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Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals have a long history with each other.This contest featured some great players like Ms Dhoni , Suresh Raina , Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer. Chennai Super Kings have dominated the Delhi Capitals throughout the IPL . Delhi Capitals who have a poor record against Chennai Super Kings will look forward to change this record and seal 2 points in the upcoming match.
It is clearly seen that Chennai Super Kings have dominated Delhi Capitals. CSK have won 19 out of the 30 matches played between these two teams with a win percentage of 63.33%. Delhi Capitals have won only 11 out of 30 matches played against CSK with a win percentage of just 36.67%.
Chennai Super Kings have managed to defend their total 12 times against Delhi Capitals while DC managed to defend their total just 4 times but both teams prefer chasing and have an equal number of wins while chasing a target.
The MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai which is a fortress of the Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals have experienced the dominance of CSK at Chepauk. One thing which a champion team does is having a good home record and that's the reason why CSK have won the tittle 5 times . Delhi Capitals have lost 7 games of 9 which they played in chennai.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi which serves as a home ground to the Delhi Capitals. This pitch and ground is very much similar to MA Chidambaram Stadium both pitches are on the slower side that's the reason why Chennai Super Kings who have had a great spin attack in their history is successful in Delhi. They have managed to dominate the Capitals even at their own home ground . It looks like Delhi Capitals play under pressure against CSK on spin friendly pitches.
Chennai Super Kings who have shown their dominance in their own home Chennai and as well as Delhi's home . But this time they have an almost equal record at the neutral venues against each other.
In the latest five matches played between these two teams once again Chennai Super Kings have managed to win the maximum number of matches. Chennai Super Kings have won 4 out of the last 5 against the Delhi Capitals. While Delhi Capitals winning the last game at ACA - VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam they would like to continue this momentum against the five time champion team.
Axar Patel will look forward to write a new chapter in the Delhi Capitals history by winning the first trophy of the Capitals. On the other hand Ruturaj Gaikwad the skipper of Chennai Super Kings will try and continue the legacy of MS Dhoni and keep winning titles for them. The battle between to young captains will be a one to watch out for.
The highest run getter in CSK vs DC matches is none other than former Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni .It is an interesting fact that a player who bats in Middle order is the top scorer . Dhoni have enjoyed playing against Delhi Capitals and have scored 666 runs against the Delhi Capitals.
The highest wicket taker in CSK vs DC contest is the spin wizard Ravichandran Ashwin. He has sent back the Delhi Capitals batter 19 times to the pavilion. It wasn't a suprise to Ashwin as the lead wicket taker as both the team's home condition suits the spinners and Ravichandran Ashwin has made a full use of it .
In the 2015 season about ten years back Chennai Super Kings faced Delhi Daredevils in their home ground Chepauk. While batting first Chennai's batters struggled on the slow pitch and nobody crossed the 50 run mark but valuable contributions from Dwayne Smith 34(31), Faf du plesis 32(24) and MS Dhoni 30(27) helped CSK reach a respectable total of 150-7(20) . It was always going to be a tricky chase for the Delhi team.
Ashish Nehra started the inning with a fire and took 3 wickets which set the tone for the home team but forner CSK all rounder Albie Morkel stood firm against his former team . It all came down to the last over where Delhi required 18 runs to win . DJ Bravo was bowling the final over and Albie Morkel smashed him for runs all round the park , 6 runs was required on the final ball and Morkel’s shot just fell inside the rope and it was a four. CSK managed to win the game by the thinnest margin of 1 run. The crowd in Chepauk got to witness a low scoring thriller . Ashish Nehra was awarded with the Player of the match award for his spell of 3/25(4).
Chennai Super Kings had a new home in the 2018 season which was Pune . They faced the Delhi side in match number 30. While batting first CSK got to a good start with both the openers Shane Watson and Faf du plessis putting up an opening stand of 102 . Shane Watson scored 78(40) before getting out .The good start was capitalised by Chennai's middle order as both Ambati Rayudu and MS Dhoni gave the finishing touches to the innings.
Dhoni smashed 51 off just 21 balls and almost hit a six outside the stadium. The pitch looked great for the batters and it looked like an exciting run chase for Delhi but they got a poor start as opener Prithvi Shaw fell for just 9 runs . Rishabh Pant and Vijay Shankar tried to fight back as Rishabh scored 79(45) and Vijay Shankar scored 54(31) but it was always going to be hard for the duo to chase it down. In the end Delhi fell short by just 13 runs and Shane Watson got the Player of the match award for his knock of 78(40).
Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Ms Dhoni, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Vansh Bedi, A Siddharth, Shaik Rasheed , Ashwin, Sam Curran, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj , K Nagarkoti , Jamie Overton, R Ghosh , Shivam Dube, K Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, M Choudhary, Shreyas Gopal, Nathan Ellis, Gurjanpreet Singh, M Pathirana.
CSK had one of the best auctions and retentions they managed to retain their core and also add players who could add value to the team and the team culture .CSK didn't buy match winner's in the auction but players who can win matches in a specific conditions. Also the uncapped player MS Dhoni will be seen again in yellow . CSK greatest strength is their all rounder’s , almost every player can bat as well as bowl a few overs which is a game changing asset in T20 cricket .
KL rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, F du Plesis, D Ferreira, Abishek Porel, T Stubbs ,Axar Patel(c) , Sameer Rizvi , Ashutosh Sharma, D Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, T Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav.
DC have lost their star player and captain Rishabh Pant , It will be a tough task for them to fill the shoes of Rishabh but they are heavily dependent on their top order.The addition of Kl Rahul and Faf have made their batting along with Sameer Rizvi , Ashutosh Sharma and JFM . In the bowling department a lot would rely on skipper Axar Patel , Kuldeep Yadav and Mitchell Starc.
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