IPL 2023: Dhoni's late cameo, bowlers lead CSK to 27-run win over Delhi Capitals

Skipper MS Dhonis late cameo 20 off 9 followed by a clinical show from the bowlers lead Chennai Super Kings CSK to a comfortable 27run win over Delhi Capitals DC in an IPL 2023 game at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on WednesdayDelhi spinners were at their best as they kept the CSK batters at bay with six batters crossing 20 and the highest individual score was 25 But Dhonis crucial cameo ensured CSK finished with a fighting total of 1678 in 20 oversIn reply Delhi got off to a dismal start as they lost their openers in the Powerplay Then Riley Rossouw and Pandey steadied the ship and built a 59run stand But CSK bowlers maintained the stranglehold on the Capital batters to restrict them to 1408 and notched their seventh win of the tournamentChasing 170 Delhi Capitals suffered early blows as Deepak Chahar struck in the very first over to remove skipper David Warner for a second ball duck Phil Salt flicked away to the deep backward square for a boundary and stepped down and played a pull shot for a six in the second over to pump up the startHe continued with his hit as he hammered Chahar for a six but the pacer was quick to bounce on the next delivery and removed the Salt for 17 DC lost both the openers within three oversThe next over Mitchell Marsh and Manish Pandey got a huge mix up between the wickets while looking for a single Ajinkya Rahane smartly ran to the bowlers end and flicked the bails off and March got run out DC were reeling 273 in four oversRiley Rossouw and Pandey took a couple of boundaries and maximum to take the Powerplay score to 473CSK bowlers were building pressure with their clinical bowling with just two big hits coming in the next four overs The duo of Rossouw and Pandey steadied the innings as they kept rotating the strike to keep the scoreboard reelingThe duo built a 59run stand which Matheesha Pathirana broke by dismissing Pandey for 27 The latter greeted Pathirana with a six in the 13th over but the pacer had a quick comeback as he got the former for lbw on the last ball of the overAn over later Jadeja came into the attack and got the set batter Rossouw who sat on a knee to go for a slog sweep but ended up mishitting to longon where Pathirana took a safe catchWith the asking runrate going over 18 runs per over Axar Patel went for few big hits to release some pressure but was removed in the 18th over as Pathirana deceived him with a slower deliveryWhen 48 was needed in 12 balls Tushar Deshpande bowled a brilliant 19th over conceding just five runs Also DC lost Ripal Patel through runout and the chase almost came to an end as the visitors needed 43 off the 6 balls to winLalit Yadav hammered Pathirana for three boundaries in the final over and pacer cleaned up Yadav on the penultimate delivery as CSK wrapped up a 27run winEarlier batting first CSK lost the inform opener Devon Conway early in the Powerplay It was Axar Patel who got the big fish for lbw Then Ajinkya Rahane and Ruturaj Gaikwad took the Powerplay score to 491Axar delivered another blow to CSK as he got rid of Gaikwad in the next over Kuldeep Yadav struck in the 10th over to dismiss Moeen Ali and CSK were reduced to 663 halfway through the inningsSoon Lalit Yadav caught amp bowled Rahane to pile up further miseries on CSK Then Dube and Ambati Rayudu hit the foot on paddle to turn the momentum collecting 23 runs off the 13th over and CSK crossed the 100run markMitchell Marsh removed dangerous looking Debe on a slower delivery and half of the Chennai side was back to the pavilion Couple of overs later Khaleel Ahmed removed Rayudu and CSK stumbled furtherThen the Chepauk crowd went mad and welcomed Dhoni to the crease with a loud cheer In the penultimate over of the innings bowled by Khaleel Dhoni smashed two sixes and a boundary taking 21 off the over and CSK reached 1606Jadeja began the last over well with a boundary the next ball he miscued his shot and handed an easy catch to the longon fielder ending a crucial 38run partnership Two balls later Marsh put an end to Dhonis fine cameo as CSK eventually posted 1678 in 20 oversBrief scoreChennai Super Kings 1678 in 20 overs Shivam Dube 25 off 12 MS Dhoni 20 off 9 Mitchell Marsh 318 Axar Patel 227 beat Delhi Capitals 1408 in 20 overs Rilee Rossouw 35 off 37 Manish Pandey 27 off 29 Matheesha Pathirana 337 Deepak Chahar 228 by 27 runsAlso ReadMS Dhoni from 2040 spotted in stands during CSK vs PBKS Twitter reacts in shockThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever