DC vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2021: Axar, Hetymer star in Delhi's 3-wicket win against Chennai; DC reclaim top spot in table

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With this win, Delhi have not only assured themselves of a top 4 finish but have also reclaimed the top spot in the points table by becoming the first team to get 20 points. They have just one league game remaining.

CSK are now second with 18 points in 13 games. 

DELHI CAPITALS WIN BY 3 WICKETS WITH 2 BALLS TO SPARE

19.1 — 2 RUNS  to deep extra cover

19.1 — WIDE AND ONE RUN. Slower ball gone wrong and it slips off his hand,

Even the best in the business, DJ Bravo, is feeling the pressure

19.2 — DOT BALL. Not yet, DC fans! Not yet

19.3 — OUT! Axar Patel departs. Is there a twist? Surely not? Again at short cover. Full and wide from the bowler, Axar slaps it but straight to Moeen Ali.

Rabada is the new man in!

19.4 — FOUR AND THAT'S THE GAME! DC WIN! Rabada clips the ball off his pads through fine leg for 4!

Hetmyer will remain on strike and this means that DC need 6 off 6. Let's go!

18.1 — DOT BALL

18.2 — 1 run to deep backward square leg

18.3 — DOT

18.4 — SIX! HETMYER SWINGS WITH BIG AND HE SENDS IT BIG! Pick up shot and a six over deep square leg

18.5 — 2 runs over long on

18.6 — 1 run

It's slowly getting out of DC's hand. DJ Bravo is now introduced

FOUR! Right over the bowler's head and oh, boy! Did DC need that desperately? Wide and outside off. Rank half volley. Shimron walks across and he thumps the ball past Bravo for 4!

DROPPED AND FOUR! Into the slot and Hetmyer goes over long on. He fails to clear the man and substitute fielder K Gowathm is well inside the boundary. But he goes for the reverse cup style and he misses it. Is that the match dropped as well?

12 off the over. DC are 121/6, need 16 off 12 balls

33 needed off 24. Hetmyer (5*) and Axar (1*) in the middle

HOW'S THAT? OUT! DHAWAN REVIEWS! Dhawan seems to have gloved Thakur's short ball, while attempting a pull shot, to MS Dhoni. Umpire Nitin Menon gives it out. Dhawan reviews.

Ultra Edge shows flat line as the ball passed the bat and the gloves.

NOT OUT! WHAT A REVIEW! WHAT A MOMENT FOR DHAWAN AND DC!

OUT! THIS TIME HE'S GONE! WHAT A CATCH FROM MOEEN AT SHORT COVER!

THIS TIME, HE'S GONE! Full and wide outside off.  Dhawan throws the kitchen sink in the cover drive but Moeen does well to time his jump.

He's gone for 39 off 35. DC 99/6 after 15 overs, need 38 to win from 30 balls. 

OUT! BOWLED HIM! Shardul Thakur cleans up R Ashwin for 2.

DC are 98-5 after 14.1 overs, need 39 off 35 balls.

THREE! Width on offer again from Jadeja and it's also flat and quick. Ripal late cuts him but Ruturaj does well to cut it off. But batsmen run three.

OUT! In the air and caught. He looks to clear long on but his wild hoick goes as far as Deepak Chahar at long on. 

He's gone for 18 off 20. 

DC are 93-4 after 12.5 overs.

R Ashwin walks in ahead of Hetmyer and Axar

 A good over from Shardul conceding just 4 off it. 

CSK are 88/3 after 12 overs.

FOUR! Three fielders converging and yet, the ball raced for four. Jadeja bowls it flat and straight, Ripal half-pulls it through deep mid-wicket for 4!

FOUR! Just outside off, Ripal stays on the backfoot and late cuts it four. Nice hands!

DC are 84/3 after 11 overs, need 53 off 54 balls.

Debutant Ripal Patel is the new batsman in. 

DC ARE 75/3 AFTER 10 overs, need 62 off 60 balls. 

IS PANT STUMPED? He goes down the track and Jadeja bowls a wide. Dhoni gets across on time to attempt the stumping but Pant was back on time. 

FOUR! Down on one knee and muscles the ball over long on for 4!

OUT! Rishabh Pant's stay at the crease is a short one as he is caught by Moeen Ali off Jadeja. Goes for a slog sweep, top edges the ball and holes out to Moeen Ali at backward point.

DC are 71/3 after 8.5 overs.

SIX! Dances down the track, gets close to the pitch of the ball and hoicks it over cow corner for six. He doesn't meet it all that well but still hits it 90m

DC are 63/2 after 8 overs.

5 OFF Jadeja's over. DC are 55/2 after 7 overs.

OUT! The length has outdone him. The hard length angling into the batsman. Iyer was rushed into his shot. The ball balloons to Ruturaj Gaikwad off the leading edge at cover.

DC are 51-2 after 6 overs. POWERPLAY IS DONE AND DUSTED

SIX! “HAVE SOME THAT, DEEPAK”. That is a statement more than anything. He dances down the track and tonks the ball over long on during the move.

FOUR! Full and straying onto Dhawan's pads. It was A knuckle ball but Dhawan does well to flick the ball past deep square leg for four. 

FOUR! He's just playing the field now. Rocks on the backfoot, and late-cuts the ball past short third man for four.

SIX! HE CONTINUES TO LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON CHAHAR! Coming around the wicket, another knuckle ball. Once again, Dhawan makes room and he smacks the ball over long off for six!

DOT BALL! It's true!

1 run. DC ARE 48/1 AFTER 5 OVERS.

FOUR! Length ball from Chahar and it was a slower delivery. He lifts the ball over mid-on's head for four. His bottom hand came off the bat's handle, suggesting he wasn't in complete control but he had put enough power in it to take it all the way.

OUT! This time, he's gone. For the 6th time, Chahar gets Shaw. His stay was quite streaky so one can say it was coming. Short outside off. Shaw looks to go over the top over cover but he ends up holing out to the fielder.

He's gone for 18. DC are 24/1 after 2.3 overs.

Shreyas Iyer is the new man in

FOUR! Pitch on length around off. Shaw stays back and punches the ball back past the bowler for 4. It was uppishly hit in the air

FOUR! He's made his intent clear. What a pick-up shot. Hard length, just short of good length, from Hazlewood. Shaw camps on the backfoot and pulls it effortlessly over deep mid-wicket for four!

DC ARE 19/2 after 2 overs

FOUR! Dhawan gets off the mark with a boundary past mid off.

DC are 8/0 after 1 over.

DC Openers Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan have walked out to open.

Deepak Chahar to open CSK's attack.

LET'S PLAY!

CSK:

Rayudu 55* off 43 balls

MS Dhoni 18 off 27 balls

DC: 

- Axar Patel: 4-0-18-2 | - R Aswhin: 4-0-20-1 | Kagiso Rabada -4-0-21-0 |Avesh Khan: 4-0-35-1 | Anrich Nortje: 4-0-37-1

What an exceptional final over. Just 4 off it. CSK finish at 136/5 after 20 overs.