In DC’s 25-run win, Rahul chipped in with his 77 off 51 and became the recipient of the player of the match (POTM) award.
After the match, Sidhu also said MS Dhoni is tarnishing his reputation by not playing effective innings during crunch situations.
In the post-match interview, Axar Patel revealed that he had an injured finger and didn’t want to risk it by bowling much.
In DC’s triumph against CSK in Chennai, Rahul got the player of the match (POTM) award, for his brilliant knock of 77 off 51.
The 43-year-old stitched an unbeaten sixth-wicket partnership of 84 runs with Vijay Shankar.
After spotting the whole Dhoni family in the stands, fans started making speculations that it could be the last IPL game for the CSK wicketkeeper.
Fans witnessed the brilliant bonding between the CSK veterans, MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja against DC at the Chepauk stadium.
Dhoni along with Shankar batted until the last delivery of the match but couldn’t deliver the victory to his side.
KL Rahul’s innings of 77 runs was laced with six fours and three sixes.
Batting first, DC posted 183/6 in their 20 overs, thanks to KL Rahul’s 77-run knock. In reply, CSK could only score 158/5 despite Vijay Shankar’s fighting half-century.
Notably, this was the first time in Dhoni’s 20-year-old career including India and IPL that his parents have attended the games from the stands.
Ahead of the match, DC took to X and posted a clip of a chat between their veteran batter Rahul and CSK’s spinner Ashwin.
DC skipper Axar Patel won the toss against CSK and decided to bat first.
Gaikwad was hit in the right arm by Tushar Deshpande’s delivery, that bounced from a short of good length in CSK’s match against RR in IPL 2025.
Let’s have a look at today’s cricket match prediction, pitch report, head-to-head and key players ahead of the 17th match of IPL 2025 between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals.
The match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on April 5, 2025, at 3:30 P.M.
Chennai’s former captain MS Dhoni is undergoing severe criticism for his role in the team.
IPL 2023: CSK vs DC Live Commentary And updates
After conceding 208 in 20 overs with the ball, DC were bowled out for 117 with 14 balls to spare.
None of the CSK players shook hands with DC players.
Delhi Capitals are scheduled to face Chennai Super Kings today evening at DY Patil Stadium.
Delhi and Chennai are all set to face each other for the first time in the 2022 season.
Match Details Date: 08 May 2022 Time: 7:30 PM IST Venue: DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai Ball-by-ball commentary: SportsTiger App Preview…
Just when people in the theatre got to know about the sequence of events in Dubai, they echoed the cinema hall with ‘Dhoni Dhoni’ chants.
The CSK skipper wasn’t in the best of touch coming into this game but came in ahead of an in-form Ravindra Jadeja and finished the job for his team.
With the match poised in such an intense situation, fans got to witness an exciting battle between experience and youth.
The DC skipper produced two memorable moments during his entertaining half-century on Sunday.
The 40-year-old was very vocal as he let the experienced Richard Illingworth know about his disagreement on the decision.
The fan judged the trajectory to perfection and got himself in a nice position to complete an outstanding catch.
Check out team of the day for Qualifier 1 between Delhi and Chennai.
Post the match, the two seemed to have had a cricketing conversation and Dhoni also obliged by signing Yadav’s jersey a picture of which the Delhi Capitals star shared on his social media.
Hetmyer added that he was thankful to have been saved by substitute CSK fielder Krishnappa Gowtham’s dropped catch in the 18th over.
During Capitals’ run chase, when it looked set to be going down to the wire, visuals of MS Dhoni’s daughter praying in the stands while sitting in the lap of her mother Sakshi were shown on the television screens.
The fact that Dhoni played 27 balls and didn’t manage to hit a single boundary could be enough to describe his misery on the pitch on Monday.
‘Dhoni’ started trending on Twitter and fans expressed their displeasure on the innings of the CSK skipper.
Check out team of the day for match number 50 between Delhi and Chennai.
Teams may even want to rest their key players ahead of the knockout matches, especially the Chennai camp which has a handful of players in the late 30s in their setup.
Notably, in the first game between the two teams in the Indian T20 League 2021, Delhi had defeated Chennai by 7 wickets.
After CSK’s loss to Delhi Capitals skipper, MS Dhoni had another reason to be disappointed as he was fined Rs 12 lakh for slow over-rate.
The 21-year-old opener added 138 runs for the opening wicket alongside Shikhar Dhawan (85 off 54) before losing his wicket to Dwayne Bravo.
The CSK bowlers were thrashed all around the Wankhede Stadium and Virender Sehwag took a dig at Men in Yellow.
Shikhar Dhawan grabbed three incredible catches during the match.
Tom conceded 23 runs in the second last over, giving the entire control of the innings to CSK, who headed into the last over to finish on a high.
Raina’s knock of 54 runs off 36 deliveries ended in the most unfortunate manner on Saturday.
The stylish left-handed batsman came out to bat when Chennai were struggling at 7/2 in 2.1 overs.
Pant, who is often touted as the disciple of MS Dhoni, kept listening to the tips shared by the legendary captain in the video.
The former Australian all-rounder had anchored the title win for CSK in 2018, having performed significantly in the finals.
Delhi Capitals will be without their star all-rounder for their opening game.
While MSD smashed some huge hits down the straight as usual, he also belted some towards the ‘cow corner’ region.
One of CSK’s top performers last season, Sam Curran, is expected to play a significant role if the Men in Yellow are to reach the playoffs and win their fourth title.
DC bowlers will look to exploit a glaring weakness in CSK’s batting – the lack of game-time for some of their players as Dhoni has not played any cricket since last year’s IPL.
The match is also being touted as a contest between a disciple and his teacher and fans can’t wait to see who gets to laugh last.