Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals Indian Premier League, 2022

OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! A beauty of a delivery by Dwayne Bravo! He finishes things off in style! A slower dipping yorker, around middle. Khaleel Ahmed hangs back and tries to block this but he fails to get his bat down in time and the ball sneaks under his bat and knocks the stumps. Chennai win by 91 runs!

Khaleel Ahmed is the last man in for Delhi.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Shardul Thakur departs after a cameo. Dwayne Bravo picks up a wicket in the game as well. A bit unlucky for Shardul Thakur here! A length ball, down the leg side. Shardul Thakur looks to flick this but he gets an inside edge back to the keeper. MS Dhoni grabs it safely diving to his left and Chennai are one wicket away from victory.

FOUR! This is much better! A length ball, outside off. Shardul Thakur slaps this over cover-point for a boundary.

FOUR! Wow! Wonderful shot! A shorter ball, outside off. Shardul Thakur leans back and guides it towards deep point for a boundary.

Dwayne Bravo comes back in to replace Simarjeet Singh.

Back of a length, around off. Anrich Nortje blocks it out solidly.

Tad shorter ball, around middle. Anrich Nortje manages to get an inside edge back onto his pads.

Shorter ball, around middle and off. Anrich Nortje blocks it towards cover off the back foot.

Full, outside off. Shardul Thakur knocks it to long off and takes a single.

SIX! BANG! A loopy ball, fuller, outside off. Shardul Thakur gets down on his knee and smashes it high over long on for a biggie.

Shorter, flatter, around middle and leg. Shardul Thakur flicks it towards mid-wicket.

On a length, around middle. Anrich Nortje pushes it back to the bowler.

Fuller now, outside off. Shardul Thakur strokes it down to long off and takes a single.

Direct-hit, and Anrich Nortje would have been on his way back! Another shorter ball, around off. Anrich Nortje taps is towards point. He leaves his crease late. Robin Uthappa collects the ball and has a shy at the non-striker's end but he misses. Single taken a the end

Back of a length, outside off. Anrich Nortje taps it towards point.

Wide! Very short on this occasion, around middle and leg. Anrich Nortje ducks under it and leaves it alone. Wide called for height!

Strategic break! Well, the middle phase was a crucial one and Chennai have dominated it completely. Delhi have been ousted and will be very disappointed with this batting display. Chennai now need a couple of wickets to seal a big victory and hand Delhi their sixth defeat of the campaign. Also, Anrich Nortje comes out to bat at number 10.

OUT! TAKEN! Kuldeep Yadav finally decides to go for it but he perishes. Simarjeet Singh picks up his second wicket of the match and Delhi are eight down. Simarjeet Singh drops it short, outside off. Kuldeep Yadav looks to pull this but the ball goes off the splice of the bat towards point. Robin Uthappa is perfectly stationed there and he takes a dolly.

A shorter ball, width on offer. Kuldeep Yadav pushes it towards the fielder at cover.

Simarjeet Singh comes back to bowl.

On the pads, flicked away down to fine leg for a single.

Drifted onto the pads, nudged away 'round the corner for a single.

Full and on off, driven straight towards mid off.

What a chance for another wicket but Maheesh Theekshana has spilled it. On middle, worked through mid-wicket and there's never two there. The batters however do push for it and the throw from Choudhary is a bit wide. Theekshana fails to collect the ball while Yadav is halfway down the track and the batters do get two in the end.

Around off, Thakur looks to go big but checks his shot in the end.

Leg bye! This is pushed through on the pads, Yadav looks to get a tickle but the ball goes off the pads towards short fine leg. They scamper through for a leg bye.

Angled into middle and leg, Yadav knocks it down the ground and picks up a single.

Slower through the air and on off stump. Yadav keeps it out on the off side.

Just a bit shorter, on middle, Thakur tucks it 'round the corner for one more.

On middle and leg, swept away hard and towards deep square leg for a single.

Kuldeep Yadav steps down the track and Ali just fires it in. Yadav checks his shot and defends it out.

In-drifter, on middle. Yadav blocks it out.

Full and straight, pushed down to long on for a single.

Around leg stump, nudged away towards short mid-wicket.

A yorker-length delivery, on off. Thakur digs it out towards mid-wicket and picks up a run.

Bravo angles it in from outside off and Thakur punches it to the left of the bowler. Bravo springs to that side and makes the stop, good fielding.

Fuller in length and around off, Kuldeep Yadav drives it down to deep extra cover for a single.

WIDE! Attempted bumper from Bravo, over leg stump but it is just a bit too short. Wide called.

Leg bye! This is angled onto the pads, Thakur looks to flick it away but gets it off the pads towards square leg. They pick up a leg bye.

Dwayne Bravo is back on! He went for 12 runs in his first over!

Moeen Ali holds it back a bit and bowls it on middle. Yadav strides out to make the block.

This is angled into middle, Yadav pushes it back to the bowler.

On off, defended towards covers.

Around off, Kuldeep Yadav tries to be cheeky as he attempts the reverse paddle but edges it just past the man at first slip.

Around middle and leg, turned past square leg for a single.

On a length, on middle, Thakur pushes it towards mid on.

A length ball, on the stumps. Yadav keeps it out.

Kuldeep Yadav walks out to bat.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Rovman Powell departs and Delhi are now staring down the barrel! Just a regular length ball, slanted across the off pole but is a bit wide. Powell goes chasing after it and ends up getting an outside edge. MS Dhoni takes a dolly of a catch behind the stumps and Mukesh Choudhary strikes twice in the over.

This is outside off, Thakur has a slash at it. The ball goes quickly towards the third man fence but Simarjeet Singh does well to slide to his left and keep it down to a single.

On a good length, over middle. Powell gets it off the higher part of the bat back over the bowler's head for a single.

This is slanted across off, Thakur plays it through cover-point for a single.

Shardul Thakur walks out to bat now.

OUT! Cleaned up! Gem of a delivery from Mukesh Choudhary and Axar Patel is left in disbelief! Choudhary comes from over the wicket and just hits the perfect length around off. The ball nips back in sharply off the surface and goes through bat and pad to hit the top of middle stump. Axar tries to play all around a straight ball and pays the ultimate price. What a collapse this has been from Delhi! They have gone from 71/2 to now 82/6!

Mukesh Choudhary (2-0-19-0) is back on.

Shorter, around middle and off. Axar Patel knocks it down to long off and takes a single.

Lovely delivery! Tosses it up, full, spinning away, outside off. Axar Patel leans to drive this but he gets beaten on the outside edge.

Axar Patel walks in with Delhi in a spot of real bother.

OUT! TAKEN! Another one bites the dust! Delhi are falling apart here! Moeen Ali grabs his third wicket and Delhi have lost half their side now. Another tossed up ball, full, around middle and off. Ripal Patel looks to go big once again. He gets down on his knee and slog-sweeps it, but the ball goes off the top edge this time. It flies high towards deep mid-wicket and Devon Conway there pouches it safely. Delhi are in all sorts of trouble!

SIX! BANG! Ripal Patel on the charge straightaway! A loopy ball, around middle. Ripal Patel gets down on his knee and slog-sweeps it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

Fuller ball, around middle. Ripal Patel leans forward and defends it out.

Ripal Patel is the new man in.

OUT! CHOPPED ON! A huge wicket for Chennai! It's Moeen Ali who strikes once again. Delhi are in a spot of bother now. Touch shorter from round the wicket, spinning away a tad, around off. Rishabh Pant makes room and tries to cut this away but he gets an under edge back onto the stumps. He cannot believe it! He stands in disbelief!

Fuller, outside off. Rovman Powell drives it towards cover.

Back of a length, quicker, outside off. Rovman Powell blocks it out towards cover.

Shorter ball, spinning away, outside off. Rovman Powell pushes it towards cover.

A low full toss, around middle. Rishabh Pant knocks it towards long on for a single.

Shorter, outside off, tad quicker. Rishabh Pant hangs back and cuts it towards point.

Much straighter from Maheesh Theeksha, flatter ball, on middle. Rovman Powell works it away towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Maheesh Theekshana (1-0-16-1) is brought back into the attack.

Shorter now, around middle. Rovman Powell pulls it towards deep square leg for a single. He gets off the mark.

Fuller now, around middle. Rovman Powell blocks it out.

Quicker, flatter, around middle. Rovman Powell flicks it to mid-wicket.

Rovman Powell walks in at number 5.

OUT! CAUGHT! Moeen Ali strikes in his first over and he gets rid off Mitchell Marsh now! Tosses up delivery, outside off, full in length. Mitchell Marsh smashes this high into the night sky. But the ball goes off the toe end and goes towards long on. Ruturaj Gaikwad there takes a sharp catch. Delhi needs a partnership now!

Much shorter now from over the wicket, around off. Mitchell Marsh pushes it towards cover.

Moeen Ali begins with a fuller ball from 'round the wicket, around middle. Rishabh Pant sweeps it towards deep square leg for a single.

Strategic break! Delhi have lost a couple of wickets including that of David Warner which is a big miss for them but Rishabh Pant and Mitchell Marsh have kept the scoring rate high. These two now hold the key and will look to put on a substantial partnership before the big hitters down the order can come into play. Chennai have a lot of runs on board and know that the opposition will have to go hard and they will look to use this to pick up wickets and pile on the pressure. A crucial middle phase of the chase awaits. 138 needed now off 78 balls. Also, Moeen Ali is introduced into the attack now.

Well bowled! Good ball to finish the over! A yorker-length delivery, outside off. Mitchell Marsh misses this as he tries to dig this one out. 12 runs off Dwayne Bravo's first over!

FOUR! Sweetly timed! Top shot by Mitchell Marsh! A length ball, outside off, no pace again on that one. Mitchell Marsh drives it on the up through cover for a boundary.

Another slower ball, a low full toss. Rishabh Pant lifts it straight down the ground. Just a single taken.

An off-pace delivery, tad fuller, down leg. Rishabh Pant skips down the pitch and whips it wide of long on. They pick up two runs!

On a length, outside off. Mitchell Marsh pushes it towards extra-cover for a single.

FOUR! One bounce and into the fence! Dwayne Bravo begins with a fuller ball, darting it on the pads. Mitchell Marsh flicks it aerially towards deep mid-wicket. Shivam Dube runs to his left, but the ball goes just away from him and into the fence for a four.

FOUR! Crunched! Another shorter ball, around middle and off. Rishabh Pant swivels and pulls it towards deep square leg for a boundary. Delhi are 59 for 2 at the end of the Powerplay!

Marginally short, around middle. Mitchell Marsh miscues his pull shot through mid-wicket for a single.

Back of a length, around middle. Mitchell Marsh pulls and finds the fielder at square leg. Three dots in a row now after that six.

Good change of pace now! A length ball, outside off, at around 111 clicks. Mitchell Marsh taps it towards cover-point.

Beaten! Much shorter now, outside off. Mitchell Marsh looks to have a push at it but he misses.

SIX! High and handsome! Simarjeet Singh pitches this up, around off. Mitchell Marsh is not going to miss out on this. He smashes this over long off for a biggie.

FOUR! Quicker and flatter, close to the off pole. Pant cuts hard and edges it down to the vacant third man fence for yet another boundary.

FOUR! Cleaner strike this time from Pant and that will make him feel good. On off, Pant steps out and drills it past mid off for another boundary. He holds the key now for Delhi.

FOUR! Theatrics everywhere as Rishabh Pant goes down on the pitch. On middle, Pant dances down the track and gives it his all to go up and over the bowler's head for a boundary.

Around leg stump, Pant looks to slog it away but misses and gets hit on the pads.

Rishabh Pant, the skipper of Delhi comes out to bat.

OUT! LBW! What a huge breakthrough for Chennai and Maheesh Theekshana has sent the dangerman packing! Flatter delivery on off stump and Warner is a bit indecisive as he looks to reverse flick it. The ball skids through and Warner gets rapped high on the pads. The bowler appeals and it is given but the review is taken instantly. UltraEdge shows that there's no bat involved and Ball Tracking shows that the ball is just hitting the off stump, so the on-field decision stands via umpire's call and warner is not impressed as he walks back. He even has a word with the umpire.

FOUR! Maheesh Theekshana is greeted into the attack with a boundary from David Warner. This is full and outside off, Warner gets low and creams it over covers for a boundary.

Maheesh Theekshana comes into the attack.

Slower delivery, on a length and around off. Marsh pulls it down towards deep backward square leg and picks up a couple of runs. Just 4 came off that over.

On a fuller length and around off, Marsh defends it out from inside the crease.

Short of a length, outside off and this is cut away to deep point for a single.

Warner doesn't seem happy with that call. Slower delivery, pushed outside off and hugging the tramline. Warner reaches out but misses and no wide is called.

Simarjeet Singh has a bit extra that makes the ball hurry onto the batter. This is just bowled on a hard length, on off and the ball just takes off, leaving Warner a bit bamboozled.

Length, on off and skidding through. Marsh dabs it towards mid-wicket and picks up a single.

SIX! Asking to be hit and David Warner doesn't miss out. Short but not short enough from Choudhary and at a gentle pace as well. Warner half-pulls it towards the vacant mid-wicket fence and the ball goes beyond the ropes.

Around the top of off, hit away through square leg for a single.

Pitched up, in the channel close to the off pole with the natural angle taking it away from the right-hander. Marsh makes a watchful leave.

Good change of pace from Choudhary this time. Just a bit slower, on a length and angled across a tight line on off stump. Marsh tries to get it up and over cover-point but misses.

Choudhary pushes this one wider and Marsh lets it through to the keeper.

FOUR! Driven and driven nicely! A touch fuller, slanting across, Marsh hangs deep and caresses it through covers for a boundary.

Short and wide, Marsh slashes it towards deep backward point for a single. 9 runs and a wicket off Simarjeet Singh's first over.

Mitchell Marsh walks out to bat at number 3.

OUT! CAUGHT! Simarjeet Singh has the last laugh and yet again the opening partnership for Delhi doesn't last long. Just short of a length, on off and at a nippy pace. The ball hurries onto Srikar Bharat as he looks to pull. Bharat ends up getting an inside edge onto his body and the ball goes to the right of first slip where Moeen Ali takes a simple catch. Chennai have the early breakthrough.

On a good length, outside off and again there's some nice away shape on it. A play and a miss from Bharat.

Good comeback delivery from Singh. Length, at 141 kph and hagging back in from off stump. Bharat looks to tuck but misses and gets hit high on the pads.  Stifled appeal from the bowler but nothing given.

FOUR! Sweetly timed! Full and wide, almost a half-volley. Bharat leans in and creams it through covers for a boundary.

FOUR! Nicely bowled but Srikar Bharat will get off the mark with a boundary. Around off and shaping away, Bharat looks to drive on the up but gets an outside edge past the slip cordon and into the third man fence.

Who will bowl from the other end? Simarjeet Singh it is!

SIX! Short and wide, David Warner throws his hands at it and gets a top edge that flies over the vacant third man fence for a maximum. 8 off the first over!

Now, Warner does get off the mark and Delhi are underway. Shorter in length, on middle. warner half-pulls it past square leg for a couple of runs.

This is full again but angled onto the pads, warner fails to get it away leg side. No runs off the first four deliveries.

'Wait, wait, wait' is the shout from David Warner. Full, on off and shaping away. Warner drives it straight towards extra cover.

A bit of a yes and no from the Delhi batters and that could have been disastrous. Around the top of off, tapped straight towards cover and Srikar Bharat wants the single, Warner sends him back and rightly so.

A little bit of swing straightaway for Mukesh Choudhary. Length, around off and shaping away nicely. David Warner has a poke at it but gets beaten past the outside edge.

Excellent finish to the over from Anrich Nortje but Chennai do get another couple of runs. A low full toss, almost at the base of off stump and Dhoni goes hard at it. He only manages to get it towards wide long off but the throw from Rovman Powell and Bravo makes it through for the second. Chennai end with 208/6!

MS Dhoni wants the second and he gets it in the end. Very full, on off stump. Dhoni drills it towards wide long on and pushes hard for two. The throw at the bowler's end is a bit wide and Bravo makes it through.

Very full, around off. Bravo with an unusual cover drive towards sweeper cover for a single.

Dwayne Bravo comes to the crease.

OUT! TAKEN! Another wicket falls as MS Dhoni is left frustrated at the other end. Anrich Nortje with a different type of slower ball where he rolls his fingers across the ball and bowls it into the body of the batter. Robin Uthappa picks it up and whips it away but gets no distance on it. The substitute fielder at deep backward square leg takes a good low catch. Two in two for Nortje and he is on a hat-trick.

Robin Uthappa comes to bat.

OUT! CAUGHT! Full and wide again from Anrich Nortje and at this stage, Moeen Ali just has to go for the big shot. Ali though ends up slicing it high and towards the long off fence. David Warner settles under it and takes a simple catch.

FOUR! Cheeky! Full and outside iff at around 143 clicks, Ali uses the pace of the delivery and squirts it fine into the third man fence. The 200 is up for Chennai.

SIX! Brilliant effort from David Warner in the deep but it isn't enough to stop the biggie. Short of a length, outside off and the pace is taken off. MS Dhoni flat-bats it right back over the bowler's head. Warner runs to his right from the long off fence and springs as well but the ball eludes him to go over the fence.

Anrich Nortje comes on to bowl the final over of the innings.

WIDE! Slower one, outside off but this is bowled beyond the tramline. Wide called.

Golden dot ball! This is pushed well outside off, Dhoni moves way past the off stump and pulls it hard but straight to the man at square leg.

Short again, around the body. This time Ali mistimes the pull shot towards square leg and can only pick up a single.

FOUR! Banged in short and down the leg side, Moeen Ali pulls it reall fine and the ball goes into the fine leg fence.

Moeen Ali walks out to bat.

OUT! CAUGHT! Khaleel Ahmed keeps bowling to his field even after getting hit for a boundary and reaps the reward this time around. Ahmed pushes it wide of off stump but pulls back his length. Ambati Rayudu reaches out and tries to go over the point fence but has to stretch a bit. rayudu ends up hitting it straight down the throat of the fielder at the point fence and Axar Patel makes no mistake this time. Another timely wicket for Ahmed and Delhi.

FOUR! Full and wide, Rayudu stands outside the off stump and slashes it into the backward point fence. That rocketed to the fence.

Full and wide, Rayudu gives the charge as he looks to go over extra cover but gets it over cover-point for just a single. 13 runs and a wicket off it.

Full and straight, pushed back past the bowler for a single.

WIDE! A slower bumper from Marsh this time, over leg stump but it loops up over the batter's head. Wide signalled.

FOUR! Good-length, just a bit of width on offer and Dhoni pierces the gap between backward point and short third man to collect a boundary.

SIX! Length again from Marsh, on middle. MS Dhoni dances down the track and clobbers it over the long on fence for a biggie. He is in the zone from the get-go.

Length ball, on off and just sticks in the wicket a bit. Dhoni blocks it out.

MS Dhoni the skipper of Chennai comes to the crease.

OUT! CAUGHT! Smart bowling from Mitchell Marsh as he goes full but also goes wider and takes the hitting arc of Shivam Dube out of the contest. Dube hangs deep and looks to muscle it over the long off fence but doesn't get a good connection and there's no elevation on it either. David Warner takes a simple catch at the long off fence and this is a good passage of play for Delhi.

Beaten! A tad slower, fuller and well outside off. Ambati Rayudu looks to swing across the line but is undone by the lack of pace. Just 3 runs and a wicket off it, just what Delhi would have wanted at this stage to stem the run flow just a bit.

Mitchell Marsh is back on!

WIDE! A pacy short ball, outside off and a bit too high as well. Pant does well to leap up and glove it but a wide is called.

This is a fantastic over so far from Ahmed. Pace off this time and pushed wide of off stump Rayudu reaches out but doesn't make a connection.

Pace on from Ahmed to the new batter. On a good length and slanted across the right-hander. Rayudu looks to take it on but the ball zips through to the keeper.

Ambati Rayudu walks out to bat.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Devon Conway seems tired out there and tries to get funky but that brings his downfall. Slower delivery, on a good length and over middle stump. Conway shuffles and gets inside the line of the ball, looking to pull it over short fine leg but gets a faint edge on it. Rishabh Pant flies to his right and takes a good catch. Conway departs after yet another fabulous knock and Ahmed has his man.

Good bowling from Ahmed here. A low full toss, on the pads, Dube clips it towards deep backward square leg for a single.

A direct hit might have got him! Khaleel Ahmed nails the yorker on off stump and Devon Conway can only manage to block it back on the deck. Dube calls him for a single and Ahmed does well to go towards the bowler's end but misses. The replay shows that Conway was gone for all money had that hit.

Khaleel Ahmed comes back into the attack. He has gone for 9 runs in his two overs so far.

FOUR! Shardul Thakur is not learning here as he goes full again and this time Shivam Dube slogs it towards the cow corner fence for a one-bounce boundary. 19 came off that over, a productive one for Chennai.

Digs it in this time does Thakur and he takes pace off the ball as well. Dube looks to pull but edges it back onto the deck.

SIX! MUSCLED! Poor from Thakur, bowls it right in the slot outside off and Dube is making full use of the life given to him by Axar Patel as he sokes it over the long off fence for another biggie.

SIX! WOW! It is a colossal hit from Shivam Dube! Length ball, around off, Dube swings through the line and dispatches it well over the long on fence for a maximum.

Back of a length, outside off. Conway pulls it towards wide long off for a single.

Put down! Axar Patel who is generally a great outfielder has dropped the catch. Thakur goes full and wide, Shivam Dube tries to launch it over long off but mistimes it badly. The ball goes high towards the point region and Axar runs in from the fence but fails to pouch it. Single taken.

WIDE! Attempted slower ball, spilled beyond the tramline on the off side, wided.

Shardul Thakur comes back into the attack now.

Fuller ball, around middle. Shivam Dube lifts it down the ground for a single. Another miscued shot. Shivam Dube is struggling to time the ball here.

FOUR! That will release pressure off Shivam Dube! Anrich Nortje drops it short, around middle. Shivam Dube once again mistimes his pull shot. But this time it just goes over the fielder at mid-wicket towards the boundary ropes for a four.

Digs it short this time, around middle. Devon Conway miscues his pull towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Well bowled! Right in the blockhole, around off. Devon Conway jams it out back to Anrich Nortje.

Anrich Nortje serves it on a length this time, around the leg pole. Shivam Dube taps it towards mid-wicket and takes a single.

Back of a length, around middle. Devon Conway pulls it gently towards deep square leg for a single.

Anrich Nortje comes back in to replace Kuldeep Yadav.

Devon Conway knocks this full-length ball towards long off for a single. He retains the strike with that!

Change of length now! Shorter this time, around middle. Shivam Dube miscues his pull shot towards long on. The fielder there collects the ball on the bounce. Single taken!

Fuller on this occasion, outside off. Shivam Dube drives it with an open-faced bat towards sweeper cover for a couple of runs.

Wide! Another length ball, once again wide of off. Shivam Dube tries to cut this but he fails to reach the ball. Wide called!

Length delivery, width on offer. Shivam Dube opens the face of the bat and pushes it towards deep cover for a brace.

Wide! An off-pace delivery, wide of off. Shivam Dube leaves it alone and a wide is called.

Swing and a miss! Length ball, tad slower, outside off. Shivam Dube swings his bat at it but he fails to get any connection.

Wide of off, pitched up delivery. Devon Conway drives it firmly but finds the fielder at deep cover. Single taken!

Strategic break! Delhi have been able to break the opening stand but Chennai are still scoring more than 10 runs an over. With Devon Conway still out there and inching towards a century, Chennai will look to get around 210 runs. Delhi need wickets and they need them in a cluster to keep the score to under 200. A fascinating passage of play awaits.

Flighted delivery, full in length, drifting down leg. Shivam Dube lunges forward to block this but he misses and gets pinged on his pads.

Kuldeep Yadav fires this one on the pads, fuller ball. Devon Conway knocks it down the long on for a single.

SIX! KABOOM! Devon Conway gets hold of it this time! Tossed up ball, outside off. Devon Conway shimmies down the track and tonks it over long on for a biggie.

Wide! This one is spilled down the leg side. Wide called!

Loopy ball, pitched up, around middle. Devon Conway looks to sweep this but he misses and gets hit on his pad.

Tad shorter, around middle and leg. Shivam Dube works it away towards deep mid-wicket and rotates the strike.

Well bowled! Tosses it up, fuller ball, spinning away, much quicker through the air as well. Shivam Dube presses forward to drive but he gets beaten on the outside edge.

Kuldeep Yadav is back into the attack. He has been very expensive so far, going for 34 runs in his two overs.

Back of a length, outside off. Shivam Dube stays on the back foot and dabs it towards backward point for a single.

Yorker-length delivery, outside off. Devon Conway opens the face of the bat and jams it towards third man for a run.

Outside off, full in length. Shivam Dube drives it towards extra-cover. A fumble there by the fielder allows the batters to take a run.

Another slower ball, around middle and full in length. Devon Conway pushes it down the ground for a single.

Not a boundary, but overthrow as cost Delhi four this time! Shorter ball, around middle. Devon Conway pulls it towards deep mid-wicket. Ripal Patel does well to save the ball, and the batters take two runs. Ripal Patel throws the ball directly at the stumps at the striker's end. There is no one backing up there and the batters take another couple.

FOUR! Devon Conway greets Mitchell Marsh with a boundary! A slower one to begin with, outside off. Devon Conway cuts it past point for a boundary.

Shivam Dube comes in at number 3. Also, Mitchell Marsh to have a bowl now.

OUT! CAUGHT! Delhi finally have their first wicket and they can breathe a sigh of relief for now. After being hit for two boundaries, Anrich Nortje has got his man! A short ball, around middle and well over 152 clicks. Ruturaj Gaikwad goes for the pull shot and gets hurried on. The ball goes off the top edge and towards mid-wicket. Axar Patel there takes an easy catch.

FOUR! Cut away! Top shot this from Ruturaj Gaikwad! Another shorter delivery, width on offer now. Ruturaj Gaikwad slashes this over point for a cracking boundary.

Back of a length, down leg. Devon Conway makes room and guides it towards third man for a run.

Pitched up delivery, around middle. Devon Conway pushes it back to the bowler. A rare dot ball!

Anrich Nortje pulls his length back now, around off. Ruturaj Gaikwad dabs it towards third man for a single.

FOUR! Boundaries are flowing at the moment! It's Ruturaj Gaikwad this time. A fuller ball, outside off. Ruturaj Gaikwad lofts this over mid off for a boundary.

Anrich Nortje comes back on!

FOUR! A hat-trick of boundaries from Devon Conway to end the over and at the halfway mark, Chennai are flying with 100/0! This is tossed up, outside off, Conway hangs deep and smashes it over the cover region for another boundary.

FOUR! Yadav goes quicker and tries to bowl the arm ball but gets smashed again. Full and around off, driven hard and along the ground, through extra cover for another boundary.

FOUR! This was a hit-me ball from Kuldeep Yadav. Floated up, outside off, Conway creams it over the cover region and picks up a boundary.

WIDE! This is spilled well down the leg side, wided.

On middle, Ruturaj Gaikwad plays the reverse sweeps this time and connects well but Anrich Nortje at short fine leg makes a good diving stop. Just a single taken.

Outside off and turning away, Devon Conway waits for it and cuts it past point for another single.

Yadav sees Gaikwad giving the charge and spears it into middle. Gaikwad almost gets yorked as he jams it towards mid off for a single.

A bit of a yes and no in the middle but the batters avoid the run-out. Flatter, on off, Conway taps it towards short mid-wicket and Gaikwad wants the single. Axar is quick to get to the ball and Conway sends his partner back in time.

On middle, Gaikwad comes down the track and gets it off the inner half of the blade towards mid-wicket for one more.

Third fifty on the trot for Devon Conway and he has been like a breath of fresh air for Chennai. This is pushed wider and Conway drives through the line towards deep point for a run.

Quicker and flatter, around off. This is dabbed down to backward point for a quick single.

Axar slides it outside the off stump and Conway slaps it to the man at deep cover for one more. Conway moves on to 49 now.

Shorter, fired into middle, Gaikwad pulls it through mid-wicket to turn the strike over.

FOUR! Full and wide, Conway with a powerful drive through the cover region and he picks up another boundary. 18 runs come off Kuldeep Yadav's first over.

SIX! Swept away for another maximum! On middle, Conway gets low and sweeps it flat and hard over the square leg fence. He is in the groove now.

SIX! Had to reach for it Devon Conway but goes through with the shot and gets maximum purchase. Tossed up, around off, Conway steps out and launches it over the wide long on fence for a bigge.

On off, driven down to long off for a single.

Now, was there an edge on it? Yes, there was but almost an impossible one for the keeper to pouch that one. This is pushed through quicker and angled across the right-hander. Ruturaj Gaikwad looks to cut but gets a huge deflection that hits Pant on the gloves.

Kuldeep starts off with a looped-up delivery on off. Conway hangs back and punches it down to long on for a single.

Strategic break! Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad have got Chennai off to a flier. They have been attacking the bad deliveries and are rotating the strike well. It's been sensational batting from the openers so far. Delhi will need to break this partnership at the earliest and not let them get away. Also, Kuldeep Yadav comes into the attack.

Axar sees Gaikwad coming down the track and slides it into the pads. Gaikwad tries to cover drive but gets an inside edge onto the pads. Good comeback over from Axar, just four singles off it.

A tad shorter, around off. Conway fetches it and sweeps it hard towards the backward square leg fence for just a single.

On middle, pushed down to long on for a run.

A bit flatter this time, angled into leg stump. Gaikwad fails to get it away leg side.

Slower through the air and on a length, Conway wrists it towards the mid-wicket region for one more.

Axar slides this one onto the pads and Gaikwad just works it through mid-wicket for a single.

Three consecutive 50-run plus stands for the Chennai openers and they are off to a flier. At the end of the Powerplay, Chennai are 57/0! Slower one, on middle, turned through mid on for a run.

FOUR! This is even better from Gaikwad. Thakur pitches it up right in the slot and Gaikwad just lifts it back over his head for back-to-back boundaries.

FOUR! Up and over, intentional from Ruturaj Gaikwad. This is floated up outside off and Gaikwad lofts it over the cover region and picks up a boundary. The fifty is up for Chennai.

Delhi are allowing these two to just rotate the strike with utmost ease. Over middle, tucked away to mid-wicket by Conway for one.

Easy single! Around off, Gaikwad nudges it down with soft hands towards the cover region and rotates the strike.

Perfect length, around the top of off. Conway stands tall and punches it to deep cover for a single.

TWO WIDES! Thakur comes back into the attack and just digs one in around off stump. The ball flies off the surface and Pant just about manages to get a glove on it. A wide is called and the batters are able to scamper through as well.

Shardul Thakur is back on.

SIX! Back-to-back sixes! Once again, great use of the feet! Pitches it up again, around middle and leg. Devon Conway skips down the pitch and whips it over deep mid-wicket for another biggie. 14 runs off the over!

SIX! Up and over! Fuller delivery, around middle. Devon Conway dances down the pitch and tonks it over the bowler's head for a biggie.

Fuller ball, around middle and leg. Ruturaj Gaikwad steps down the track and works it away through mid-wicket for a single.

Tad shorter, around middle and off. Ruturaj Gaikwad taps it towards cover. He wanted a single there, but he is sent back on time.

Fuller again, outside off. Devon Conway gets down on his knee and he reverse-sweeps this one. Mitchell Marsh at short third man dives to his left and makes a good stop. Single taken!

Axar Patel begins with a fuller ball, spinning away a tad, around off. Devon Conway blocks it out.

Spin for the first time as Axar Patel comes into the attack now.

Quick single! Full in length now, around middle. Devon Conway pushes it gently towards mid on and scampers across to the other end. He retains the strike.

On a length, outside off. Ruturaj Gaikwad dabs it towards third man and rotates the strike.

Shorter ball, around off. Devon Conway picks up the length and pulls it to the fielder at deep square leg for a run.

Swinging in around off, a length delivery. Ruturaj Gaikwad steers it towards third man off the back foot. Single!

Tad fuller, around middle and leg. Devon Conway pushes it with the inner half of his bat towards mid on and takes a quick run.

Angling in, on a length, around middle and leg. Devon Conway looks to flick this but he misses and gets hit high on his pad.

Outside off, fuller ball. Ruturaj Gaikwad lunges and drives it to the fielder at cover. Dot to end the over!

Pitched it up now, outside off. Devon Conway presses forward and drives it towards deep point for a single.

Marginally short, width on offer this time. Ruturaj Gaikwad hangs back and pushes it past backward point. Single taken!

Another good-length delivery from over the wicket now, outside off. Devon Conway dabs it towards cover for a single.

FOUR! Devon Conway takes full advantage of the Free Hit! Not the best ball to bowl though! A length ball from 'round the wicket, down the leg side. Devon Conway flicks it fine towards fine leg for a boundary.

No ball! Outside off, tad shorter. Ruturaj Gaikwad slashes it through cover for a single. Anrich Nortje has overstepped here and a no ball is called! Free Hit coming up!

SIX! BANG! Ruturaj Gaikwad takes on Anrich Nortje straighaway, brilliant use of the feet! Touch fuller, around middle. Ruturaj Gaikwad shimmmies down the pitch and smashes it over long on for a biggie.

Early change in the bowling as Anrich Nortje is brought into the attack.

Angling in, on a length, on the pads. Ruturaj Gaikwad tucks it towards square leg and takes a single. A tidy start from Khaleel Ahmed!

Shorter this time, around middle and leg. Devon Conway swivels and pulls it towards deep square leg. Single taken.

Good-length delivery, outside off. Devon Conway blocks it out towards cover. No run taken!

Lands it on a length, around middle and off. Ruturaj Gaikwad taps it towards cover off the back foot and scampers across to the other end.

Back of a length, outside off. Ruturaj Gaikwad miscues his pull it straight to the fielder at mid-wicket. He probably missed out on that one.

On a length, outside off, swinging away. Ruturaj Gaikwad lets that go through to the keeper.

Wide! A good-length ball, down the leg side. Ruturaj Gaikwad looks to flick this but he misses. Wide given!

Khaleel Ahmed to share the new ball with Shardul Thakur.

Beaten! A good delivery to finish the over! Another length ball, outside off. Devon Conway looks to have a push at it, but he gets beaten on the outside edge. 5 runs off the first over.

Good-length delivery, around middle. Devon Conway blocks it out solidly.

Pitched up again, outside off. Devon Conway drives it to the fielder at mid off.

FOUR! Devon Conway gets off the mark in style! A fuller ball, darting it on the pads. Devon Conway flicks it past mid-wicket for a boundary.

A length ball, outside off. Ruturaj Gaikwad taps it towards point off the back foot. Single taken! Ruturaj Gaikwad and Chennai are up and running!

Shardul Thakur begins with a fuller ball, shaping away a tad, around off. Ruturaj Gaikwad pushes it down the ground. No run taken there!

We are ready for play! The umpires are out in the middle and so are the players from Delhi. The Chennai openers, Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad too make their way out to the middle and are ready to take guard. Shardul Thakur to start proceedings with the new ball. Let's play...

Also, on a side note, Dwayne Bravo returns to side which MS Dhoni forgot to mention at the toss and he replaces Dwaine Pretorius.

MS Dhoni the skipper of Chennai says that they would have bowled first looking at their combination. But toss is not in their control and they are happy to bowl second. Adds that they had a bad season earlier but they had made the most of it and it helped them. Further adds that there have been a few changes after the auction and sometimes they need to find the best combination. Informs that Ravindra Jadeja is not fit and Shivam Dube comes in.

Rishabh Pant the skipper of Delhi says that they will have a bowl first because the wicket looks like a good one and 170 looks like a good score to chase. Adds that the season has been a bit of up and down and hopes to continue the momentum from the last game and keep the winning run going. On being asked about MS Dhoni, he says that he has learned a lot from him and hopefully they can get a win over his side. Informs that they have a couple of changes with Axar Patel and Srikar Bharat coming in.

Chennai (Playing XI) - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube (In for Ravindra Jadeja), MS Dhoni (C/WK), Moeen Ali, Dwayne Bravo (In for Dwaine Pretorius), Mukesh Choudhary, Maheesh Theekshana, Simarjeet Singh.

Delhi (Playing XI) - Srikar Bharat (In for Mandeep Singh), David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (C/WK), Rovman Powell, Ripal Patel, Axar Patel (In for Lalit Yadav), Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed.

TOSS - Up goes the coin and it lands in favour of Delhi. They have elected to BOWL first.

Right now, there's action going on in the first match of Super Sunday, where Bangalore and Hyderabad are battling it out in order to bolster their chances of making it through to the playoffs. You can switch tabs and follow both games as the build for the match between Chennai and Delhi continues.

Chennai on the flip side have not been at their best and are virtually knocked out of the tournament. Dwayne Bravo's absence has cost the team and they will be hoping he returns to the side. However, Devon Conway's return has solved their top-order woes. Their chance to seal a spot in the top four might be slim, but they can get over the line and disturb the qualification chances for the other teams. So folks who are you backing today? Stay tuned as we bring to you the toss and other updates.

Delhi have been blown hot and cold this season. They have been winning alternative games for the past few matches. They have been knocking on the doors for a spot in the playoffs and a victory today will surely help their cause. Prithvi Shaw is likely to miss the game once again due to illness and this could be a concern for them.

Hello and a warm welcome to match number 55 between Chennai and Delhi. This game was in doubt due to a couple of Covid cases in Delhi’s camp. But thankfully, all the others tested negative and we are ready to witness some action. So, buckle up folks! Get ready for an enticing contest.

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