CSK vs DC, IPL 2025: Delhi bring Chennai to screeching halt, win by 25 runs - Action in Images
Published on Apr 05, 2025 08:41 PM IST
- KL Rahul scored 77 off 51 balls after being promoted to the top of the order after which MS Dhoni and Vijay Shankar took it deep but couldn't take off.
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CSK finished with half their side intact and yet lost to Delhi Capitals by 25 runs. MS Dhoni and Vijay Shankar finished with an unbeaten stand of 84 off 57 balls, with much of the little accelaration the two batters found coming after the target was well out of reach. (REUTERS)
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KL Rahul was promoted to the top of the order to replace the injured Faf du Plessis. (PTI)
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Rahul answered the call by scoring his first half-century as a DC player. He nearly played through the innings, being dismissed in the last over for 77 in 51 balls. Rahul put up half-century stands with Abhishek Porel and Sameer Rizvi, all of which took DC to a score of 183/6. (REUTERS)
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CSK's wobbly batting lineup was put in jeopardy early on with with Mukesh Kumar dismissing Rachin Ravindra in the second over and Mitchell Starc sending back captain Ruturaj Gaikwad in the third. (PTI)
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Vipraj Nigam and Kuldeep then delivered further blows and CSK were already sinking by the time Shivam Dube fell in the 10th over. (AP)
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This meant that MS Dhoni had to walk out to bat in the 11th over on a day when his parents' presence at the ground led to intense speculation over whether he will retire. (PTI)
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Vijay Shankar was given as many as three chances at the other end, being dropped twice and surviving an LBW appeal off just the second ball of his innings against Starc. DC would've overturned that call from the umpire had they reviewed it but they chose not to. (PTI)
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At the same time, though, DC made up for those errors by being nearly flawless. This meant that there practically no boundaries at all for 28 balls between the 10th and 14th overs. Shankar finished unbeaten on 69 off 54 balls and never celebrated his half-century, with CSK having already lost the game by then. (AFP)
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Dhoni, meanwhile, finished unbeaten on 30 off 26 balls. (REUTERS)
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