DC vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2021 Qualifier 1: Dhoni's cameo takes Chennai to final as CSK beat Delhi by 4 wickets in Dubai

IPL 2021 Highlights, DC vs CSK, Qualifier 1: Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Capitals by 4 wickets in the IPL Match today to reach the Indian Premier League 2021 final. MS Dhoni finished the game off with an unbeaten six-ball 18.

IPL 2021 Highlights, Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings, Qualifier 1 - Indian Premier League Playoffs Match Today. (BCCI/IPL)

IPL 2021 Highlights, DC vs CSK, Qualifier 1: In response, Anrich Nortje drew first blood by removing Faf du Plessis in the first over. But Robin Uthappa and Ruturaj Gaikwad were unfazed as their barrage took CSK to 64/1 after 7 overs. In the first innings, Delhi Capitals, by the end of the Powerplay, reached 51-2, courtesy of a flurry of boundaries unleashed by Prithvi Shaw. He eventually smashed 63 and stitched a 110-run stand with Gaikwad for the second wicket to set CSK on track. CSK lost three wickets in 2 overs but Gaikwad continued the onslaught before he was dismissed for 70. Moeen Ali (16 off 12) and MS Dhoni (18* off 6) played handy cameos as CSK won with 4 wickets and 2 balls to spare. For CSK, Josh Hazlewood bagged the wickets of Shikhar Dhawan (7) and Shreyas Iyer (1). Eventually, Shaw raced to a blistering 50 before being dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja on 60 off 34 balls. At the other end, Moeen Ali got the wicket of Axar Patel on 10. The Delhi Capitals got to 128/4 after 17 overs, courtesy of a 49-run stand between Shimron Hetmyer and skipper Rishabh Pant. At the end, the two put on 83 runs for the fifth wicket before Hetmyer was dismissed by DJ Bravo on 37. Pant got to his fifty on the final of the innings to take DC to 172/5 in 20 overs.

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• 10 Oct 2021, 11:34:52 PM IST

  That's all, thank you so much

  That's all the action we have for you today. Thank you so much for joining us. Delhi aren't done yet as they will take on the winner of RCBvsKKR for a place in the final. Meanwhile, CSK players have 4 days to recuperate, rest and prepare. We will be back tomorrow with the live coverage of the Eliminator. Until then, it's goodnight. CIAO!

• 10 Oct 2021, 11:25:01 PM IST

  DC vs CSK Live Score: Dhoni turns back the clock

  Dhoni scored 6 off 18 balls, at a strike-rate of 300 and he really turned back the clock. Vintage Dhoni turned up at the right time. What a chase that was!

• 10 Oct 2021, 11:19:04 PM IST

  CSK ARE IN IPL 2021 FINAL! "THALA" DOES IT IN STYLE

  MS Dhoni, the master, has gotten one over the student.

  Last ball is pulled through square leg for 4.

  CSK win by 4 wickets and 2 balls to spare.

• 10 Oct 2021, 11:12:38 PM IST

  DC vs CSK Live Match: 20th over

  Tom Curran to bowl the final over.

  19.1 --- OUT! Slower ball, Moeen Ali whacks the ball straight down the deep square leg's throat. Rabada pouches the ball comfortably. He's gone for 16.

  Jadeja walks in next. CSK need 13 from 5. 

  Tom Curran on a hat-trick

  19.2 — DHONI HITS FOUR ON HAT-TRICK BACK. I am having goosebumps. Is this really the DHoni of old. Slower ball outside off. It was wide and Dhoni absolutely slaps the ball over cover for 4.

  9 from 4 needed

  19.3 — FOUR! INSIDE EDGE AND 4. DOESN'T MATTER HOW THEY COME. Dhoni is finishing it off here. The Stadium is going berserk

  19.4--- WIDE

  4 needed from 3

  FOUR! DHONI FINISHES IT OFF IN STYLE. HE HAS DONE IT. 

  18 OFF 6 BALLS. CHENNAI WIN BY 4 WICKETS

• 10 Oct 2021, 11:09:03 PM IST

  IPL 2021 Live Cricket Score: CSK need 13 from last over

  FOUR! A low wide full toss from Avesh, who misses his yorker once again, and Ali carves the ball over sweeper cover for 4.

  SIX! DHONI TURNING BACK THE CLOCK! Short from Avesh and Dhoni clobbers the ball into the stand over deep mid-wicket for 6.

  CSK are 160/5 in 19 overs.

   

• 10 Oct 2021, 11:07:17 PM IST

  OUT! RUTURAJ FALLS AND DC PEG BACK

  OUT! What a catch from Axar to get rid off Gaikwad on 70. Avesh Khan strikes. A low full toss from Avesh. Ruturaj slams the ball towards cow corner. Axar does well to charge forward and take a brilliant diving catch

  CSK are 149/5 after 18.1 overs

  MS Dhoni walks out next, ahead of Ravindra Jadeja.

• 10 Oct 2021, 11:01:13 PM IST

  IPL 2021 Live Score: Nortje to bowl out

  FOUR! Into the slot from Nortje. Gaikwad rocks back and thumps the ball past mid-off for 4.

  FOUR! That is a shot and a half. 600 runs for Ruturaj Gaikwad this season. How good has this youngster been. Steps out, makes room, converts the ball into a full toss and he carves the ball behind point for 4.

  CSK ARE 149/4 in 18 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 10:58:22 PM IST

  FOUR! MUCH NEEDED. CSK NEED 35 FROM LAST 3

  FOUR! Much needed. A full toss from Avesh on Ruturaj's pads. He flicks the ball along the ground through deep mid-wicket.

  9 off the over. CSK are 138/4

• 10 Oct 2021, 10:53:45 PM IST

  Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings IPL 2021 Live: Chennai need 44

  FOUR! Moeen pulls Nortje through deep mid-wicket for 4.

  CSK are 129/4 in 16 overs

• 10 Oct 2021, 10:48:00 PM IST

  AND NOW, RAYUDU IS RUN OUT. WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?

  OUT! Run out. CSK are losing wickets in a pack here. Iyer and Rabada combine to run Rayudu out. Gaikwad calls for two after mistiming a shot to deep mid-wicket. Rayudu is slow on the turn and return and Iyer's throw is on the bounce for Rabada. And he does well to dislodge the bails.

  
  

  CSK are 119/4 after 14.4 overs

  
  

  Moeen Ali walks out to bat at no.6

• 10 Oct 2021, 10:39:26 PM IST

  IPL 2021 DC vs CSK Live: IYER HOLDS ON, UTHAPPA PERISHES

  OUT! IS THAT OUT? Has Iyer just pulled off a brilliant relay catch to get rid of Robin. Yes, he has. Uthappa is gone for 64.

  CSK are 113/2 after 13.3 overs. And this partnership is finally broken.

  Shardul Thakur is the new man in

  OUT! Tom Curran has two in the over and so does Shreyas Iyer. Back of the hand delivery from TC. Shardul looks to clear the boundary over the bowler's head but ends up skying it to Iyer at long on. A golden duck for him.

  CSK are 117/3 after 14 overs

  Ambati Rayudu is the new man in.

• 10 Oct 2021, 10:29:58 PM IST

  100-run stand. Are they going to take CSK to the final?

  FOUR! Effortless. In short, typical Uthappa! THAT'S THE 100-RUN STAND BETWEEN THE TWO. What a stand it has been. He reverse sweeps Ashwin for 4.

  FOUR! That was as clean as a whistle! Dances down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and creams the ball over the bowler's head for 4.  Excellent batting.

  CSK are 111-1 after 13 overs

• 10 Oct 2021, 10:28:30 PM IST

  DC vs CSK Live Score: 12 overs gone, 74 needed from 48 balls

  This stand between Uthappa and Gaikwad now reads 96.

  CSK are 99/1

• 10 Oct 2021, 10:25:00 PM IST

  UTHAPPA DOWN, RECEIVING TREATMENT

  TREATMENT FOR UTHAPPA! Uthappa and Gaikwad ran three and Uthappa may have done something to his hamstring. He is receiving treatment.

  UPDATE: He is back up and we are back underway

• 10 Oct 2021, 10:20:23 PM IST

  DC vs CSK Live Match: CSK need 79 from 54 balls

  SIX! Now Ruturaj Gaikwad is getting into the act. He muscles the ball just over the leaping and outstretched hands of KG Rabada at long on 6.

  
  

  FOUR! He is taking the attack to DC's most economical bowler, Axar Patel and that is going to dent DC. In the slot and straight, Ruturaj times it sweetly over the bowler's head for 4.

  
  

  CSK are 94/1 after 11 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 10:17:27 PM IST

   FIFTY FOR UTHAPPA. 10 OVERS DONE

  FIFTY! He gets to a 35-ball 50, does Uthappa. And he has played so so well.

  CSK are 81/1 after 10 overs, need 92 from 60 balls.

• 10 Oct 2021, 10:11:33 PM IST

  IPL 2021 50th Match DC vs CSK: R Ashwin begins well

  R Ashwin concedes just 7 from the over as DC continue to apply the breaks on CSK. They are 75/1 after 9 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 10:04:14 PM IST

  Tom Curran is introduced into the attack

  Tom Curran, who is playing his first game of the UAE leg, is introduced into the attack.

  4 off it. A good start from TC. CSK are 68/1 after 8 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 10:03:34 PM IST

  Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings IPL 2021 Live: Axar keeps it tidy

  A quiet over from Axar. Just 5 off it. CSK are 64/1 after 7 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 09:55:46 PM IST

  ROBIN UTHAPPA LOOKING VERY GOOD TODAY

  SIX! I am telling you. Uthappa is smooth a batsman as any when on song. My God! This is a gorgeous pick-up shot. Avesh Khan goes straight and Uthappa, on the front foot, tonks the ball into the stands over cow corner.

  FOUR! Slower ball from Avesh but full and straight. Uthappa stays back and he whips the ball through deep mid-wicket for 4. 

  FOUR! THIS IS THE UTHAPPA LOFTED ON DRIVE and now we know this man in comfortable. Good length delivery from Avesh, Uthappa, on the up, times the ball over long on for 6.

  FOUR! Into the slot, this time, Uthappa goes over mid off.

  20 off. 50-RUN STAND BETWEEN THESE TWO. 

  CSK ARE 59/1 AFTER 6 OVERS

   

• 10 Oct 2021, 09:52:39 PM IST

  IPL 2021 Playoffs Live Score: Axar introduced into the attack

  FOUR! Till this ball, he had only conceded 1 off 4 balls. On the 5th ball, Gaikwad backs up and makes room. He then goes inside out over cover for 4. 

  CSK are 39/1 after 5 overs. Just 5 off it eventually. 

• 10 Oct 2021, 09:47:44 PM IST

  Gaikwad welcomes Rabada with 6

  SIX! Welcome to the IPL 2021 Playoffs, says Gaikwad to Kagiso Rabada. he comes down the track first ball to Rabada and tonks the ball over the bowler's head for 6. SHOT!

  FOUR! Robin Uthappa, as stylish and classy as ever, flicks the ball off his feet behind square for 4. 

  CSK are 34/1 after 4 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 09:43:32 PM IST

  IPL 2021 Live Cricket Score: Nortje back for his 2nd

  Nortje is breathing fire, as he has in the powerplays throughout the season. 

  4 off his 2nd. CSK are 20/1 in 3 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 09:37:24 PM IST

  DC vs CSK Live Score: Avesh Khan is sharing the new ball

  Avesh Khan, DC's highest wicket-taker currently, is sharing the new ball.

  FOUR! Well…well..well... Uthappa has come out with a clear mindset. That is to find boundaries in the powerplay with effortless-looking shots. Short and wide from Avesh and there was a slip in place. Uthappa guides the ball past the slip fielder for 4

  CSK are 16/1 after 2 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 09:34:05 PM IST

  YOU MISS, I HIT! BYE BYE

  OUT! CLEAN BOWLED! Nortje strikes. A 148 kmph delivery fired into the stumps. Du Plessis plays across the line and misses it completely.

  CSK are 3/1 after 0.4 over. He's gone for 1. 

  Robin Uthappa is the new man in.

  FOUR! What a sublime piece of timing to get off the mark. Just leans into the cover drive and effortlessly times it for 4 does Robin

  CSK are 8/1 after 1 over.

• 10 Oct 2021, 09:27:07 PM IST

  IPL 2021 DC vs CSK Live: CHASE BEGINS

  WELCOME BACK! Openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf Du Plessis begin CSK's chase.

  Anrich Nortje is opening the DC attack.

  They need 173 from 120 balls to book a place in the final.

  CAN THEY?

  LET'S FIND OUT

• 10 Oct 2021, 09:18:45 PM IST

  CHENNAI SUPER KINGS NEED 173 FROM 120 BALLS

  Top performers with the ball:

  Josh Hazlewood- 2/29 in 4 overs

  Moeen Ali- 1/27 in 4 overs

• 10 Oct 2021, 09:15:38 PM IST

  IPL 2021 Live Cricket Score: DELHI POST 172/5 IN 20 OVERS

  An unbeaten 35-ball 51 from Pant and a 34-ball 60 from Shaw take Delhi to 172/5 in 20 overs.

  Let's not forget the 83-run stand between Pant and Hetmyer and a 37 from the latter

• 10 Oct 2021, 09:10:06 PM IST

  IPL 2021: Shardul Thakur to bowl the 20th over

  PANT (43*) And Tom Curran (0*) in the middle. 

  Shardul Thakur to bowl

  19.1 — DOT

  19.2 — DOT

  19.3 — DOT

  19.4 — FOUR! Inside edge, past the keeper and four! 

  19.5 – 2 RUNS! Pant moves to 49 with the brace

  19.6 – 2 RUNS! FIFTY! Skipper Pant will remain unbeaten on 51

• 10 Oct 2021, 09:06:27 PM IST

  Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings IPL 2021 Live: IT'S ALL HAPPENING

  SIX! How does one describe that shot. Pant makes room and Bravo follows him. But it's the slot and Pant manages to scoop the ball hard enough over long on. 

  FLYING BAT AND ALMOST OUT! It's all happening! The bat flies off Pant's hands completely and falls near sqaure leg. The ball flies to sweeper cover where Chahar puts in a great dive but the fall is just short of him.

  OUT! THIS TIME! The ball is caught. Short from Bravo. Hetmyer doesn't get a whole lot of bat on the pull shot. And he is caught by Ravindra Jadeja

  WHAT AN INNINGS FROM HIM. He's gone for 37.

  DC are 163/5 in 18.4 overs

• 10 Oct 2021, 08:58:33 PM IST

  HETMYER MOVES INTO THE 30s

  FOUR! Full and straight from Hazlewood. Hetmyer stays back, clears his front leg and smashes the ball just over the bowler's head for 4. 

  FOUR! This time, Pant smokes the ball off the back foot through deep mid-wicket for 4. Short of length and angling away from off stump. Pant does well to stay put and take Delhi past 150.

  DC are 153-4 in 18 overs

• 10 Oct 2021, 08:54:30 PM IST

  IPL 2021 DC vs CSK Live: FIFTY-RUN STAND

  FOUR! 50-RUN PARTNERSHIP! A Slower bouncer from Bravo. Hetmyer reads it early, stays rooted on the backfoot and smacks it through deep mid-wicket for 4. The sound off the bat was music to ears.

  FOUR! Edged, just wide of Dhoni and four. Wide of off stump and Pant throws the kitchen sink while trying to slog it over leg side. The ball flies off the outside edge for 4

  DC are 141/4 after 17 overs. 

• 10 Oct 2021, 08:46:49 PM IST

  ONE HANDED SIX FROM PANT! 

  SIX! THAT'S A ONE-HANDED SIX AND IT'S A HUGE ONE! An off-cutter from Thakur goes wrong and he delivers a full-toss. Pant tees up but the ball begins to die on him. Hence, Pant's top hand comes off the handle but he had put in enough bottom hand to hit it into the stands over cow corner. 

  DC are 128/4 after 16 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 08:39:15 PM IST

  IPL 2021 Live Cricket Score: And we now have DJ Bravo being introduced

  Now then! DJ Bravo is introduced into the attack

  FOUR! THAT IS SMART CRICKET. VERY GOOD AWARENESS! Full and wide from DJ Bravo. Hetmyer gets his bat down on time, opens the face of the bat and guides the ball past third man for 4.

  DC ARE 114/4 after 15 overs.

   

• 10 Oct 2021, 08:38:03 PM IST

  Moeen Ali to Hetmyer- SIX

  SIX! A welcome boundary for DC. Hetmyer gets down on one knee and slog sweeps the ball over deep mid-wicket for 6. 

  DC are 107/4 after 14 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 08:29:26 PM IST

  DC vs CSK: And Chahar is back for his second spell

  After taking a beating in 2nd over, Chahar is back for his second spell. 

  This is the phase where DC must keep ticking the scoreboard. Pant and Hetmyer can take an over or two to get their eye in while making sure that runs keep coming every ball.

  DC are 96/4 after 13 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 08:27:17 PM IST

  Another tidy over from Moeen Ali. 

  7 off it. 

  DC are 90-4 after 12 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 08:23:25 PM IST

  IPL 2021 Live Score: JADEJA GETS SHAW, HUGE WICKET

  GONE! That's the wicket they wanted. Fullish but around off stump from Jadeja. Shaws clears his front leg and leans into the inside-out lofted drive. Faf runs well to run to the left from long off and take a great catch near the ropes. 

  DC are 83-4 after 11 overs.

  Shimron Hetmyer is the new man in

• 10 Oct 2021, 08:19:26 PM IST

  HALFWAY STAGE

  DC are 79/3 after 10.

  Shaw has scored 60 off them

• 10 Oct 2021, 08:17:06 PM IST

  IPL 2021 QUALIFIER 1 LIVE SCORE: MOEEN GETS AXAR

  OUT! The experiment did not work today as Axar holes out to substitute fielder Mitchell Santner at long on. 

  DC are 77/3 after 9.4 overs.

  Rishabh Pant now walks out to bat

   

• 10 Oct 2021, 08:11:00 PM IST

  IPL 2021 50th Match DC vs CSK: FIFTY FOR SHAW

  FOUR! FIFTY! A late cute past backward point off the backfoot from Shaw and gets to his first fifty of the UAE leg. 

  FOUR! Tossed up from Jadeja and it was dead straight. Shaw sweeps the ball in front of square for 4.

  DC are 74/2 after 9 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 08:08:54 PM IST

  A tidy start from Moeen Ali

  A tidy first over from MO. Concedes just 4 from it.

  DC are 54/2 after 8 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 08:05:22 PM IST

  Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings IPL 2021 Live: Jadeja Introduced

  FOUR! Fulland wide from Jadeja. Axar slashes the ball over deep point DJ Bravo covered the ground but he didn't get down on time. 

  DC are 60/2 after 7 overs, 9 off it

• 10 Oct 2021, 07:59:41 PM IST

  OUT! HAZLEWOOD SENDS SHREYAS IYER PACKING

  OUT! TOP-EDGED AND GONE! COming to the wicket, Iyer looked to flick Hazlewood off his pads. But he was early into the shot and as a result, the ball went up high in the air off the top edge and Ruturaj Gaikwad did well to hold onto the catch at the edge of the circle.

  DC are 50/2 after 5.3 overs.

  Axar Patel is the new man in. Interesting choice.

• 10 Oct 2021, 07:52:01 PM IST

  IPL 2021 Live Cricket Score: Shardul Thakur replaces Deepak Chahar

  “Lord” Shardul Thakur is introduced into the attack. First up is Shaw, who is batting on 29 off 13.

  SIX! Make than 35 off 14. A rank half volley from Thakur. Shaw stays put and tonks the ball over deep mid-wicket for 6. What a way to welcome Thakur.

  SIX! 50 up and how Shaw goes downtown to a full delivery from Thakur. Present the full face of the bat and thumps the ball into the sight screen for six.

  DROPPED! A slower bouncer from Thakur. Shaw tries to cut it over the keeper but only edges it wide of Dhoni. He dives to his right but fails to hang on. 

  DC are 50/1 after 5 overs

• 10 Oct 2021, 07:49:21 PM IST

    FOUR AND GONE! Hazlewood removes Dhawan

  FOUR! Dhawan makes room, dances down the track and lofts the ball back past the bowler for 4.

  OUT! Hazlewood gets his revenge. Draws Dhawan into a drive and the batter nicks the ball to the keeper.

  DC are 36/1 after 3.1 overs.

  Shreyas Iyer is the new man in. 

• 10 Oct 2021, 07:45:56 PM IST

  IPL 2021 QUALIFIER 1: Chahar to Shaw- 4,4,4,4

  FOUR! Inside edge and four! The ball was the back of a length and wasn't there to pull but Shaw goes for a short-arm jab. The ball grazes the inside edge and runs past the short fine leg fielder for 4.

  FOUR! MUCH BETTER FROM SHAW! Chahar goes short and wide despite setting a leg side field. Shaw rocks onto the backfoot and cuts the ball through cover point for 4

  FOUR! Flicked off his thigh pads past the short fine leg fielder and four. This time, Shaw hits the ball wide of that fielder on the other side. 

  FOUR! What an over for DC. 4 BOUNDARIES IN THE OVER. SHort and wide and Shaw slaps it, absolutely slaps it through backward point for 4. This will make Shaw feel a lot better.

  DC are 32/0 after 3 overs.

• 10 Oct 2021, 07:38:42 PM IST

  DC vs CSK Live Score: Hazlewood sharing the new ball

  Another pull shot from Prithvi, second in as many over, but he finds the fielder again. This frustration could up pent up and lead to Shaw throwing away his wicket.

  FOUR! And he almost did. Hazlewood goes short. The ball skids onto Prithvi, who goes for the pull. The ball flies off the edge and over the keeper for 4. 

  SIX! What a way to finish the over. Another unconvincing boundary but Shaw will take it. Another short one but straying down leg. Shaw swivels and goes for the pull but once again, the ball flies off the top edge. This time, over fine leg for six

  DC are 15/0 after 2 overs. 12 off it

• 10 Oct 2021, 07:37:16 PM IST

  A quiet first over from Chahar

  Just three from the first over. 

  DC are 3/0 

• 10 Oct 2021, 07:30:19 PM IST

  IPL 2021 LIVE SCORE: LET'S PLAY

  Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw are opening for Delhi.

  Deepak Chahato open Chennai's attack.