Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals, Indian Premier League 2020 Match 34: In Pics

Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won the toss and opted to bat first against Shreyas Iyer-led Delhi Capitals in Match 34 of the ongoing 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

 

CSK are occupying the sixth place with three wins from eight matches in the IPL 2020 table, while Delhi Capitals are standing at the second spot with six victories from eight matches.

 

In the previous encounter between the two sides, Delhi Capitals outclassed the MS Dhoni-led side by 44 runs at the Dubai International Stadium in September. While DC will look to clinch yet another win over CSK, Chennai will be keen to settle the scores.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Chennai Super Kings have made just one change in their Playing XI for their clash against the Delhi Capitals. Kedar Jadhav has replaced Piyush Chawla in the team. 

 

Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Sam Curran and Dwayne Bravo are the four overseas players in CSK's Playing XI for their second tie against the Shreyas Iyer-led side in the ongoing edition of the lucrative T20 tournament. (Image Courtesy: Twitter/@DelhiCapitals)

Delhi Capitals opted to head into the clash against the Chennai Super Kings with an unchanged Playing XI. 

 

Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje are the four overseas players in the Shreyas Iyer-led team against the three-time IPL winners. (Image Credits:Twitter/@ChennaiIPL)

Tushar Deshpande gave breakthrough to Delhi Capitals as early as in the very first over. Sam Curran fell for a duck after being caught by Anrich Nortje at third man on the third delivery.(Image Courtesy:Twitter/@IPL)

After CSK lost opener Sam Curran for a duck, Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson took Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to a score of 71 for one at the halfway mark. (Image Courtesy:Twitter/@IPL)

Faf du Plessis brought up a fifty off 39 deliveries. The CSK opener reached the mark by picking up a single on the third ball of the 12th over from Anrich Nortje. (Image Courtesy:Twitter/@IPL)

Anrich Nortje struck to break a crucial 87-run stand between Shane Watson (36) and Faf Du Plessis (50). Watson was clean bowled by Notje on the fourth delivery of the 12th over.(Image Courtesy:Twitter/@IPL)

Ambati Rayudu (45) and Ravindra Jadeja (33) stitched an unbeaten stand of 50 runs at the back end of the innings to propel CSK to a total of 179/4 against DC. (Image Courtesy:Twitter/@IPL)

 

Opener Prithvi Shaw fell for a duck in DC's chase of 180 runs against CSK. Shaw departed as early as on the second ball of the very first over after handing the return catch to Deepak Chahar. The CSK bowler delivered a wicket maiden first over. (Image Courtesy:Twitter/@IPL)

Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan brought up a half-century off 29 deliveries. He reached the mark by driving the third ball of the 10th over from Dwayne Bravo down to long-off for one run. At the halfway mark, DC reached 76/2 against CSK.(Image Courtesy:Twitter/@IPL)

Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan notched up his maiden century of the IPL to propel his side to a comfortable five-wicket triumph over CSK in Match 34 of the ongoing edition of the lucrative T20 tournament in Sharjah on Saturday. The Indian batsman finished his innings unbeaten at 58-ball 101 runs, which was decorated with 14 boundaries and a six.(Image Credits:Twitter/@IPL)