Highlights, IPL 2021, DC vs CSK Full Cricket Score: Delhi win by three wickets

Oh what’s happening? 

Wide delivery from Bravo, Axar hits it straight to the fielder at cover. DC still need two runs from three balls.

After 19 overs,Delhi Capitals 131/6 ( Shimron Hetmyer 26 , Axar Patel 5)

Hazlewood to bowl the penultimate over. Axar steps up against a short ball and but didn’t get the timing on his pull. Uthappa is there at the mid-wicket and he quickly releases the ball towards non-striker’s end. Hetmyer would’ve been a gone case if it had been a direct hit. After the six, Hetmyer gets a top edge and it flies to the mid-on region. There’s no fielder there so the batsman survives. 10 from the over. DC need six runs in the last over.

After 18 overs,Delhi Capitals 121/6 ( Shimron Hetmyer 17 , Axar Patel 4)

Dwayne Bravo for the first time tonight. He starts off with a wide delivery, Hetmyer moves towards the ball and misses it. It has been called wide but the batsman moved so not sure if it’s the right call. CSK with a great chance to dismiss Hetmyer but Krishnappa Gowtham has spilled the catch at long-on and it has gone for a boundary. A big relief for DC. There’s a LBW appeal against Axar who misses a fuller ball but umpire says no. 12 runs from the over.

After 17 overs,Delhi Capitals 109/6 ( Shimron Hetmyer 8 , Axar Patel 3)

Shardul comes in to bowl his final over. Three singles from the first three balls. Axar Patel then hits the next ball straight to mid-off for no run. A few of them in the stands are praying, including MS Dhoni’s daughter. Five from the over. Three overs left and DC need 28 runs.

After 16 overs,Delhi Capitals 104/6 ( Shimron Hetmyer 5 , Axar Patel 1)

Moeen continues. Hetmyer sends the ball in the air over point but luckily it falls in no man’s land. The batsman finds himself in an awkward position by going behind in the crease. Moeen doesn’t give him any room and bowls a tad short. Just five from the over. DC need 33 runs in 24 balls.

After 15 overs,Delhi Capitals 99/6 ( Shimron Hetmyer 1 , Axar Patel 0)

Shimron Hetmyer walks in after Ashwin’s dismissal and he’s off the mark with a single. Dhawan then gets a short ball, he goes for the pull but misses. Shardul and Dhoni appeal for a caught-behind and Nitin Menon raises the finger. Dhawan reviews and he’s right. Nothing on UltraEdge. But it doesn’t matter because Thakur gets his man two balls later. Chennai bowlers are turning the match around. Two wickets and just one run in the over.

GONE! Another wicket for Shardul! 

Full and width on offer, Dhawan goes for the drive but hits it to Moeen at cover. Good catch! Dhawan c Moeen Ali b Thakur 39(35)

After 14 overs,Delhi Capitals 98/4 ( Shikhar Dhawan 39 , Ravichandran Ashwin 2)

Moeen Ali is back into the attack and it’s a good over. Unlike Jajdeja, Moeen tries to entice the batsmen with slowish deliveries but both of them don’t take the bait. Four singles in the over. The required run rate is now 6.5.

After 13 overs,Delhi Capitals 94/4 ( Shikhar Dhawan 37 , Ravichandran Ashwin 0)

Ripal was actually doing well in the middle. He sees the ball in the slot and goes for the big shot. He gets the elevation but not the distance needed for a maximum. Jadeja takes his second wicket and he finishes his spell. Four overs, two wickets and 28 runs. Not bad. Ravichandran Ashwin is out in the middle.

Gone! 

Ripal goes for the big shot but can’t beat the long-on fielder. Ripal Patel c Chahar b Jadeja 18(20)

After 12 overs,Delhi Capitals 88/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan 34 , Ripal Patel 15)

Shardul Thakur continues. The equation is less than six per over so both Dhawan and Ripal are not taking any risks. Ripal collects two runs with a pull towards mid-wicket. Two dots to end the over. Just four from the over.

After 11 overs,Delhi Capitals 84/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan 33 , Ripal Patel 12)

Ravindra Jadeja sticks to bowling quicker deliveries. But he goes wrong with his length and field placements as Ripal collects two boundaries on either side of the field. Nine from the over.

After 10 overs,Delhi Capitals 75/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan 33 , Ripal Patel 3)

Shardul Thakur into the attack. He starts off with three dots against Ripal and then the batsman takes a single after pushing it down to long-on. Dhawan faces a bouncer but he does well to keep the ball down with a controlled pull. Another short ball to Ripal and he places it to fine-leg for one more run.

After 9 overs,Delhi Capitals 72/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan 32 , Ripal Patel 1)

Just when Pant was looking dangerous, Jadeja does a massive favour for his team. He anticipated Pant will go for the slog so bowls a quicker delivery, the Delhi skipper didn’t get the timing right and ended up top-edging it to Moeen. Ripal Patel is the new batsman and he’s off the mark with a single. Delhi need another 65 runs in 66 balls.

After 8 overs,Delhi Capitals 63/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan 31 , Rishabh Pant (C) (W) 9)

Moeen into the attack and Pant takes sees the opportunity to hit a big shot. He steps up to reach to the pitch of the ball and hits it over deep mid-wicket. Not great timing but still good enough fetch him six runs. Seven runs from the over.

After 6 overs,Delhi Capitals 51/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan 29 , Rishabh Pant (C) (W) 0)

After a decent start, Delhi have lose two wickets in Shaw and Shreays Iyer. Dhoni brings in spinner Ravindra Jadeja to bowl the seventh over and the field has spread. There’s an LBW appeal against Pant but on-field umpire is not interested. Five from the over.

After 5 overs,Delhi Capitals 48/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 27 , Shreyas Iyer 1)

Dhawan takes on Chahar and smashes him for 21 runs. Two sixes and two boundaries. We are hearing that Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and so many other things are down but not Dhawan. He’s happy dealing in fours and sixes.

After 4 overs,Delhi Capitals 27/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 6 , Shreyas Iyer 1)

Hazlewood continues. This is a much better from the pacer as he gets his line and length right. Two singles from five balls. The final is on the leg, Dhawan flicks and takes one run to keep the strike.

After 3 overs,Delhi Capitals 24/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 4 , Shreyas Iyer 0)

Just when Shaw was timing the ball well, he plays a bad shot and gets dismissed. Credit to Chahar for bowling the right length, the extra bounce doing the trick. Just five runs from the over.

After 2 overs, Delhi Capitals 20/0 

Costly first over by Josh Hazlewood. He gives away 11 runs including two boundaries. Shaw’s timing has been good and will look for more boundaries.

After 1 overs, Delhi Capitals 8/0

Chahar creates an opprtunity in the second ball. Short ball, Shaw goes for the pull but gets an top edge and it falls safely behind mid-wicket. Two for the batsman. Shaw then punches towards mid-on, Bravo with a good dive to stop the ball from reaching the boundary. A four to end the over.

DC need 137 to win! 

CSK made a flying start but once Ruturaj got out on 28 in third over, it opened the flood gates. They were then 62/4 before Rayudu and Dhoni steadied them but runs came slowly. Some fireworks towards the end helped CSK reach 136/5. Let’s see what DC does with this target.

After 20 overs,Chennai Super Kings 136/5 ( Ambati Rayudu 55 , Ravindra Jadeja 1)

Excellent over by Avesh in the 20th! Just four from the final over with Avesh removing Dhoni on the first ball. dhoni bottom-edged his pull shot to Pant. Avesh injures his hand trying to collect a throw on the last ball. Hope he is alright.