DC vs CSK 67th Match Prediction

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Delhi Capitals

The home team for this match is Delhi Capitals. They are going into this game with a victory under their belt in their last game. Delhi Capitals won their last game against Punjab Kings by a margin of 15 runs in a match played at Dharamsala yesterday. Batting first, Delhi Capitals was in great form scoring 213 runs for the loss of 2 wickets from their quota of 20 overs. The Punjab outfit made a valiant attempt at the target but they fell short managing 198 runs for the loss of 8 wickets from their quota of 20 overs.

The Delhi Capitals' top order batting order was in terrific form in this match. David Warner and Prithvi Shaw were in great nick in this game while opening the innings. Warner hit 46 runs and Shaw could muster 54 runs. These two put on 94 runs for the opening wicket in 10.2 overs. But the real star of the show was Rilee Rossouw. He smashed 82 runs from 37 balls with 6 fours and 6 sixes to take the Delhi Capitals total to an imposing one. He was supported by Phil Salt in the later stages of the innings. Salt remained unbeaten on 26 runs from 14 balls.

As expected, Punjab made a game attempt at the target despite losing the wicket of Shikhar Dhawan early in the Punjab inning. The real star of the chase was Liam Livingstone who hit 94 runs from 48 balls with 9 sixes and 5 fours. Atharva Taide had to retire hurt after scoring 55 runs from 42 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes. Khaleel Ahmed was the pick of the bowlers for Delhi picking up one wicket for 20 runs from his 3 overs. Ishant Sharma and Anrich Nortje also picked up 2 wickets apiece. Axar Patel picked up 1 wicket as well.

Chennai Super Kings

The Chennai Super Kings are going into this game on the back of a defeat in Chennai at the hands of the Kolkata Knight Riders. They lost this 61st game of the IPL by a margin of 6 wickets. Chennai Super Kings won the toss in this game and chose to bat first. Chennai could just manage a score of 144 runs for the loss of 6 wickets from their 20 overs. The Kolkata team managed to chase down the total in 18.3 overs for the loss of just 4 wickets. Rinku Singh from KKR was adjudged player of the match.

The Chennai Super Kings team made a decent start and were 61 for 1 at one stage from 7.5 overs. But they could not keep the momentum going till the end as many wickets fell in the lower middle order. Devon Conway tried to steady the ship with a 30 from 28 balls. But the best performer for Chennai in the innings was Shivam Dubey who hit 48 runs from 34 balls with 3 sixes and 1 four. Ravindra Jadeja also tried to raise the total but failed to accelerate in the end. Chennai could muster up just 144 runs from their quota of overs.

The KKR innings was not off to a great start and they kept losing wickets in the initial part of the innings. They were reduced to 33 for 3 when they lost the vital wicket of Jason Roy. But the KKR team witnessed a good partnership between Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh after this with both batters hitting fifties. Deepak Chahar was the pick of the bowlers for Chennai picking up 3 wickets for 27 runs from his 3 overs. None of the other Chennai bowlers could pick up wickets as the KKR team cruised to a win in 18.3 overs.