Shikhar Dhawan’s maiden IPL ton guides Delhi Capitals to 5-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings
Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan notched up his maiden century of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to propel his aspect to a cushty five-wicket overcome Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Match 34 of the continuing version of the profitable T20 event on the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
With the win, the Shreyas Iyer-led aspect has as soon as once more reclaimed the highest spot within the IPL 2020 standings with seven wins from 9 matches.Chennai, then again, proceed to occupy the sixth spot within the eight-team standings with simply three wins in hand.
Chasing an honest goal of 180 runs to win, Delhi Capitals misplaced their opener Prithvi Shaw for a duck as early as on the second ball of the primary over by Deepak Chahar.
Chahar struck as soon as once more for CSK within the fifth over to take away third drop Ajinkya Rahane cheaply for eight runs.
Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan then joined forces with skipper Shreyas Iyer (23) and the duo stitched an important stand of 68 runs for the third wicket earlier than the latter fell sufferer to a Dwayne Bravo supply.
While Marcus Stoinis (14-ball 24) and Alex Carey (4) too did not contribute a lot with the bat for his or her aspect, Dhawan continued to face robust until the top to assist Delhi Capitals cross the mark with a ball to spare.
Dhawan completed his innings unbeaten at 58-ball 101 runs, which was embellished with 14 boundaries and a six.
En path to his blistering knock, the Indian opener additionally introduced up his maiden IPL and T20 ton off simply 57 deliveries. He reached the mark by selecting up single on the final supply of the penultimate over by Sam Curran.
Meanwhile, Dhawan had earlier within the match additionally notched up his 40th fifty of the cash-rich league off 29 deliveries.
Along with Dhawan, Axar Patel additionally remained not out on the crease at five-ball 21 runs.
For CSK, Deepak Chahar picked up two wickets whereas Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur and Dwayne Bravo chipped in with a wicket every.
Earlier, Chennai opener Faf du Plessis struck a quick-fire 58 runs in addition to sharing an 87-run stand with Shane Watson (36) for the second wicket to regular his aspect’s innings after the dismissal of Sam Curran for a duck.
Subsequently, Ambati Rayudu (45) and Ravindra Jadeja (33) stitched an unbeaten stand of 50 runs on the again finish of the innings to information CSK to a complete of 179/Four towards Delhi Capitals.
Anrich Nortje managed so as to add two wickets to his account for Delhi, whereas Kagiso Rabada and Tushar Deshpande took a wicket every.
Dhawan was adjudged ‘Man of the Match’ for his match-winning knock.
Brief scores: CSK 179/Four in 20 overs (Faf du Plessis 58, Ambati Rayudu 45 not out; Anrich Nortje 2/33) vs DC 185/5 in 19.5 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 101, Marcus Stoinis 24; Deepak Chahar 2/18)
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