DD vs CSK Highlights IPL 2018: Delhi Daredevils Defeat Chennai Super Kings by 34 Runs
Come Friday, it will be an exciting contest to watch as when the sides clashed previously, the DD fell short by only 13 runs, chasing the target of 212 runs. Will DD upset CSk tonight?
Delhi Daredevils wins the match as CSK fail to accelerate when it mattered the most. MS Dhoni, R Jadeja, S Watson all failed to score and looked to struggle during their stay on the crease.
DD bowlers bowled perfectly and didn't give many chances to CSK to score freely. DD win the match by 34 runs.We end our live coverage here; do join us tomorrow for live updates of Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore match.
Boult to bowl the final over. A single on the first ball. Bravo is CAUGHT OUT! as he tries to hit a lofted cover drive. Deepak Chahar is the new man in.
A single and a dot ball, next. A single on the last ball as DD win the match by 34 runs.
Harshal Patel to bowl. Jadeja hits a huge SIX! on the first ball. Two singles are taken on the next two balls.
Harshal bowls a slower one; Jadeja looks for a big heave but misses. A single on the last ball, as Harshal delivers the match for DD, with his match figures of 4-0-23-1.
Trent Boult now. Both Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni struggling to score big here. A single is followed by a couple of dot balls.
MS Dhoni takes a single. Another single by Jadeja. Players in the dugout, fans in the stadium are all looking clueless at the moment. A low full-toss; Dhoni isn't able to clear the long-on boundary. Dhoni is CAUGHT OUT!DJ Bravo is the new man in. FOW: 113/ 5: MS Dhoni 17 (23): CSK now need 50 off 12 balls.
Sandeep to bowl out his quota. Jadeja dances down the track and hits a SIX! over the bowler's head. A couple of runs on the next ball. Jadeja takes a sensible single.
A couple of singles for CSK, next. A dot ball to end the over. The young bowler ends with impressive match figures tonight - 4-0-21-1. CSK needs 58 off 24 balls now.
Mishra to bowl out. A dot ball is followed by a single. Billings is CAUGHT OUT! as he tries to hit the sweep shot; the mis-hit is caught at short-fine-leg. Ravindra Jadeja is the next man in. FOW: 93/4: Sam Billings 1 (5).
A single and a dot ball next. MS Dhoni misses the sweep shot; dot ball on the last delivery.
Sandeep again. Raina looks to go big but is CAUGHT OUT! at deep midwicket. Sam Billings is the new man in.FOW: 90/3: Suresh Raina: 15 (18). A couple of singles is followed by a dot ball. A hattrick of dot balls to end the over.
Maxwell to bowl his off-cutters again. Raina welcomes him with his trademark shot over the cover region for FOUR! A single is taken next ball. Now Dhoni hits a FOUR! this time in the point region. A single and couple of dot balls to end the over.
Harshal brought back. A YORKER! is hit for a FOUR!In such a form Rayudu is in. A couple of singles taken, next.
Another ball, another single by Rayudu, sees him complete another IPL FIFTY! this season. CSK's find of this IPL 2018 season.
Another single brings Rayudu back on strike. He looks to go big again. Harshal bowls a slower ball; Rayudu fails to read the ball, mistimes the shot is caught stupendously by Maxwell, falling just short of the boundary ropes. Rayudu is CAUGHT-OUT! Reminds us of a certain catch taken by Trent Boult against RCB.
MS 'Thala' Dhoni is the new man in. FOW: 70/2: Ambati Rayudu 50 (29).
Amit Mishra to continue. Raina takes a single on the first ball. Rayudu plays out a couple of dot balls, next.
A crunchy cover drive on the next ball, by Rayudu, sees the ball travel for a FOUR! He steps out of the crease, and hits the (now) full-toss ball over the bowler's head for a SIX!Some fine form Rayudu is in, this season; MI would be ruing his departure. A single to end the over.
Maxwell, who had a dismal night tonight, with the ball now. A single to begin with. A dot ball is followed by a couple of singles on the next three balls. A dot ball and a single as the over ends. A good start for Maxwell here.
IPL veteran Amit Mishra is introduced. A dot ball first-up finds the leading edge, off Watson's bat, land short of the player positioned at cover. A single on the next ball.
Again, a dot and a single on the next balls. Mishra bowls a loopy delivery, Watson looks to hit it over the long-off boundary; fails to time it properly and is eventually CAUGHT OUT! Suresh Raina is the new man in. FOW: 46/1: Shane Watson: 14 (23). A single on the last ball of the over.
Avesh to continue. Rayudu welcomes with a SIX! on the first ball. A shortish ball is deposited well over the midwicket boundary ropes. Next ball, tries to hit another biggie, the height of the ball sees the mistimed shot land short of the running mid-off player; dot ball.
Rayudu repeats his shot hit on the first ball, with nearly the same result, however, the ball lands short of the boundary ropes and it is a FOUR! A dot ball, next.
Rayudu is hitting the same shot and with the same results. Same ball, same shot, this time it is a SIX! Another ball, another SIX! in the same region, in the same pattern. Rayudu & Watson are all smiles. The first TIMEOUT! is called. It is also the end of the POWERPLAY!
Harshal Patel, the star batsman for DD tonight, to bowl now. A couple of dot balls here, as Watson finding it hard to score runs. A single taken on the next ball.
Rayudu looks to skip down the track and hit an inside-out shot; fails to connect - a dot ball. A shortish delivery is pulled to the square leg region for a single. Watson looks to go big on the leg side; misses it, as the ball hits the pads. Only 2 runs from his first over; STUPENDOUS!
Avesh Khan is introduced now. A full-length delivery is hit back towards the bowler, who stops it in his follow-through. Another ball, another dot.
Two consecutive singles in a row is a followed by a powerful drive, by Rayudu, in the cover region for FOUR! Rayudu looks to slash the last ball, but misses!
Boult to continue. Rayudu is beaten on the first he has faced tonight. A single on the next ball, and a SIX! on the another. The good-length delivery is sent back over the boundary ropes in the deep midwicket region, by Watson.
A YORKER! on the legs, squeezed out; no run. A LEG-BYE! stolen as Watson failed to connect his bat with the ball. A single to end the over.
Sandeep Lamichhane, to bowl now. A dot ball to begin with. A couple of runs on the next ball. The 17-year-old from Nepal, bowls 4 dot balls in a row, in the POWERPLAY, to none other than Watson. Some incredible bowling there.
Mumbai, May 18: Delhi Daredevils (DD) are out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 Playoffs’ contention; however, this shouldn’t stop them to put up a fight against the mighty Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 52nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018. The Shreyas Iyer-led team has crashed out of the IPL, as they have managed to bag only 6 points from the 12 games they have played so far in the season.
On the other hand, the CSK team, under the leadership of MS Dhoni, has already qualified for the Playoffs and would be eyeing a top-spot finish as the league stage is nearing its end.
Full Delhi Daredevils (DD) Team for IPL 2018:
Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant, Glenn Maxwell, Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Colin Munro, Mohammed Shami, Amit Mishra, Prithvi Shaw, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Daniel Christian, Jayant Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Trent Boult, Manjot Kalra, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Lamichhane, Naman Ojha, Sayan Ghosh, Liam Plunkett, and Junior Dala.
Full Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Team for IPL 2018:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Faf Du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayadu, Deepak Chahar, K M Asif, Kanish Seth, Lungi Ngidi, Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Sam Billings, Mark Wood, Kshtiz Sharma, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, N Jagadeesan, and David Willy.
Come Friday, it will be an exciting contest to watch as when the sides clashed previously, the DD fell short by only 13 runs, chasing the target of 212 runs. You can catch the live streaming details & ball-by-ball commentary of DD vs CSK match here.
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