DC\u2019s win was set up by KL Rahul slamming a superb 77 as an opener, after Faf du Plessis was unfit to play, and propelled them to post 183\/6. In reply, CSK suffered yet another poor batting power-play as DC were bang on with their plans.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With the pitch not being conducive for hitting boundaries freely, it meant they could only make 158\/5, with Vijay Shankar making 69 not out off 54 balls. For DC, Vipraj Nigam took 2-27, while bowlers, barring Mohit Sharma and Axar Patel, took a wicket each.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
DC\u2019s defence of 183 began on a bright note as Rachin Ravindra tried to flick off Mukesh Kumar, but the leading edge was caught by the bowler in his follow-through, and the batter was dismissed for three.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ruturaj Gaikwad fell into Mitchell Starc\u2019s short-ball trap as his short-arm jab went into the hands of a deep backward square leg, and he was out for five. It was Nigam\u2019s time to strike as Devon Conway\u2019s leading edge off a googly was caught by cover, and the power-play ended at 46\/3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With the pitch slowing down, DC were successful in keeping Shankar and Shivam Dube on a tight leash. The ploy of stifling the run-flow worked well as Dube holed out to long-on off Nigam for 18, and was followed by Kuldeep Yadav using his googly to trap Ravindra Jadeja lbw for two.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shankar dropped on 18 and 27 apart from surviving a run-out and DC not going for a plumb lbw appeal, broke CSK\u2019s 28-ball boundary drought by pulling Mohit for four, before swiveling and punching Kuldeep for a brace of boundaries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Even though Shankar reached his fifty off 43 balls and MS Dhoni brought out some big hits after overcoming a slow start, especially doing that in front of his parents, wife, and daughter, to be not out on 30 off 26 balls, it wasn\u2019t enough to prevent a second straight home loss for a struggling CSK in IPL 2025.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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Even though Shankar reached his fifty off 43 balls and MS Dhoni brought out some big hits after overcoming a slow start, especially doing that in front of his parents, wife, and daughter, to be not out on 30 off 26 balls, it wasn\u2019t enough to prevent a second straight home loss for a struggling CSK in IPL 2025.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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