Delhi Capitals stroll to seven-wicket win over Chennai

Earlier, CSK, who were put in to bat, lost both their openers – Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad – early. While Avesh Khan dismissed du Plessis, making the most of his pace and the Wankhede surface, Gaikwad failed to make a mark after getting caught at first slip, courtesy a sharp catch from Dhawan, providing Woakes his first wicket of the match.

Suresh Raina marked his return to the CSK side, joining Moeen Ali at the other end, after CSK found themselves in early trouble.

Moeen counter-attacked the pace of Avesh, smashing the seamer for a couple of boundaries. The fifth over saw Raina hitting consecutive fours off R Ashwin, including a trademark inside-out shot before CSK moved 33/2 at the end of powerplay.

With the scoring-rate stuck at 6, Moeen clobbered two sixes off Ashwin in the ninth over, but the right-arm spinner eventually got his man after Moeen tried getting a little too cheeky and ended up playing it into the hands of Dhawan, who took a sharp running catch.

At the halfway mark, CSK were placed at 71/3, with Raina and Ambati Rayudu out in the middle, looking to up the ante.

Raina smacked two sixes against Amit Mishra, who was bowling beautifully before the left-hander launched his googlies into the orbit with a slog sweep over deep mid-wicket.

The duo of Raina and Rayudu brought up their fiftypartnership off just 24 deliveries, leading the way through for CSK. Raina got to his fifty in style, smashing a half volley for a maximum and with it, became the first batsman to score a fifty of the season.

Tom Curran helped DC pull the things back after getting the crucial wicket of Rayudu as Dhawan safely grabbed yet another catch in the innings. Ravindra Jadeja joined Raina out in the middle and struck two boundaries on the first two deliveries that he faced.

With five overs to go, DC managed to get the allimportant wicket of the dangerous-looking Raina, after the left-hander was involved in a mix-up with Jadeja, eventually running himself out.

Adding to the worries of CSK, skipper MS Dhoni got out on the second delivery that he faced, providing Avesh his second wicket.

CSK reached the 150-mark at the end of 17 overs, hoping to finish on a high note. Avesh bowled beautifully at the death, ending with figures of 2-23 off his four overs.

Sam Curran clubbed two sixes and a four in the penultimate over and it was his brother, Tom at the receiving end.

Curran and Jadeja brought up the fifty-run stand, powering CSK to a comprehensive total before Woakes hit the timber on the last ball of the innings.(IPL website)

Chennai Super Kings innings

R Gaikwad c Dhawan b Woakes 5 F du Plessis lbw Khan 0 M Ali c Dhawan b Ashwin 36 S Raina run out (Woakes) 54 A Rayudu c Dhawan b Curran 23 R Jadeja not out 26 MS Dhoni b Khan 0 S Curran b Woakes 34 Extras 7lb 1nb 2w 10 Total (20.0 overs) 188-7 Fall of Wickets : 1-7 du Plessis, 2-7 Gaikwad, 3-60 Ali, 4-123 Rayudu, 5-137 Raina, 6-137 Dhoni, 7-188 Curran

Did Not Bat : Bravo, Thakur, Chahar

Bowling: Woakes 3 0 18 2 Khan 4 0 23 2 1w Ashwin 4 0 47 1 Curran 4 0 40 1 1w Mishra 3 0 27 0 Stoinis 2 0 26 0 1nb

Delhi Capitals innings

P Shaw c Ali b Bravo 72 S Dhawan lbw Thakur 85 R Pant not out 15 M Stoinis c Curran b Thakur 14 Extras 1nb 3w 4 Total (18.4 overs) 190-3 Fall of Wickets : 1-138 Shaw, 2-167 Dhawan, 3-186 Stoinis

Did Not Bat : Hetmyer, Rahane, Woakes, Curran, Ashwin, Mishra, Khan

Bowling: Chahar 4 0 36 0

Curran 2 0 24 0

Thakur 3.4 0 53 2 2w

Jadeja 2 0 16 0

Ali 3 0 33 0 1nb

Bravo 4 0 28 1 1w

Umpire Virender Sharma

Umpire Anil Chaudhary

Video Sundaram Ravi

Match Referee Manu Nayyar