final, the losing side meets the winner of the Eliminator between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
CSK comes into the match on the back of three successive losses, the last one being a crushing six-wicket defeat against Punjab Kings at the same venue. That loss showed that CSK bowlers struggle in flat conditions. However, they would hope to be better informed about what to do when batters attack them.
The top order has been one of the big reasons for CSK’s turnaround this year. Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad set the tone for their entire innings, and CSK would want more of the same.
Gaikwad, in red-hot form otherwise, has been dismissed cheaply in the last two games. He hit a short ball from Anrich Nortje straight to midwicket the last time these two sides met. Gaikwad can expect another severe examination from the DC quicks.
Against Punjab, MS Dhoni threatened to break free before being bamboozled by a Ravi Bishnoi wrong’un. Dhoni should consider sending in-form Ravindra Jadeja ahead of him, regardless of the situation.
DC, on the other hand, needs to work on its fielding. Glenn Maxwell was dropped twice in the same over which dented DC’s chances against RCB in the last match. Kagiso Rabada’s form at the death this season is a concern as well. He has gone at 10.84 rpo in the death overs and picked up just four wickets.
DC skipper Rishabh Pant also needs to come up with a way to handle Ravichandran Ashwin better. Against RCB, a team with a clutch of right-hand batters, Ashwin bowled just one over. CSK is likely to have a similar makeup should Robin Uthappa play ahead of Suresh Raina — it will still have two left-handers in the playing XI — Moeen Ali at the top and Jadeja in the lower middle order. DC needs to get more out of its premier off-spinner. How Ashwin is used could have a bearing on the outcome of the match.
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Head to Head Matches: 25 Won: DC-10, CSK- 15 HS (DC) vs CSK- 198 LS (DC) vs CSK- 83 HS (CSK) vs DC- 222 LS (CSK) vs DC- 110 |
Predicted Line-ups
CSK Predicted XI: Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Robin Uthappa/Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood
DC Predicted XI: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Ripal Patel/Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan
Where to watch today’s match?
The IPL 2021 match between DC and CSK will be aired live on Star Sports channels – Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 3 and Star Sports 3 HD at 7:30pm. The online streaming will be available on Hotstar.
SQUADS
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CHENNAI SUPER KINGS Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood, Suresh Raina, Imran Tahir, Jason Behrendorff, Krishnappa Gowtham, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Hari Nishanth, N Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Harishankar Reddy, Dominic Drakes, Bhagath Varma, Karn Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara DELHI CAPITALS Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Shreyas Iyer, Shimron Hetmyer, Ripal Patel, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje, Vishnu Vinod, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lalit Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Ben Dwarshuis, Tom Curran, Lukman Meriwala, Marcus Stoinis, Sam Billings, Steven Smith, Umesh Yadav, Amit Mishra, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma |
