Chennai beat Delhi by 93 runs in IPL match

Abu Dhabi: Chennai Super Kings produced a clinical performance to crush Delhi Daredevils by 93 runs and register their first win in the seventh edition of Indian Premier League on Monday.
Chasing the target, the Daredevils witnessed a nightmarish start as they lost half of their side with just 50 runs on the board in the 10th over.

The Delhi outfit’s chase never really got going at they lost wickets at regular intervals to reel for major part of their innings.

While du Plesis pulled off a stunner to sent packing Viajy off Mohit Sharma’s bowling, the South African pounced on another skier in Pandey’s next over to remove Tiwary.

Skipper Dinesh Karthik (21) and J P Duminy (15) tried to resurrect the Daredevils’ chase with a 25-run stand for the fourth wicket but it was not to be as wickets continued to tumble like pack of cards.

Duminy was caught plumb in front of the wicket by Dwayne Smith of his first ball before Ben Hilfenhaus induced an edge from an out-of-form Ross Taylor which was gleefully accepted by Dhoni.

Karthik was then cleaned up by Ashwin in the 13th over. Jimmy Neesham (21 off 15) tried hard but the asking was too tall to achieve as Chennai bowlers ran through Delhi’s tail with consummate ease.

Ashwin (2/3), Jadeja (2/18) and Pandey (2/23) shared Delhi six wickets between them.

Earlier, Chennai made a relatively quiet start to their innings after electing to bat as they scored their 50-run mark off exactly the same number of balls.

Chennai, however, suffered their first blow in the fourth over in the form of dangerous Brendon McCullum (9).

The hard-hitting Kiwi batsman failed to latch on to a life provided by Duminy off Jaydev Unadkat’s first delivery and perished in the next ball, caught by substitute Wayne Parnell at short thirdman.

After McCullum’s dismissal, Raina and Smith played cautiously to build the innings together and help Chennai make 65 runs for the loss of one wicket at the halfway mark.

After taking a close look of the wicket, Raina finally opened up and clobbered left-arm spinner Shabaz Nadeem straight over his head for the first six of the innings.