IPL 2019 CSK vs DC in pictures: Tahir's 4-wicket haul and Dhoni's stumping get Chennai back to top spot
The Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals, two teams who have already secured a playoff spot, will compete in Match 50 of VIVO IPL 2019.
IPL 2019: The wickets kept falling in quick successions and Delhi Capitals could not recover from the damage done. 99 ALL OUT as Chennai Super Kings celebrate.
It's Chennai's final league game at home and they have ensured that they have guarded their fortress.
In the first innings, invited to bat, Chennai Super Kings scored 179 for four against Delhi Capitals in their Indian Premier League match (IPL), here Wednesday.
Suresh Raina top-scored for CSK with his 59-run knock while Jagdeesha Suchith took two wickets for the visitors.
Dhoni creamed off 20 runs from Kiwi pacer Trent Boult's final over, hitting two sixes and four.
Chennai Super Kings: 179/5 (20)
Delhi Capitals: 99 (16.2)
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir.
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Colin Ingram, Sherfane Rutherford, Axar Patel, Jagadeesha Suchith, Sandeep Lamichhane, Amit Mishra, Trent Boult.
DC are playing FOUR spinners today, and just one seamer.
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OUT!
J Suchith has picked Watson.
A half-tracker that stays low, picks out the ONE man at cow corner with the pull.
Watson c Axar b J Suchith 0(9).
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OUT!
The ball was in the air for a long time but Dhawan kept his composure to take it well inside the rope.
du Plessis c Dhawan b Axar 39(41) [4s-2 6s-2].
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50 and OUT!
Fifty for Raina. It is his 50th fifty in all of T20 cricket.
However, Suchith got his man.
Raina has done his job as he resurrected the innings after a slow start.
Raina c Dhawan b J Suchith 59(37) [4s-8 6s-1].
Most 50s (scores from 50 to 99) in a IPL career:44 David Warner37 Shikhar Dhawan37 Suresh Raina - tonight36 Gautam Gambhir36 Virat Kohli
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OUT!
That's a brilliant running catch from Morris.
The slog was miscued by Jadeja as it went a long way up and was about to land in no man's land, but Morris charged towards mid-wicket and reached it and takes it.
Jadeja c and b Chris Morris 25(10) [4s-2 6s-2].
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MS Dhoni has again portrayed how much he means to CSK.
He also with Suresh Raina help Chennai set 179 runs on the board.
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OUT!
Chahar has yet again picked up a breakthrough with the new ball.
A good length and there was a lot of width and Prithvi Shaw went hard with his trademark punch shot. He fails to control it and ends up gifting a catch to cover.
Prithvi Shaw c Raina b Chahar 4(5) [4s-1].
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OUT!
Harbhajan Singh celebrates as Dhawan is cleaned up.
Much needed for the Super Kings as they seek to reign Delhi back.
Dhawan b Harbhajan 19(13) [4s-1 6s-1].
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OUT!
Tahir starts running in celebration as he takes Rishabh Pant's wicket.
Pant c Dwayne Bravo b Tahir 5(3) [4s-1].
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OUT!
Jadeja spins in and traps Ingram on the crease.
Delhi go from 52/1 to 66/4.
Ingram lbw b Jadeja 0(1).
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2 overs and four wickets!
Axar c Watson b Tahir 9(9) [4s-1]
Rutherford c Chahar b Tahir 2(4)
Chris Morris st Dhoni b Jadeja 0(1)
Shreyas Iyer st Dhoni b Jadeja 44(31) [4s-4 6s-1].
ALL OUT!
The wickets kept falling in quick successions and Delhi could not recover from the damage done.
It's Chennai's final league game at home and they have ensured that they have guarded their fortress.