Chennai Super Kings (CSK) openers Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson struck half-centuries to guide their team to a six-wicket victory over the Delhi Capitals (DC) in the second qualifier of IPL 20💜19 at the Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vizag on Friday.
The young Delhi brigade were no match to Chennai who first tied down their opponent’s fiery batting unit before Du Plessis (39-ball 50) and Watson (32-ball 50) made the chase look easy. The Men in Yellow will now feature in their eighth IPL final where they will face their arch-rivals Mumbai Indians for the fourth title in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Earlier, CSK dished out a clinical bowling effort to restrict DC to 147 for nine in their third encounte🤪r of the season. Dwayne Bravo (2/19), Ravindra Jadeja (2/23), Deepak Chahar (2/28) and Harbhajan Singh (2/31) shared eight wickets between them to keep DC in check after opting to bowl.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Experience of easily rides over tonight .
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum)
are through to the finals. And yes, will meet for the fourth time this season. Dhoni’s investment in experience pays off…once again. Clinical.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Into the final again !!! Yes boys awesome work. Good l🌱uck on Sunday 🙌🏼🙏🏼
— Sam Billings (@sambillings)
Too little too late . Tough luck𝐆 but hel𝔍l of a season to build on . Keep the core together and rewards will come .
— Atul Wassan (@cricketguru)
“Been there done that”🧔 kinda 🦂performance from 👍👍
— RK (@RK_sports)
So basically tells his team-mates at , you play the earlier matches. When the time comes I will b🌃e there to win the big ones.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
CSK’s best performance this season: in all departments, for🉐 intensity and desire to win. The last fortnight had seen them stutter, sputter and lose quite a꧃ few matches. Just when it seemed players had run out of steam, to come up with this rousing performance is fantastic
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Excellent and clinical from tonight. That bowling group is awesome. Got to back experience most times in knockout matches. are a team on the up. We will have a 4 tim🌸e VivoIpl Champion in 2019. Can’t wait for Sunday.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
It will b🌱e Chenna🌜i Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians in IPL 2019 final.
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Very well played Delhi Capitals. Need more🌺 such strong shows t💃o make the tournament competitive. You were satisfying this year. ♥
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
CSK become the secon♒d team 🔯to win 100-plus IPL matches after Mumbai Indians.
This will be their 8thไ IPL final out of 1🔜0 seasons.
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman)
A final for the 4th time!
1. won by 22 runs at MumbaiDYP in 2010
2. won by 23 runs at Kolkata in 2013
3. won by 41 runs at Kolkata in 2015 in IPL final – 8th time in IPL final – 5th time
Both won title – 3 times!— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Chennai Super Kings reach their 8th IPL final (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2019)
MS Dhoni will be playing his 9th IPL final (was part of 2017 final for RPSG)
MI-CS🐼K to meet in 4th IPL final (CSK won in 2010,MI won in 2013 𓆉& 2015)— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
So decides to go around the wicket, Chennai – Vizag – Hyderabad instead of a direct route. Mumbaiiii we are coming at you !!!
— Prabhu (@Cricprabhu)
I think should be disappointed, they never adapted their game to slow decks despite playing so many games. But they have a lot of time to work and get better. Can't complain about the decks, you have to adapt. Plenty of promise really, build on this well.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
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