Cricket Highlights, 20 May: IPL 2023 (Match 67) – Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings

Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings (Match 67) – Highlights

Delhi Capitals took on Chennai Super Kings at home in the 67th match of the IPL on Saturday (May 20). Batting first in that match, Chennai Super Kings set a huge target in the allotted 20 overs. As the permitted overs came to a conclusion, though, Delhi Capitals were unable to attain their goal. As a result, they left the field with a huge loss of 77 runs. Along with that, Ruturaj Gaikwad won the Man of the Match title with his excellent batting.

The Chennai Super Kings have already entered the playoffs.. Delhi Capitals, on the other hand, were the first to depart. They competed against one another in their final league encounter at Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla. In that game, Delhi will either win or lose, it doesn’t matter but Chennai had a threat.

The playoffs are assured with a win. The playoffs are questionable if they lose. In this circumstance, after losing 3 wickets in front of Delhi Capitals, Chennai Super Kings set a lofty aim of 224 runs

Chennai entered the game with the conviction that there was only one possible outcome: victory. At Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla, Chennai captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni made the decision to bat first after winning the toss. Then, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway, two openers, came to bat, and with their bats Chennai advanced toward a significant total.

In 14.3 overs, the two put on a massive partnership of 141 runs. After hitting 79 runs off 50 balls, Ruturaj Gaikwad was out. With three boundaries, he hit 7 sixes. In 52 balls, Devon Conway scored 87 points. He had 11 boundaries and 3 sixes.

Shivam Dube scored 22 runs off 9 balls. On the other side, Ravindra Jadeja stayed unbeaten with 20 runs off 7 deliveries, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 5 runs off 4 balls. At the end of the 20 overs allotted, Chennai scored 223 runs while losing 3 wickets.

For Delhi, Khalil Ahmed, Anrich Nortje, and Chetan Sakaria each claimed one wicket.

In their final game, Delhi needed to score 224 runs, and unfortunately, their innings were finished after 20 overs, losing 9 wickets, for a total of 146 runs. Without David Warner descending to the crease to respond, no Delhi batsman could stand at the crease. Until the 19th over of the innings, the star batsman played by himself. Before going back to the dressing room, he amassed 86 runs in 58 balls while hitting seven fours and five sixes. David Warner has scored the sixth-most runs in the IPL this season. He played 14 games and totaled 516 runs. Six half-centuries were scored by him.

Yash Dul played innings with 13 runs, and Axar Patel recorded the team’s second-highest total of just 15 runs. None of the others were able to enter a residence with two digits. In 7 balls, Prithvi Shaw scored 5 runs. Phillip Salt, the wicketkeeper, only managed 3 runs from 6 balls. Only 7 runs were scored by Aman Hakeem Khan in 9 balls. Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakaria, Kuldeep Yadav, and Anrich Nortje were the other four players who were dismissed for 0 runs.

For Chennai, Deepak Chahar took the maximum of three wickets at a cost of 22 runs. Both Mathisha Pathirana and Maheesh Thikshana claimed two wickets.

After this game, Chennai was officially confirmed as the second team in the playoffs, behind Gujarat Titans. Chennai now has 17 points after 14 games. After 14 games, Delhi has accumulated only 10 points.

Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings Scoreboard    

Chennai Super Kings – 223/3 (20.0)  

Delhi Capitals – 146/9 (20.0)  

Result – Chennai Super Kings won by 77 runs   

Player of the match – Ruturaj Gaikwad

Cricket Highlights, 20 May: IPL 2023 (Match 67) – Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings

Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings Playing XIs