Mahendra Singh Dhoni rolled backed the clock with 4 boundaries and three sixes on Sunday nevertheless it was too little too late because the Chennai Tremendous Kings suffered their first lack of the 2024 Indian Premier League, taking place by 20 runs to Delhi Capitals in Visakhapatnam.
The 42-year-old from Ranchi, who relinquished his captaincy forward of the season, walked in with the Tremendous Kings struggling at 120-6 and smashed an unbeaten 37 off 16 deliveries. With the match nearly out of grasp, Dhoni determined to take it as match pratice and turned down singles within the remaining two overs with Ravindra Jadeja on the different finish.
Earlier within the day, the Delhi Capitals received the toss posted 191/5 of their 20 overs after opting to bat first. David Warner (52) and Rishabh Pant (51) struck half centuries, whereas a returning Prithvi Shaw cracked 43, opening the innings.
Pacer Matheesha Pathirana stood out for the Tremendous Kings with within the area, ending with figures of 3-31 and in addition taking a surprising one-handed catch at brief third man to dismiss Warner.
Turning level of the match
The Chennai Tremendous Kings struggled within the chase proper from the phrase go, because of some distinctive bowling within the powerplay from Khaleel Ahmed and Ishant Sharma.
Nevertheless, the defending champions quickly clawed their manner again into the competition with a 45-ball 68 runs third-wicket partnership between Ajinkya Rahane and Daryl Mitchell. Whereas the latter fell to Axar Patel within the eleventh over for 34, the previous continued to motor alongside.
Although the Tremendous Kings required 91 runs to win off the ultimate seven overs, it regarded believable with a effectively set Rahane nonetheless within the center alongside the laborious hitting Shivam Dube. Enter Mukesh Kumar for the primary time within the match.
The 30-year-old Kumar struck twice in his first over, eradicating Rahane for 45 earlier than sending again the younger Sameer Rizvi for a golden duck the very subsequent ball. He blended up his variations proper from begin and conceded solely two runs of the over. The match decisively turned in favour of the Delhi Capitals from that over.
Regardless of Dhoni’s heroics within the demise, the Chennai Tremendous Kings by no means caught up with the Capitals after the 14th over from Kumar. The pacer additionally went on to take away Dube within the seventeenth over of the chase as he completed with figures of 3-21 in three overs.
The Subject’s participant of the match
Khaleel Ahmed together with his unplayable spell within the batting powerplay is unarguably The Subject’s Participant of the Match. The left-arm pacer made the Tremendous Kings prime order dance to his tunes together with his swing and completed the powerplay with figures of 2-9 overs.
Ahmed struck within the very first over prizing out the opposition captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (1) cheaply. The supply pitched exterior off and swung again in to the fitting hander, who may solely handle a faint edge to the wicketkeeper.
Ahmed returned with a maiden over subsequent, tying down Kiwi batter Rachin Ravindra on the striker’s finish. The southpaw tried to tackle the bowler, however failed to attach bat to ball for 3 balls. Ravindra finally perished the following supply, mistiming a lofted shot down the bottom.
Ahmed bowled yet another over within the powerplay, earlier than returning on the demise to complete his quota of 4 overs with figures of 2-21.
‘All the time had the self perception’
Earlier than Dhoni’s onslaught and pacers Ahmed and Kumar’s show within the Delhi Capital’s adopted residence floor, it was captain’s Pant’s night in Visakhapatnam.
Having promoted himself to quantity three after Prithvi Shaw and David Warner’s opening run stand of 93, Pant needed to fall again to the rebuilding as Marsh and Stubbs fell in fast succession to depart the Capitals reeling at 134-4 after 15 overs.
Pant was batting at 23 off 23 deliveries on the finish of the seventeenth over earlier than he opened his arms. He first laid into the left-arm tempo of Mustafizur Rahman, smashing him for a boundary and a trademark one-handed six over the backward sq. leg boundary within the 18th over.
Along with his confidence again, Pant took a liking to Pathirana, who then had figures of 2-14 in three overs, within the nineteenth over.
The left handed batter smashed the Sri Lankan for six,4,4 in consecutive deliveries to carry up his half-century off 31 balls. Whereas the six and the primary 4 have been straight down the bottom, the second boundary which introduced up his first half century since return to cricket was hit sq. of the wicket.
Although Pant fell the very subsequent ball, he had executed sufficient for the Capitals. Pathirana completed 3-31 in 4 overs.
“I took my time initially as a result of I’ve not performed a lot cricket within the final one and a half-years, however I saved believing I may change the match. Cricket is one thing I’ve constructed my life on. I at all times had the self-belief that no matter occurs, I will probably be again. It’s nonetheless vital to continue to learn as a cricketer.”
— Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant
Factors Desk
| Place | Workforce | Performed | Gained | Misplaced | NRR | Factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KKR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.047 | 4 |
| 2 | CSK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.976 | 4 |
| 3 | RR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 4 |
| 4 | GT | 3 | 2 | 1 | -0.738 | 4 |
| 5 | SRH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.204 | 2 |
| 6 | LSG | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.025 | 2 |
| 7 | DC | 3 | 1 | 2 | -0.016 | 2 |
| 8 | PBKS | 3 | 1 | 2 | -0.337 | 2 |
| 9 | RCB | 3 | 1 | 2 | -0.711 | 2 |
| 10 | MI | 2 | 0 | 2 | -0.925 | 0 |