The opening pair of Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan helped the Delhi Capitals to an easy victory in their first match of the 14th season of the Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament. In their first match in IPL-2021, Delhi defeated Chennai by seven wickets to make a winning start to the tournament.
Delhi won the toss and elected to bat first. With the help of Suresh Raina's 54 and useful innings by Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Karan, Chennai scored 188 for 7 in the allotted 20 overs. Thus, a tough target of 189 against Delhi came. But the tumultuous batting of Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw made the target easy. Delhi won the match by 190 runs for the loss of three wickets in 18.4 overs. Prithvi Shaw played 72 and Dhawan 85 innings.
Both openers scored half-centuries. Prithvi Shaw hit 72 off 38 balls. Which included nine fours and three sixes. While Dhawan hit 85 off 54 balls with the help of 10 fours and two sixes. The duo made the team's victory easier. In addition, Marcus Stoinis scored 14 off 9 balls. Captain Rishabh Pant was unbeaten on 15 off 12 balls. For Chennai, Shardul Thakur was quick for two and Dwayne Bravo was quick for one.
Ambati Rayudu played useful innings after Suresh Raina's half-century of Jadeja and Sam Karan's attack in the final overs . He played 23 innings. Rayudu hit one four and two sixes in his 16-ball innings. However, Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Kar were instrumental in making Chennai's score bigger. The duo accelerated the run-rate by washing the Delhi bowlers in the final overs. Jadeja and Karan shared a 51-run stand. Sam Curran hit 34 off 15 balls with four fours and two sixes and was dismissed on the final ball of the innings. Jadeja, meanwhile, hit an unbeaten 26 off 17 balls with the help of three fours. Chris Vokes and Avesh Khan took two wickets apiece while Ravichandran Ashwin and Tom Karan had one apiece.
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