05 May,2026 11:10 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Axar Patel (Pic: File Pic)
In the IPL 2026 match against Delhi Capitals (DC), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) emerged victorious by eight wickets at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
After suffering a defeat, DC's captain Axar Patel said, "I thought 155 was a good score but we felt at the end that we were 10-15 short. Once the set batters were playing it was fine, but it was not easy for the new batter. The length ball was holding and also keeping low. The way we batted after losing 5 wickets is a positive. But in bowling I missed my partner in Kuldeep. Now there's no room for error and we have to win all our 5 remaining matches".
With an aim of chasing the target of 156 runs, the Super Kings scored 159 runs for the loss of two wickets in 17.3 overs.
Opening the innings, skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad managed to score just six runs in 13 balls, including a boundary. Urvil Patel was dismissed for 17 runs in nine balls, including two maximums.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson delivered a stunning knock of an unbeaten 87 runs off 52 balls, including seven boundaries and six maximums. Shouldering him was Karti Sharma, who smashed an unbeaten 41 runs in 31 balls, laced with four boundaries and two maximums.
DC's captain Axar Patel bagged, and Lungi Ngidi managed to pick up one wicket each. Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav and T. Natarajan went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against CSK.
Earlier, having opted to bat first, Delhi Capitals (DC) lost the early wickets of their opening batsmen. Pathum Nissanka departed after scoring 19 runs in 15 balls, including three boundaries and a maximum, whereas wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul was dismissed on 12 runs in 13 balls, laced with two boundaries.
Nitish Rana returned to the pavilion on 15 runs. His knock of 13 balls included two boundaries. Karun Nair managed to score 13 runs in 13 balls and also smashed two boundaries.
Later, skipper Axar Patel registered two runs in six balls. Tristan Stubbs played a knock of 38 runs in 31 balls, including a boundary and two maximums. Ashutosh Sharma smashed 14 runs in five balls, including two maximums. Impact Player, Sameer Rizvi and Mitchell Starc stayed unbeaten. Facing 24 balls, Rizvi garnered 40 runs, laced with four maximums, whereas Starc did not face any deliveries. With this, the Capitals posted a total of 155 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs against the Super Kings.
Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) Noor Ahmad returned with the figures of two wickets for 22 runs in three overs. Akeal Hosein, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh, and Jamie Overton also chipped in with one wicket each. Anshul Kamboj went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against DC.
