March 19, 2024

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CSKvDD : Unbelievable game by DD

CSKvDD : Unbelievable game by DD

Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and asked Delhi Daredevils to bat first. Prithvi Shaw and Shreyas Iyer opened the innings for DD while Deepak Chahar bowled the first over. Chahar who returned after an injury in the previous match against SRH bowled good out swinging delivery and didn’t allow the world cup winning U-19 captain to swing his arm. Still, Shaw managed to score a boundary in the over.
CSK continued to bowl the good line and length as Lungi Ngidi conceded only 4 runs in the 2nd over. Prithvi Shaw gave DD flying start at the top of the batting line-up in most of the matches struggled today against swinging deliveries but the youngster made the full advantage of bad balls and hit a four and a six in first 3 over. While Shreyas Iyer who was opening for the first time in IPL 2018 looked rusty and failed to make an impact. After 3 DD were 18 for no loss.

Ravindra Jadeja came to bowl the 4th over and DD batsmen looked to take advantage of fielding restriction as they hit most of the shots in the air but didn’t manage to get a boundary. Shardul Thakur did drop Shaw of the last ball of 4th over but he took the catch in the next over and Prithvi Shaw was dismissed for 17 runs. Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant were at the crease while Deepak Chahar continued to impress in his 3rd over before he hit for 2 boundaries of the last 2 balls. Shardul Thakur came to bowl the last over of the powerplay and beaten Rishabh Pant outside off in most of the occasions before Pant pulled the last ball for four. After 6 DD were 39/1.
Ravindra Jadeja bowled the 7th over and conceded 8 runs thanks to brilliant fielding by Harbhajan who saved a boundary at the short third-man region. Shreyas Iyer did manage to hit a four of the 5th ball to maintain the run flow.

Harbhajan did bowl some good deliveries but Pant muscled the 4th ball for four as DD were scoring at the run-rate of 6.75 rpo. For the first time in IPL 2018, Dwayne Bravo was asked to bowl inside 10 over mostly to curb the Pant effect who played some mind-blowing innings in IPL 2018. Bravo conceded only 6 runs in his first. After 9 DD were 60/1
Harbhajan came to bowl the 10th over and Pant greeted him with a six. Pant continued to swing hard and managed to hit a four and another six to end the over as Bhajji conceded 17 runs in his 2nd over. Shreyas Iyer struggling innings came to an end in the 11th over as Ngidi bowled him of the 3rd ball. Maxwell replaced Iyer at the middle and started his inning with a single. Ngidi gave Delhi Daredevils second blow in his 2nd over as he got the wicket of dangerous Pant of the last ball. Now it’s up to Maxwell to show his hitting ability given Rishabh and Shreyas the top scorer for DD were back to the pavilion. The Australian did look to apply himself at the crease and dealt mostly in singles and tried to have a partnership with Vijay Shankar. Bravo bowled the 13th over and conceded only 4 balls before Vijay Shankar hit a brilliant straight drive for four. Maxwell did try to hit some bigshot but failed to do so And the horror run for Maxwell continued as he got bowled in the 14th over while trying to reverse sweep of Jadeja. Abhishek Sharma joined Vijay Shankar in the middle after Maxwell’s wicket. Shardul Thakur came to bowl the 15th over and got the wicket of last match hero Abhishek Sharma who was undone by a short ball. Harshal Patel joined Shankar at the middle and took a single off the first ball. Shankar helped the last ball in the leg side for four to end the over as Shardul conceded 7 runs in his 2nd over. Lungi Ngidi bowled the 16th over and didn’t bowl any bad delivery of which DD lower order can score a big shot before Harshal Patel slapped the last ball for a four. Shardul Thakur came to bowl the 17th over and gave away only 1 run in first 3 balls before Vijay Shankar dispatched the 5th ball for a six but ended the over with a brilliant Yorker. After 17 Delhi Daredevils were 118 for 5.

Dwayne Bravo bowled the 18th over and Harshal Patel flicked the first ball for a six. Bravo came back brilliantly and never allowed DD batsmen to hit any bigshot. The CSK bowlers kept the run rate in check in last few overs. Bravo bowled the last over and greeted with a six. Delhi Daredevils batsmen showed late resilience as they collected 26 runs with the help of 4 sixes in Bravo’s over as they set the target of 163 runs for Chennai Super Kings.

Chasing the target of 163, Ambati Rayudu and Shane Watson opened the innings for Chennai Super Kings while Trent Boult bowled the first over and conceded only 3 runs. Sandeep Lamichhane came to bowl the 2nd over and bowled an economical over for 2 runs. Trent Boult the continued from the other end and did bowl with good line and length but Shane Watson was able to hit a six of the 3rd ball. Delhi Daredevils looked good in first three over and Avesh Khan too started the 4th over with some good bowling but didn’t able to finish the over on high as Rayundu crunched the 5th ball for four. Harshal Patel bowled the 5th over with brilliant line and length and conceded only 2 runs but none of the DD bowlers looked threatening to take any wicket. Avesh Khan asked to bowl the last over of the powerplay and greeted by a six in the cow corner region. Rayudu took full advantage of Avesh Khan speed and wayward deliveries hitting 3 sixes and a four to collect 22 runs. After 6 CSK were 44/0

Amit Mishra came to bowl the 7th over and got the wicket of Shane Watson while hitting a big shot and get caught at the long-off. Mishra would have got the second wicket off the next ball but Pant dropped Raina. Maxwell bowled the 8th over and conceded only 4 runs as the run-rate jumped to 9.59. Amit Mishra continued from the other end and Rayudu the aggressor hit a four and a six of the 4th and 5th ball to maintain the run-rate. DD had a chance to get Rayudu run-out but Maxwell missed the direct throw. Ambati Rayudu took advantage of wayward bowling by and helped the first ball of 10th over for four in the fine leg region. CSK batsmen were chasing the below-par score with a cool head as they took single and doubles after hitting the boundary of the first ball. Ambati Rayudu completed his fifty in 28 balls and continuing his terrific form but the overconfidence got better of him as he got perished while trying to hit another six, a mindless batting. After 10 CSK were 70/2

After getting the wickets of CSK openers Shreyas Iyer asked leggie Sandeep Lamichhane and Dhoni, Raina pushed him for singles only as the young leggie only conceded 6 runs. Maxwell went for 10 runs in his second over as Dhoni got better of him and smashed him for 2 fours. Amit Mishra bowled the 13th over and didn’t allow the two CSK greats, Dhoni and Raina, to hit any big shot as he conceded only 4 runs. Sandeep Lamichhane got the wicket of Raina to gave CSK 3rd breakthrough in the 14th over of the innings.

Sam Billings replaced Raina in the middle and took a single off the first ball he faced. Lamichahane nearly got the wicket of both Billings and Dhoni as he got the leading edge but the ball reached the fielder with a bounce. Lamichhane gave away only 2 runs in his 3rd over. At last Mishra got his second wicket as he dismissed Billings. The match was hanging in the balance as the required rate jump past the 12 runs per over and CSK were 4 down. But CSK had the likes of Dhoni, Bravo and Ravindra Jadeja in their bag. Amit Mishra only conceded 2 runs and the required rate jumped over 13 rpo.

Sandeep Lamichhane dispatched for a six of the first ball followed by a double thanks to the missed field. The youngster came back brilliantly as he didn’t allow Dhoni or Jadeja to hit another big shot in the 16th over. As both the DD spinners were bowled out the onus was on the pace battery to take Delhi Daredevils home. Harshal Patel with the worst economy rate in IPL 2018 bowled the 17th over and gave only 3 runs in his 3rd just opposite to his record as the required rate zoom past 18 runs per over. Boult came to bowl the 18th over and Dhoni failed to score any bigshot and got perished of the last ball of the 18th over. A horrible performance from the likes of Dhoni’s calibre as he scored only 17 runs with a strike rate of 73.91, a completely out of sorts performance by a great player. As the required rate reached 25 runs per over, Harshal Patel bowled the 19th over and conceded only 11 runs despite hit for a six off the first ball, brilliant performance by Harshal Patel who holds the record of the highest economy rate in IPL 2018. CSK needed 39 runs in the last over and only managed to score 4 runs and Delhi Daredevils won the match by 34 runs.

It was unbelievable to loose chasing such a low score. Chennai who looks like a giant in the series is struggling with some major flaws. Captain cool has to rethink the setup and strategy of he team. He has a lot to face in the playoffs
Entirety it was a powerful game by youngman
Iyer. We can look up for this man in the indian cricket.
Great match, people enjoyed it.
Stay Tuned.


“Ankit Vaishnav”

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