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Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the last-over thriller at Duℱbai 🌸International Cricket Stadium on Monday. The win also powered DC to top of the point🌱s table.
The contest went down to the wire, where DC claimed victory with two balls to spare and three wickets in hand. Shimron Hetmyer played a match-w𓆉inning unbeaten 28 run knock off 18 d🦩eliveries to guide his side to a memorable win.
Shikhar Dhawan also played a crucial inning of 39 runs fr✱om 35 balls and stayed in the middle till the 15th over.
Earlier, the Super Kings posted 136/5 on the board in their allotted 20 overs. Ambati Rayudu was the top-scorer for the three-time winners.
Rayudu clubbed 55 runs off 43 balls to guide his side to a respectable total. He along with captain MS Dhoni added a cru🌃cial pa🅷rtnership of 70 runs for the fifth wicket.
Axar Patel was the most successful bowler for the Capitals, picking up two wickets for just 18 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin also bowled well a🎀nd bagged one scalp while conceding 20 runs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
With a win over in Match 50 of the , registered𒐪 their♐ 1⃣0⃣th win of the season & moved to the top of the Points Table 🔽
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Maybe this was just the dress rehearsal of the final. What a match ! A young Delhi is the only realistic challenger🙈 of an experienced Chennai.
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
A terrific victory for to get to the top! Their momentum now is unmatched and theꦅy are the clear favorites, csk fans can say catches win matches but 136 was never going to be enough on this wicket for , but a grt fight back by the men in yellow!
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth)
Baapu back to back man of the match awards. Waah bhai𓃲. Lage raho.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Captains winning an IPL match on their birthday:-
Sachin Tendulkar (MI) in 2011
Rishabh Pant (DC) today— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
(Not at the ground before people say! 🤣)
— Sam Billings (@sambillings)
💙 100th Win for DC In T20 Cricket, in 's 50th Game 💙
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals)
Lack of control from Bravo today. An☂yways, a tough loss. Blaming Gowtham make🥃s no sense when our innings is stuck in my mind.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
Delhi Capitals has beaten Chennai Super Kings in the last 4 match꧋es in IPL.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
