Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 44 runs in Dubai yesterday night (September 25) and registered their second win from as many matches in this Indian Premier League (IPL) season.
Earlier, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and opted to bowl first. Shikhar Dhawan (35) and Prithvi Shaw (64) gave a good start of 94 runs to Delhi Capitals. In the 11th over Piyush Chawla broke this stand by removing Dhawan and in the next over he dismissed Shaw who played a good knock of 64 runs. Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer couldn't play big shots in the end and Delhi finished on 175/3 in 20 overs.
In reply, Chennai Super Kings' openers' poor form continued as both Watson and Vijay got out cheaply. After that Faf du Plessis and Kedar Jadhav tried to rebuild the innings but they couldn't score quick runs against the quality spin bowling of Akshar Patel and Amit Mishra and in the last seven overs they needed 105 runs to win but Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje gave them no chance and Chennai could score only 131 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. For Delhi, Kagiso Rabada took 3 wickets while Anrich Nortje took 2 wickets.
All the major stats and facts from the seventh match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals in Dubai:
8 - Shane Watson became the 8th batsman to score 1000 or more runs for Chennai Super Kings in IPL. He is also the 7th batsman to score 1000 plus runs for two teams in this league.
Batsmen to score 1000 or more IPL runs for CSK -
Suresh Raina - 4527
MS Dhoni - 3902
Faf du Plessis - 1802
Michael Hussey - 1768
Murali Vijay - 1708
S Badrinath - 1441
Matthew Hayden - 1107
Shane Watson - 1004
Batsmen to score 1000 or more runs for two teams in IPL -
David Warner (DC & SRH)
Shane Watson (RR & CSK)
Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers & MI)
Gautam Gambhir (KKR & DC)
Jacques Kallis (KKR & RCB)
Robin Uthappa (KKR & PWI)
Yousuf Pathan (RR & KKR)
9 - Kagiso Rabada has taken 2 or more wickets in each of his last 9 matches in IPL. The first bowler to take 2 or more wickets in 9 consecutive matches in this league.
2 or more wickets in most consecutive matches in IPL -
9* - Kagiso Rabada (2019-20)
8 - Lasith Malinga (2012)
44 - Runs win is the fifth largest victory for Delhi Capitals and joint third biggest defeat for Chennai Super Kings in IPL in terms of runs.
Largest victories for Delhi Capitals in IPL (By runs) -
97 vs RPSG at Pune, 2017
67 vs RR at Delhi, 2010
55 vs KKR at Delhi, 2018
51 vs KXIP at Delhi, 2017
44 vs CSK at Dubai, 2020
Biggest defeats for CSK in IPL (By runs) -
60 vs MI at Mumbai, 2013
46 vs MI at Chennai, 2019
44 vs KXIP at Cuttack, 2014
44 vs DC at Dubai, 2020
41 vs MI at Kolkata, 2015
255 - Wickets Piyush Chawla has taken in T20 cricket - the most by any Indian bowlers.
Most wickets in T20 cricket (By Indian bowlers) -
255 - Piyush Chawla
253 - Amit Mishra
237 - R Ashwin
235 - Harbhajan Singh
194 - R Vinay Kumar
2026 - Faf du Plessis when on 17, completed 2000 runs in IPL. He has 2026 runs at an average of 33.21 in 74 matches with 14 fifties.
