IPL 2020 HIGHLIGHTS, CSK vs DC Score: Delhi Capitals Beat MS Dhoni-Led Chennai Super Kings By 44 Runs At Dubai

Delhi Capitals beat Chennai Super Kings by 44 runs at Dubai to win their second match in IPL 2020 and also end their three-match loosing streak against Dhoni-led three-time IPL winners!

Background

CSK vs DC HIGHLIGHTS: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) win toss and opt to bat first against Delhi Capitals. While CSK head into the game after suffering a 16-run defeat at the hands of Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals registered a thrilling win over Kings Eleven Punjab in their season opener.

CSK have some batting woes to address with only Proteas import Faf Du Plessis being the consistent scorer in both their games so far. Sam Curran has done a good job with pinch hitting but the other frontline batsman have failed to deliver ..CSK would look see Dhoni bat in the top 5 after he received a lot of flak for coming down the order in both the games and leaving the chase against too late

Delhi too have been up and down with the bat with their top order failing against Punjab. It was a late flourish from Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis which helped DC post a comeback into the game after the Punjab bowlers made inroads into their top order.

Both teams are plagued with injuries and would look to tinker their playing combination yet again. While Ambati Rayadu is not certain to play the next few games, Delhi are also troubled by injuries to seamer Ishant Sharma and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin

CSK bowling has also come under the scanner with seamer Lungi Ngidi and Piyush Chawla going for plenty against Rajasthan Royals. So we might see one of them being dropped.

Meanwhile, the DC bowlers had a decent outing against Kings Eleven Punjab. However, the only major concern for them remains the injury to ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who picked a couple of wickets in his very first over, but had to go off the field later

CSK have enjoyed their rivalry against DC in the IPL, winning 15 of the 21 games. However, every game is a new start and both teams will spare no efforts to win the battle later in the evening at Dubai

Here are the full squads for the Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals match later in the day

CSK: MS Dhoni (Captain), M Vijay, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, KedarJadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Imran Tahir, Mitchell Santner, Josh Hazlewood, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, N Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Monu Kumar, R Sai Kishore, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Karn Sharma.

DC: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shimron Hetmyer, Kagiso Rabada, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel, Sandeep Lamichhane, Keemo Paul, Daniel Sams, Mohit Sharma, Anrich Nortje, Alex Carey (wk), Avesh Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Harshal Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav

23:04 PM (IST)  •  25 Sep 2020

Kagiso Rabada bowls the final 20th over! He sends back CSK skipper MS Dhoni back to the pavilion for a 12-ball 15. Rabada bowls a clever short-pitched slower delivery to get Dhoni's top edge and Pant completes the catch! Sam Curran walks in for the last three balls...Rabada gets Jadeja caught out off the last ball to end the match!

Delhi Capitals beat Chennai Super Kings by 44 runs!

22:58 PM (IST)  •  25 Sep 2020

Nortje to finish off with his spell here! He bowls some quick short balls and keeps it tight to not give any room to Dhoni and Jadeja! Just 6 runs from the second-last over! Looks like CSK is playing now for the Net Run Rate (NRR) but for the NRR to be effective, don't they need to win games? CSK are 127/5 after 19 overs and need 49 runs from 6 balls to win.

22:49 PM (IST)  •  25 Sep 2020

EDGED AND TAKENNNN 😍 Rabada doing Rabada things 😎 CSK - 113/5 (17.2 overs) #CSKvDC #Dream11IPL #IPL2020 #YehHaiNayiDilli

22:46 PM (IST)  •  25 Sep 2020

MS Dhoni takes on Avesh Khan with CSK needing three runs from every ball to win! The world's best finisher starts the over by hitting a blistering boundary over bowler's head. Khan makes a good comeback off the next two balls as he manages to keep Mahi quiet...but 4th ball of the over is a low full toss and Dhoni hits 4 to fine leg! 2 singles off the last 2 balls to end the over. (10 runs from it) CSK are 111/4 after 17 overs and need 65 runs from 18 balls to win.

22:37 PM (IST)  •  25 Sep 2020

DC need just one more good over to take complete control of the game, while CSK needs every over to be good! Rabada bowls the second over of his spell gives away 11 runs from it. CSK are 94/3 after 15 overs.

CSK have enjoyed just 2 good overs and still their required run rate per over has gone up from 15 to almost 16.5 runs per over!!! Nortje bowls the 16th over and to make things worse for his opponents, he sends Kedar Jadhav back to the pavilion LBW out after 21-ball 26. MS DHONI IS THE NEXT MAN IN! CSK are 98/4 after 16 overs and need 78 runs from 26 balls to win.