In what turned out to be a one-sided yet entertaining encounter, Delhi Capitals tamed former champion Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets in Match 2 of the Indian Premier League 2021 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. While Suresh Raina's 54 helped CSK post 1887, Prithvi Shaw (72) and Shikhar Dhawan (85) stole the game away. Meanwhile, we take a look at the records scripted.
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Faf du Plessis registers an unwanted firstDu Plessis was dismissed for an unwanted duck tonight after being trapped leg-before by pacer Avesh Khan. As a result, it was the first time in his IPL career that he had been dismissed similarly, for the first time in his 78 innings.
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Ravichandran Ashwin scripts an unwanted tooAshwin was highly expensive, giving away 47 runs. As a result, it was his joint second-most costly spell in the IPL (vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 2019) after 53 against Punjab Kings in 2018.
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Raina scripts a firstRaina was the man to watch out as he slammed an impressive 54. Consequently, this was the first time he had scored 50-plus in CSK's opening game of the season.
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MS Dhoni scripts an unwanted in a long timeDhoni started IPL 2021 on a shaky note, getting dismissed for an unlucky duck. Meanwhile, it was his first duck in the Twenty20s since IPL 2015.
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DC registers big onesDC manage to score 700 during the powerplay. As a result, it was its highest score at the phase against CSK to date, going past its previous best of 640 in 2008. Also, it was the third-highest successful chase against CSK after 206 by PK in 2014 and 191 by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012.
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Shaw-Dhawan script numerous onesThe 100-plus opening stand between Shaw and Dhawan was DC's first since 2016 when Quinton de Kock & Rishabh Pant had scored 115 against Gujarat Lions. It was also the first time since 2015 that both DC openers scored 50-plus in the same innings after Mayank Agarwal and Shreyas Iyer scored 52* and 54, respectively, against Punjab Kings. Their stand of 138 was also the second-best against CSK after Ajinkya Rahan-Shane Watson's 144 in 2015.
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Dhawan unstoppable against CSKDhawan managed to play a gem of an innings of 85. Meanwhile, he is the highest run-scorer against CSK, scoring more than 900 runs, going past Virat Kohli (901). Also, he has become the third-highest run-scorer in the IPL (5,282), going past David Warner (5,254) and is behind Raina (5,422) and Kohli (5,911).
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Match summaryElecting to bowl, DC bowlers did an excellent job to restrict CSK to 1887, thanks to Chris Woakes and Avesh Khan, despite Raina's impressive 54. However, in reply, Shaw and Dhawan just bamboozled past the CSK bowling attack, thus winning by seven wickets.Brief scores: CSK 1887 (Moeen- 36,Raina- 54, Curran- 34; Woakes 218, Avesh- 223) lost to DC 1903 in 18.4 overs (Shaw- 72, Dhawan- 85; Thakur- 253) by seven wickets.
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