IPL 2020: Chennai falter in their run chase as Delhi's unbeaten streak continues

Delhi registered ir second consecutive win in Dream11 IPL 2020 as y got better of Chennai at Dubai International Cricket Stium on Friday. By virtue of this win, Shreyas Iyer-led side are w at summit of points table.

Prithvi Shaw shines as Delhi post 175/3

After being put in to bat by Chennai skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, openers Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan ded 94 runs for opening wicket before Dhawan was trapped plumb in front of wicket. Shaw and skipper Shreyas Iyer n rebuilt for Delhi. young opener looked in great touch and at one point, it seemed that he would single-handedly take his team to a formidable total. However, that was t to be as he was outfoxed by veteran leggie Piyush Chawla for a stellar 64 (43).

Iyer and Pant n steied ship before an absolute screamer from his opposite number MS Dhoni behind stumps ended his stay in middle. A couple of crucial boundaries from Marcus Stoinis in final over helped Delhi post a competitive total of 175/3 in ir 20 overs.

Chennai falter in run-chase

Chennai batsmen failed to apply mselves as openers Shane Watson and Murali Vijay were dismissed before Powerplay overs. Spinners Amit Mishra and Axar Patel me things difficult for batsmen and even though Kedar Jhav and Faf du Plessis ded 54 runs for fourth-wicket stand, y failed to keep up with required run-rate as it kept on getting steeper and once Faf was dismissed, all Dhoni and Ravindra Jeja could do was delay inevitable as y looked to reduce ir deficit taking Net-Run-Rate (NRR) into consideration. Jeja was dismissed on final ball of match as three-time winners were restricted to 131/7 in ir 20 overs.

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