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

Out come the two umpires followed by CSK emerging from the fireworks.

And then, to the welcome of another set of fireworks, out walk the DC openers 

-CSK have chased in five matches this season and have won all five.

-Each of the last seven games in Dubai have been won by the chasing side.

• 83: runs MS Dhoni needs to complete 7000 T20 runs

• 3: wickets Ravindra Jadeja needs to complete 100 IPL wickets for CSK.

• 19: runs Dwayne Bravo needs to complete 1000 IPL runs for CSK

• 3: sixes Dwayne Bravo needs to complete 50 IPL sixes for CSK.

• 150: Dwayne Bravo will be playing his 150th IPL match, if he takes the field vs DC.

• 2: more wickets Dwayne Bravo will be 2nd highest wicket taker in IPL surpassing Amit Mishra.

• 5: Axar Patel needs to complete 100 IPL wickets.

• 7: sixes Faf Du Plessis needs to complete 100 IPL sixes.

• 2: sixes Shikhar Dhawan needs to complete 200 T20 sixes

• 8: wickets Axar Patel needs to complete 150 T20 wickets.

• 85: runs Ambati Rayudu needs to complete 4000 runs in IPL.

• 7: wickets Ashwin needs to complete 150 wickets in IPL.

In the last 5 meetings, DC have won four times.

DC won by 3 wickets (IPL 2021, Match 50)

DC won by 7 wickets (IPL 2021, Match 2)

DC won by 5 wickets (IPL 2020, Match 34)

DC won by 44 runs (IPL 2020, Match 7)

CSK won by 6 wickets (IPL 2019, Qualifier 2)

Chennai Super Kings: Unchanged

Delhi Capitals: Tom Curran comes in for Ripal Patel

"We are fine with the toss, but we'd have bowled first. Slightly nervous, but it's part and parcel of the game. One change for us - Ripal Patel goes out, Tom Curran comes in. When you win games, the confidence level is high, but we'll not take the match lightly."

"We will bowl. Whatever games we have played so far, the guys felt there was a bit of help for the seamers initially, it's a tough wicket, but it could get better later on. We try to keep it simple, irrespective of any game. We analyse our shortcomings and it has helped us. We're playing the same eleven."

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood

Delhi Capitals: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Shreyas Iyer, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Tom Curran, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje

MS Dhoni of Chennai Super Kings wins toss, opts to bowl in Dubai

IN about 4 minutes, we will have the coin toss. WIN Toss and opt to bowl?

“Four captains have decided to bat first and only one of them was successful. The other seven have decided to chase off which five have been successful. Chasing seems to be the way here”

• By the end of the group stages, CSK batsmen have scored 2252 runs has which is the most among all the teams.

• Out of these 47.91% runs have been scored by CSK’s openers (1079/2252).

• ALSO, CSK have smashed 100 sixes and have the best balls/boundary rate.

“Really looking forward to the game, it's nice to be involved in another playoff. We've played some good cricket and looking forward to the opportunity, it's a big moment and hopefully we'll get through. The main thing is to stay calm, remember what you wanted to do and just remember the basics. We just can't get carried away with the moment, try and play our best cricket. It would be nice (to get some time off if they win tonight), it was back-breaking to play three matches on the bounce. Maybe one training session before we go into the finals day, that would be ideal. You have to try and use the conditions as much as possible, it's been some changes needed as compared to the last season - I have tried to be as tight as possible, try and hit the stumps as much as possible. I have to see, don't want to think about it, but he (Faf du Plessis) has been playing very well, so I don't know how it will go.”

[DC | CSK]

Top scorers: Shikhar Dhawan - Shikhar Dhawan - 426 Runs | MS Dhoni - 565 Runs

Highest score: 101* By Shikhar Dhawan On Oct 17, 2020 | 63* By MS Dhoni On May 12, 2011

Top wicket-takers: Amit Mishra - 9 Wickets | Dwayne Bravo - 16 Wickets

BBM: 3/26 By Kagiso Rabada On Sep 25, 2020 | 4/12 By Imran Tahir On May 01, 2019

"Today there is a shorter and longer boundary square. 62 one way, 74 the other. Haydos is here. What do you see? I see a better surface than the one Delhi Capitals went down on (against RCB). There is less grass, it is nice and dry. But the cracks haven't come into play because this is only the third time we are using this pitch. 160 is the score, but if the middle order gets going 170 is an option. Four captains have decided to bat first and only one of them was successful. The other seven have decided to chase off which five have been successful. Chasing seems to be the way here and that's because the pitch doesn't change much."

-Reckon Pommie Mbangwa and Matthew Hayden

Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Dwayne Bravo, Josh Hazlewood, Deepak Chahar

Our DC's Predicted XI vs CSK: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant (C, WK), Shreyas Iyer, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood, Suresh Raina, Imran Tahir, Jason Behrendorff, Krishnappa Gowtham, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Hari Nishanth, N Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Harishankar Reddy, Dominic Drakes, Bhagath Varma, Karn Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara

Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Shreyas Iyer, Shimron Hetmyer, Ripal Patel, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje, Vishnu Vinod, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lalit Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Ben Dwarshuis, Tom Curran, Lukman Meriwala, Marcus Stoinis, Sam Billings, Steven Smith, Umesh Yadav, Amit Mishra, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma

Best Bowling Figures:

5/32 By Arshdeep Singh (Punjab Kings) Against Rajasthan

Royals In 2021.

Highest Partnership:

181 By Shane Watson And Faf Du Plessis (Chennai Super

Kings) For 1st Wicket Against Punjab Kings In 2020.

Win Rate Batting First:

20% (2 Won; 8 Lost)

Highest Team Total:

219/2 By Sunrisers Hyderabad Against Delhi Capitals In 2020.

Lowest Team Total:

109/10 By Royal Challengers Bangalore Against Punjab Kings

In 2020.

Highest Individual Score:

132 By KL Rahul (Punjab Kings) Against Royal Challengers

Bangalore In 2020.

How many wickets and runs for the star all-rounder?

Anrich Nortje. Avesh Khan. Kagiso Rabada. 

CSK batsmen, watch out! 

vs: PBKS: Lost by 6 wickets

vs: DC: Lost by 3 wickets

vs RR: Lost by 7 wickets

vs SRH: Won by 6 wicekts

vs KKR: Won by 2 wickets

vs RCB: Lost by 7 wickets

vs CSK: Won by 3 wickets

vs MI: Won by 4 wickets

vs KKR: Lost by 3 wickets

vs RR: Won by 33 runs

Highest Total Chased- 188 On May 08, 2008

Lowest Total Defended- 150 On Apr 09, 2015