Shane Watson and Suresh Raina starred with the bat as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) cruised to a six-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals (DC) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 encounter in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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Shikhar Dhawan's painstaking half-century was the only silver lining in DC's sub-par total of 1476 which the defending champions overtook with two balls to spare. Dwayne Bravo took three wickets.
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The scoreline might suggest that it was a close game but CSK were always in control of the chase despite a lot of balls being wasted by Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the back end of the innings.
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When Delhi batted first, run-scoring looked an arduous job with a middle-order collapse dashing hopes of a big total. When CSK started their chase, it was expected that the slowness will be a factor but it seemed Watson (44 off 26 balls) and Suresh Raina (30 off 16 balls) were batting on a different track. They showed positive intent which was singularly lacking in Dhawan and Co.
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They hit eight fours and four sixes between them to add 52 runs in only four overs and there was no recovery from that onslaught.
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After the match, Dhoni said, "The wicket turned more than expected. In the second innings there was enough dew to make it slightly easier to bat on. I thought the bowlers did very well to restrict Delhi to 147."
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Meanwhile, US swimming legend Michael Phelps was at the ground to watch the match.
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