Rishabh Pant’s half-century, followed by a three-wicket haul from Mukesh Kumar helped Delhi Capitals defeat Chennai Super Kings by 20 runs in their IPL 2024 match yesterday in Visakhapatnam.
Chasing 192, CSK lost quick wickets but Ajinkya Rahane (45) and Daryl Mitchell (34) kept them in the game. After their dismissal DC bounced back but MS Dhoni played a quick knock off 37 off 16 and gave a visual treat to his fans.
However, that wasn’t enough as DC restricted CSK to 171/6 and registered their first win of the season. Earlier in the match, Pant and David Warner hit half-centuries and propelled DC to 191/5.
In another game, Gujarat Titans defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets in Ahmedabad.
Set a target of 163, GT completed the chase with five balls remaining. Sai Sudharsan top-scored with 45, while David Miller and Shubman Gill chipped in with knocks of 44 and 36 respectively.
After Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat, most of their batters got starts but failed to convert them into big scores, as the team was stopped at 162/8.
Heinrich Klaasen blasted 24 off 13 balls before missing a straighter one from leg-spinner Rashid Khan to be bowled at a crucial juncture.
Abhishek Sharma got 29 in 20 balls. Abdul Samad (29 off 14 balls) struck a few useful boundaries to prop up SRH, having gone after the GT bowlers from the outset. Mohit Sharma (3/25) picked up two wickets in two balls in the last over from which only three runs came.