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Bengaluru, Oct. 10: The first Qualifier churned out another thrilling IPL encounter as the Chennai Super Kings marched into the final of the ongoing edition of the VIVO IPL 2021.
Chennai skipper MS Dhoni guided the Super Kings to a four-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 1 of the IPL at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.
After electing to bowl first, Chennai got off to a strong start as they removed the dangerous Shikhar Dhawan early. But Prithvi Shaw scored his first half-century in the UAE leg to set Delhi up for a strong total.
Thereon, skipper Rishabh Pant and Shimron Hetmyer stitched together a strong partnership of 83 off 50 to guide Delhi to a par score of 172/5.
In reply, Chennai chased down the total with 2 balls to spare. Despite losing opener Faf du Plessis early, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Robin Uthappa stitched together a second wicket partnership of 110 off 77. While Gaikwad scored a scintillating 70 off 50, Uthappa played a stellar knock of 63 off 44 to set the win up for the former champions.
Though couple of wickets in the middle let Delhi back in the game, skipper Dhoni guided his team home with an unbeaten 18 off 6. With this Chennai beat Delhi for the first time since 2019 and marched into the final of the ongoing edition.
Delhi will have another shot at the final when they take on the winner of the eliminator - set to be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders.
Here's how the Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings match played out:
End of match: The first playoff match of the season turned out to be a thrilling contest with former champions Chennai Super Kings marching into the final with a four wicket win over Delhi Capitals. Skipper MS Dhoni finished it off with a flourish to guide CSK home. Delhi Capitals will take on the winner of the Eliminator for another shot at making it to the final.
FOUR!! And MSD finishes it off in style for Chennai Super Kings as they march into the finals of the IPL 2021 with a four-wicket win over Delhi Capitals.
5 needed off 3 now.. Dhoni on strike
FOUR!! Inside edge and its raced away for four
Hat-trick ball. Dhoni on strike. Dhoni puts it away for a boundary over extra cover. 9 needed off 4
WICKET!!! Curran removes Moeen Ali on the first ball of the 20th over as Rabada picks him up at deep square leg. Ali goes for 16 off 12. Chennai need 13 off 5
Tom Curran bowls the final.
A dot to end the penultimate over. 13 needed off the last over.
13 needed off 7. Last ball from Avesh Khan
SIX!!! Classic Dhoni as he gets off the mark with a maximum as he hammers Avesh Khan over midwicket!
Dhoni on strike. The skippers come in ahead of Jadeja.
FOUR!! Moeen Ali finds the gap
WICKET!! Avesh Khan hands DC the big wicket of Ruturaj Gaikwad. Axar Patel picks up a good catch as Gaikwad goes for 70 off 50.
11 runs off Nortje's final overs. 24 needed off the final two overs
FOUR!! Another smashing shot from Gaikwad as he makes room and slams it towards deep backward point
Shreyas Iyer has been absolutely clinical on the field, taking two brilliant catches and executing a stellar run out.
Always believed that the fielders must give you two wickets every match and Shreyas Iyer, with a brilliant catch and a sensational run-out, has provided that to #DelhiCapitals
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 10, 2021
Nortje to bowl out. A boundary to begin the over! A diving Hetmyer can't get to it as Gaikwad begins the over with a boundary
FOUR!! Gaikwad finds the gap to get the boundary of the over. 9 runs come off the over. 35 needed from the last three overs.
Avesh Khan back into the attack. A single to begin. Chennai need 43 from 23 to win
FOUR!! Well timed from Moeen Ali as he finds the gap for an important boundary
Moeen Ali the new man in. Nortje back into the attack
Runout!! And Rayudu's back to the dugout. Chennai undoing all the good work done during the Gaikwad-Uthappa partnership
Ambati Rayudu the new man in. Rabada into the attack
WICKET!!! Shreyas Iyer picks up the catch again as Shardul Thakur, who came up the order, goes for 0 for 1. Tom Curran pockets two wickets in the over
50 up for Ruturaj Gaikwad. Another stellar innings for Gaikwad as he brings up his half-century of 37 deliveries.
WICKET!!! Curran breaks the partnership. Axar Patel and Shreyas Iyer n collision course, but Iyer picks it up, but crosses the boundary, tosses it up, comes back in and picks it up again to remove Robin Uthappa. Big wicket for Delhi as Uthappa's stellar innings of 63 off 44 comes to an end. CSK: 113/2 in 13.3 overs.
Tom Curran back into the attack. A single to begin
Ashwin concedes 12 runs. CSK: 111/1 in 13 overs
FOUR!! Back-to-back boundaries from Uthappa as he comes down to send the second one over long on for four
FOUR!! Uthappa reverse-sweeps this one over short third man
