Chennai XI vs Delhi XI 2nd Match at Mumbai, 10 Apr, 2021

Toss: Delhi, who chose to bowl
Chennai XI 188/7 (20)
Delhi XI 190/3 (18.4)
Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Shikhar Dhawan

    Over 4.1 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, no run, gets forward and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

    Over 4.2 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, Boundary! Opens the bat face and slices it in the gap - between short third man and backward point. Curran dived to his left but it was well away from him.

    Over 4.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan,1 run, gets forward and drives it through mid-off for a single.

    Over 4.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Prithvi Shaw, Boundary! Stands tall and smashes it down to the deep extra cover fence for four.

    Over 4.5 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to Prithvi Shaw, Boundary! Open bat face behind square on the off-side - splitting backward point and short third man perfectly.

    Over 4.6 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Prithvi Shaw, Boundary! Gets forward and presents a straight bat on the loft and clears mid-off comfortably, one bounce and over the ropes.

    Over 10.1 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to Shikhar Dhawan, 2 runs, shuffles across on the back foot and pulled it away behind square on the on-side.

    Over 10.2 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to Shikhar Dhawan,1 run, gets on top of the bounce and pulled away into the on-side for a single.

    Over 10.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Prithvi Shaw, Boundary! Stands up and smokes it past cover and the ball raced away to the fence very quickly.

    Over 10.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Prithvi Shaw,1 run, gets forward and nudges the ball away with soft hands into the on-side for a single

    Over 10.5 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, 2 runs, gets forward and chopped away behind square on the off-side and the dive from deep cover fielder to his right stops the boundary. 

    Over 10.6 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, Boundary! Backed away and creamed it between cover and mid-off for a four.

    Over 16.2 Shardul Thakur slips in a full toss to Shikhar Dhawan, Boundary! Moves across his sticks, sits, sweeps and four more.

    Over 16.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Shikhar Dhawan, out LBW! Dhawan missed the line and the ball was crashing into the sticks.

    Over 16.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Shikhar Dhawan, out LBW! Dhawan missed the line and the ball was crashing into the sticks.

    Over 16.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Marcus Stoinis, no run, gets forward and tries to play at it but the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

    Over 16.5 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to Marcus Stoinis, Boundary! Gives himself some room and hammers it through backward point and the ball beats the fielder in the deep and went to the fence.

    Over 16.6 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Marcus Stoinis, no run, gets forward and drives it hard but straight to the man at cover.

    Over 16.6 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Marcus Stoinis, no run, gets forward and drives it hard but straight to the man at cover.

    Over 18.1 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Marcus Stoinis, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and clips it down to the fine leg fence for four.

    Over 18.2 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Marcus Stoinis, no run, gets forward and punches it straight back to the bowler.

    Over 18.3 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to Marcus Stoinis, out Caught by Sam Curran!! Stoinis goes deep inside the crease and pulled straight to Curran at deep mid wicket and he makes no mistake.

    Over 18.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Rishabh Pant, Boundary! Moves on the off-side and whipped the ball away wide of long-on and get the winning runs with a boundary.

    Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets

    MS Dhoni (CSK) : A lot depended on dew, and that factor played on our mind from the start and that's why we wanted to get as many runs as possible. The batters the did a good job to reach 188, because it was tacky until dew settled in 50 minutes later. We could have bowled slightly better, and if batters are hitting you over the fields, that's fair enough. The execution of the bowlers was poor and there were boundary balls that they bowled, but the bowlers will have learned and they will apply that in the future games. The opposition have half an hour in a 7:30 start, when the pitch is really tacky and the ball stops a bit, so we need to get 15-20 runs extra to be safe. If we get dew consistently, then 200 will be a must on a pitch like this. The bowlers bowled a great line when it was stopping and seaming a bit, and the openers got really good balls in which they got out and that can happen in a game like this.