Chennai: Chennai Super Kings are on 15 points after their 27-run win against Delhi Capitals, just one point behind table-toppers Gujarat Titans. Chennai Super Kings captain M.S. It was a good thing for Dhoni that his key all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Moeen Ali stayed wicket for a long time in match number 55 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. Jadeja faced 16 balls and scored 21 runs, while Moeen Ali batted at number 3 and faced 12 balls and scored 12 runs. Important contributions from Shivam Dubey (25) and Ambati Rayudu (23) helped the team. reached up. Dhoni (20 off 9 balls) helped the score reach 167 for the loss of 8 wickets. Jadeja (1/19 in 4 overs) and Moin Ali (16 runs in 4 overs) did not allow Delhi Capitals to score runs in the middle overs. After this, Mathisha Pathirana (3-37) and Deepak Chahar (2-28) restricted Delhi Capitals to 140/8, which helped the hosts, ie CSK, win by 27 runs on Wednesday night.
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Jadeja was named player of the match for his all-round performance. Dhoni said that Jadeja and Ali stayed in the middle order for some time, which helped the team a lot. Dhoni said after the match on Wednesday, the good thing is that Moeen and Jaddu got down to bat. Everyone is hanging onto the ground for a while as we get closer to the final stage. We should be happy with our batting.
Dhoni said that the pitch taking more turns in the second half helped his spinners a lot. Dhoni said, in the second half the pitch started turning. Our spinners use the seam a lot more than some of the other bowlers. I wanted the bowlers to bowl their best but not look for wickets every ball. I think 166-170 was a good score. Chennai have two matches left in the preliminary round – first against Kolkata Knight Riders at MA Chidambaram Stadium and second against Delhi Capitals at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
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