Chennai has kept their hopes of reaching the IPL play-offs alive by securing a dominant victory. This marks Chennai’s fifth win of the season. Today, the team defeated Delhi Capitals by 89 runs.
In the match held at New Delhi, Delhi Capitals won the toss and chose to bowl first. Chennai batted first and scored 155 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. This total was anchored by Sameer Rizvi’s unbeaten 40 and Rishabh Pant’s 38 runs. In the bowling department, Anrich Nortje took two wickets.
In response, Delhi Capitals were bowled out for just 66 runs in 17.3 overs. This was despite efforts from Shambhu (unbeaten 47) and Kartik Sharma (unbeaten 41). For Chennai, Tushar Deshpande took 3 wickets, while Simarjeet Singh and Mitchell Santner took two wickets each. With this victory, Chennai has moved up to the sixth position on the points table.
