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IPL 2020 CSK vs DC highlights: Axar hits 5-ball 21 to win match for Delhi

Dropped on 25 and 79, apart from surviving a half chance and a run-out opportunity, Dhawan made full use of the lives given to him to raise his best IPL knock as Capitals overhauled a stiff 180-run

BS Web Team New Delhi
Delhi Capitals. Photo: Sportzpics for BCCI
Delhi Capitals. Photo: Sportzpics for BCCI

7 min read Last Updated : Oct 17 2020 | 11:50 PM IST

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11:22 PM

Why Bravo does not bowl last over? Dhoni explains

Dhoni in post match presentation: Bravo was not fit, he went out and was really not able to come back. That was the reason we had to bowl (Jadeja). The option was between Karn and Jaddu so I went ahead with Jaddu. Maybe not enough. 

11:19 PM

DC beats CSK by 5 wickets

11:19 PM

DC live score after 19.5 Overs: 185-5

Over Summary:  Wd 1 6 6 2 1 6  ; Delhi Capitals:  185 -5 ; Shikhar Dhawan (101) Axar patel (21)

Ravindra Jadeja [1.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack
 
Ball 5: Axar patel wallopes towards mid-wicket and sends the ball outside stadium and wins the match for DC
 
Ball 4: Axar smashes towards deep square leg for a couple of runs.
 
Ball 3: Axar Patel goes inside out for SIX towards extra cover
 
Ball 2: Axar smashes towards cow corner for SIX
 
ball 1: Dhawan drags towards deep square leg for a single.
 
Ball 1: WIDE

11:18 PM

19.5; DC WIN as Axar Patel smashes SIX

Axar patel wallopes towards mid-wicket and sends the ball outside stadium and wins the match for DC

11:17 PM

Over 19.4; Delhi Capitals need 1 run in 2 balls

Axar smashes towards deep square leg for a couple of runs.

11:16 PM

Over 19.3; Delhi Capitals needs 3 runs in 3 balls

Axar Patel goes inside out for SIX towards extra cover

11:15 PM

Over 19.2; Delhi Capitals needs 9 runs in 4 balls

Axar smashes towards cow corner for SIX

11:14 PM

Ball 19.1: WIDE, Delhi Capitals need 16 runs in 6 balls

11:13 PM

DC live score after 19 Overs: 163-5; Dhawan hits 100

Over Summary:  W 0 Wd 1 1 0 1  ; Delhi Capitals:  163 -5 ; Shikhar Dhawan (100) Axar patel (1)

Sam Curran continues...
 
Ball 6: Dhawan smashes towards long-off and collects a single. Dhawan reaches a milestone, hits CENTURY
 
Ball 5: Dhawan moves outside off and plays a cross batted shot, misses it. Dhoni appeal, umpire raises the finger. Dhawan takes review straight away. No edge, Dhawan survives but it is a DOT ball.
 
Ball 4: A wide yorker, Curran squeezes it towards deep point for a single.

Ball 3: Dhawan collects a single.
 
Ball 3: WIDE
 
Ball 2: Dhawan squeezes the yorker to Dhoni, no run.

Axar Patel, left handed bat, comes to the crease
 
Ball 1: A low full toss and Carey holed up to long-on, GONE. Carey c du Plessis b Sam Curran 4(7)

11:06 PM

Delhi Capitals needs 21 runs in 11 balls

11:06 PM

Curran scalps Carey; DC 159/5 (18.1)

11:03 PM

DC live score after 18 Overs: 159-4; Dhawan at 98

Over Summary:  0 1 2 1 1 4  ; Delhi Capitals:  159 -4 ; Shikhar Dhawan (98), Alex Carey (4)

Shardul continues..

Ball 6: Dhawan sweeps over backward square leg fielder for FOUR.
 
Ball 5: Carey hits without any timing towards long-off for a single.
 
Ball 4: Dhawan drives towards sweeper cover for a single.
 
Ball 3: Dhawan smashes full toss towards long-on for a couple of runs.
 
Ball 2: Carey hits towards cow corner for a single.
 
Ball 1: DOT

10:58 PM

Delhi Capitals needs 30 runs in 18 balls

10:58 PM

DC live score after 17 Overs: 150-4

Over Summary:  0 1 4 6 0 0  ; Delhi Capitals:  150 -4 ; Shikhar Dhawan (91), Alex Carey (2)

Sam Curran [2.0-0-20-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Dhawan blocks the yorker back to bowler.
 
Ball 5: DOT
 
Ball 4: WHAT A SHOT!!!! A slow and over pitch delivery and Dhawan plays an extended on drive for SIX.
 
Ball 3: Dhawan slogs towards cow corner for, one bounce, FOUR.
 
Ball 2: Carey gets a thick inside edge towards backward square leg for a single.
 
Ball 1: DOT

10:53 PM

DC live score after 16 Overs: 139-4; Stoinis departs

Over Summary:  1 1 6 W 1 1  ; Delhi Capitals:  139 -4 ; Shikhar Dhawan (81), Alex Carey (1)

Shardul Thakur [2.0-0-20-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Carey collects a single.
 
Ball 5: Dhawan hits towards long-on for a single

Alex Carey, left handed bat, comes to the crease

TIMEOUT
 
Ball 4: Stoinis gets a leading edge and Rayudu takes the skier. Stoinis c Rayudu b Thakur 24(14) [4s-1 6s-2]
 
Ball 3: Stoinis goes for big shot but does not hit from the middle, still clears long-on fielder for SIX thanks to his brute force. 
 
Ball 2: Dhawan hits straight to extra cover fielder and Rayudu drops a SITTER.
 
Ball 1: Stoinis collects a single towards cover.

In match 34 of Indian Premier League (IPL 2020), opener Shikhar Dhawan (101) hit his maiden IPL hundred after spared by the fielders a number of times, while Axar Patel pulled off three sixes in the final over as Delhi Capitals moved to the top of the table with a tense five-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings, at Sharjah cricket ground on Saturday.

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Dropped on 25 and 79, apart from surviving a half chance and a run-out opportunity, Dhawan made full use of the lives given to him to raise his best IPL knock as the Capitals overhauled a stiff 180-run target with one to spare.

On 99, Dhawan also got a caught-behind decision reversed, using DRS. Despite a well-set Dhawan at the crease, Sam Curran bowled an exceptional 19th over, giving away just four runs to keep CSK in hunt.

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Capitals needed 17 runs off the final over and it looked Dhawan's effort could go in vain but Axar Patel played a blinder of a knock, hitting three sixes off Ravindra Jadeja to finish off the game in style.

DC now have 14 points from nine games, one more than second-placed Mumbai Indians (12).

Dhawan took 58 balls for his unbeaten knock that was studded with 14 shots to the fence and one over it. He shifted the gears with ease as he not only worked the ball around but found boundaries consistently to keep the asking rate under control. His straight six off Curran stood out.

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After CSK pacer Deepak Chahar, who was as usual very impressive, sent back Prithvi Shaw (0) Ajinkya Rahane (8), Dhawan kept one end safe.

Skipper Shreyas Iyer (23), who hurt his shoulder in the previous game was not his usual aggressive self. The fluency with which he times the ball was missing.

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His 68-run stand with Dhawan ended when he holed one out to Du Plessis off Bravo. It was a slower ball but Iyer could have dispatched that easily into the empty stands on any other day.

Delhi Capitals inning's key highlights

Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 2 wickets)
Delhi Capitals: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 1
Dhawan: 50 off 29 balls (8 x 4)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (Dhawan 33, Iyer 15, Extra 2)
Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 2
Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 137/4 in 15.4 overs (Dhawan 80)
Delhi Capitals: 150 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 2
Over 18.5: Review by Delhi Capitals (Batting), Umpire - KN Ananthapadmanabhan, Batsman - S Dhawan (Upheld)
Dhawan: 100 off 57 balls (14 x 4, 1 x 6)

CSK vs DC scorecard: Delhi Capitals innings
 

Batsman Dismissal Runs Ball Fours Sixes
Prithvi Shaw c&b Chahar 0 2 0 0
Shikhar Dhawan not out 101 58 14 1
Ajinkya Rahane c Curran b Chahar 8 10 1 0
Shreyas Iyer c Du Plessis b Bravo 23 23 1 1
Marcus Stoinis c Rayudu b Shardul 24 13 1 2
Alex Carey c Du Plessis b Curran 4 7 0 0
Axar Patel not out 21 5 0 3
Total: 185-5 in 19.5 Overs
Bowler Overs Maiden Runs Wickets
Deepak Chahar 4 1 18 2
Sam Curran 4 0 35 1
Shardul Thakur 4 0 39 1
Ravindra Jadeja 1.5 0 35 0
Karn Sharma 3 0 34 0
Dwayne Bravo 3 0 23 1

Marcus Stoinis added 24 quick runs before being dismissed.

Earlier, Faf Du Plessis hit his fourth half-century of the season before Ambati Rayudu produced another useful cameo as a collective batting effort propelled Chennai Super Kings to 179 for four.

Du Plessis (58) added 87 runs with Shane Watson (36) after early fall of Sam Curran (0), setting it up nicely for the CSK.

Rayudu hit 45 off 25 balls while Ravindra Jadeja hit four sixes in his fiery 33-run knock. One of Jadeja's sixes landed on the road outside the stadium.

They added 50 runs in 3.3 overs during their unbeaten fifth wicket partnership.

While Watson relied on safe ground-strokes considering the sluggish track Du Plessis did not hesitate to improvise, playing a lot of scoop shots. He pulled the short ones with ease.
 

CSK inning's key highlights

  • Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 1 wicket)
  • Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 47/1 in 8.0 overs (du Plessis 28, Watson 18)
  • Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 1
  • 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls (du Plessis 29, Watson 22, Extra 1)
  • Over 11.3: Review by Delhi Capitals (Bowling), Umpire - Illingworth, Batsman - du Plessis (Struck down)
  • du Plessis: 50 off 39 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
  • Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 94/2 in 13.0 overs (du Plessis 53, Rayudu 4)
  • Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 1
  • Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 18.2 overs (111 balls), Extras 4
  • Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings - 179/4 in 20.0 overs (Rayudu 45, Jadeja 33)
  • 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 21 balls (Rayudu 15, Jadeja 33, Extra 2)
CSK vs DC scorecard: CSK innings scorecard

Batsman Dismissal Runs Ball Fours Sixes
Sam Curran c Nortje b Deshpande 0 3 0 0
Faf du Plessis c Dhawan b Rabada 58 47 6 2
Shane Watson b Nortje 36 28 6 0
Ambati Rayudu not out 45 25 1 4
MS Dhoni c Carey b Nortje 3 5 0 0
Ravindra Jadeja not out 33 13 0 4
Total: 179-4 in 20 Overs
Bowler Overs Maiden Runs Wickets
Tushar Deshpande 4 0 39 1
Kagiso Rabada 4 1 33 1
Axar Patel 4 0 23 0
Anrich Nortje 4 0 44 2
R Ashwin 3 0 30 0
Marcus Stoinis 1 0 10 0

Young pacer Tushar Deshpande bowled a tight line with decent speed and was rewarded when Curran, without measuring the bowler, swung his arms but just managed a top-edge that was taken by Anrich Nortje (2/44).

The ball was stopping a bit on the slow Sharjah wicket but after four quiet overs, Du Plessis creamed off 14 runs from Nortje's first over, hitting his compatriot for a six and two fours.

Watson, using his experience, got some quick runs by placing the ball instead of going after the bowlers. His handling of the both pacers and spinners was sensible as the Australian kept the scoreboard moving.

Du Plessis completed his fifty with a single of Nortje but Watson was castled by the South African in the next ball.

The Capitals batsmen did not let off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin take advantage of the slow surface, taking easy runs off him.

Rabada sent back Du Plessis while Nortje got rid of rival skipper MS Dhoni (3) but Rayudu and Jadeja helped the side reach a competitive total.


CSK vs DC playing 11

Chennai has made one change in its playing 11 bringing in Kedar Jadhav for Piyush Chawla while Delhi Capitals is unchanged after Iyer declared fit before the match.

CSK playing 11:  Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Karn Sharma

DC playing 11: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Tushar Deshpande, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje

Topics :IPL 2020Chennai Super KingsDelhi CapitalsIndian Premier LeagueShreyas Iyer

First Published: Oct 17 2020 | 5:12 PM IST