IPL 2023, DC vs CSK Highlights: Chennai qualify for playoffs with 77 run win over Delhi

DC vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2023: Chennai Super Kings qualified for the IPL playoffs with a 77 run win over Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday. With their IPL playoff chances on the line, CSK didn’t err with the bat or the ball for a win that could well take them to the top-two in the points table. The game was as good as over during CSK’s opening wicket stand with Ruturaj Gaikwad (79 from 50 balls) and Devon Conway (87 from 52 balls) stitching a 141 run stand.

Shivam Dube and Ravindra Jadeja played cameos and took CSK to 223/3 after MS Dhoni-led side won the toss and chose to bat.

In reply, Delhi lost Prithvi Shaw, Phil Salt and Rilee Rossouw cheaply – the latter two falling on consecutive Deepak Chahar deliveries. Then, all of Yash Dhull, Aman Khan and Axar Patel got starts but couldn’t build on it with David Warner attacking and fighting alone – a theme for the Delhi season. By the end, Warner fells on 86 to a Pathirana slower delivery. Theekshana got the job done with two wickets in the final over

DC vs CSK Preview: “Whatever will be, will be,” said Michael Hussey ahead of Chennai Super Kings’ clash against the Delhi Capitals. He was referring to their chances of making the playoffs which are still not confirmed on the penultimate day of league stage of IPL 2023.

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Despite being second in the IPL points table, their fate depends on how they fare against an already-eliminated DC at the Arun Jaitley Stadium under searing heat. A win would take CSK into the playoffs and a loss would see their fate be decided by other teams.

To progress even with a defeat, CSK would need one of Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians or Royal Challengers Bangalore to lose. This doesn’t even take into consideration their ambition of making the top-two.

Maybe dangerously for them, DC have already been eliminated and have nothing but pride to play for. In their last outing, with no such pressure, Delhi scored 213 runs – their highest this season – against Punjab Kings with Rilee Rossouw, Prithvi Shaw and David Warner all in the mix.

The difference though is that this one comes at home. At the Kotla, DC have just two wins in six this season and Shane Watson admitted the squad hasn’t been suitable for the home conditions.

On head-to-head, CSK have won 18 of 28 matches against DC. When shifting focus just to Delhi between these two, Chennai have won five of seven played. So, based on history, it is ‘Advantage Chennai’.

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