Yesterday IPL Match Highlights & Result – CSK vs DC (10th April 2021): The 2nd match of the IPL 2021 was played yesterday between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings.
Delhi Capitals didn’t face any difficulties and won the match by 7 wickets.
Here are Yesterday’s IPL match Highlights of the match between CSK and DC.
Yesterday IPL Match Highlights & Result: CSK vs DC (10th April 2021)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first.
They soon lost their 1st wicket in the 2nd over only when Faf Du Plessis was declared lbw on the bowling of Avesh Khan.
Rituraj Gaikwad also went to pavilion on the 1st ball of the 3rd over. He got out on 5 on the bowling of Chris Woakes and Dhawan took his catch.
3rd wicket of CSK’s innings fell down as Moeen Ali who got out at after adding 36 runs to CSK innings. He tried to pace up CSK’s scorecard and hit back to back sixes on Ashwin’s bowling but he got out on just the next delivery.
Suresh Raina and Sam Curran propelled the CSK to 188 where Raina scored 54 runs of 32 balls and Curran also played a powerful innings of 34 runs in just 15 balls.
Both these players took CSK to 188 runs at the loss of 7 wickets.
In its reply, Delhi capitals made a stunning start where Prithvi Shaw (72 for 38) and Shikhar Dhawan (85 of 54) made sure that Delhi don’t face any troubles chasing this total.
Both of them made a strong partnership for the 1st wicket and added 138 runs together.
After the 1st wicket of Prithvi Shaw, Dhawan made sure that Delhi wins comfortably.
Other than both, Pant scored 15 runs not out and Marcus Stoinis scored 14 runs.
Also read: Yesterday IPL Match Highlights & Result: RCB vs MI (9th April 2021)
Yesterday IPL Match Highlights: CSK vs DC (10th April 2021) – Key Moments
Here are some key moments of the yesterday’s match between DC and CSK that became the turning points of the match.
Shikhar Dhawan’s Fabulous Innings
Shikhar Dhawan was the star of the Yesterday’s match where he scored 85 runs in only 54 balls.
He with Prithvi Shaw gave a strong start to the team and ensured DC’s win. Shikhar hit 10 fours and 2 sixes in his innings.
He got out lbw on the bowling of Shardul Thakur but that was too late for Chennai.
Avesh Khan’s Bowling
DC’s Avesh Khan phenomenal bowling was also a big moment in the Yesterday’s match.
Avesh Khan sent Faf Du Plessis in just the 2nd over of CSK’s Innings. Avesh spent only 23 runs in his spell of 4 overs and took 2 important wickets.
His another wicket was of MS Dhoni who got out on zero. His spell of 4 overs restricted CSK at 188 who otherwise seemed to cross 200.
Suresh Raina’s Comeback
Suresh Raina made a explendid comeback in the IPL 2021. He didn’t take part in the previous IPL season.
Raina came to bat when CSK lost 2 wickets at just 7 runs. He scored 54 runs in 36 balls and made important partnerships with Ambati Rayudu and Moeen Ali.
Raina held one end of the CSK’s innings before being run out.
Sam Curran’s Brisk Innings
Sam Curran played a brisk innings and scored 34 runs off just 15 balls. He got some quick runs for the CSK at the end of the innings.
He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes in his quick innings. CSK were able to score 52 runs in their last 5 overs due to Sam Curran.