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Raipur: Shreyas Iyer and Yuvraj Singh took Delhi Daredevils to a convincing six-wicket win against Chennai Super Kings in Match 49 of IPL 2015 at Raipur on Tuesday.
Shreyas continued to make a mark in IPL 2015, crossing 400 runs in the tournament in the process. There was no change in the points table, as CSK remain at the top despite the loss, and DD remain seventh.
Ishwar Pandey provided CSK with some early hope, getting Quinton de Kock to top-edge to Ravichandran Ashwin at long leg for three off seven balls. JP Duminy was the next to go, playing on to one from Ishwar for six off seven balls.
It would be CSK’s last breakthrough for some time, as Yuvraj and Shreyas then combined to take the game away from CSK. They added 69 — a match-winning stand in the context of the small chase — before Yuvraj holed out to Mohit Sharma off Pawan Negi. He scored a composed 32 off 28 balls. Albie Morkel hit a six but was out off the next ball. Shreyas ensured that DD pulled off the win though with a terrific 70 not out off 49 balls with 10 fours and one six.
Earlier, opted to bat, only Faf du Plessis and MS Dhoni scored a few valuable runs at the end, but a spectacular spell from man of the match Zaheer Khan that saw him take two for nine in four overs quota, and probing bowling from the other bowlers prevented CSK from cutting loose.
Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum were a far cry from their usual dominating selves, putting on a mere 16 in as many as six overs before McCullum out for 11 came off 21 balls with a single boundary. Smith did not do much better, getting 18 off 24 deliveries with two fours and a six. He was rapped plumb in front by Albie Morkel. IPL 2015 Leading fielders:
Suresh Raina came out looking positive, but his innings was nipped before it could cause DD any real trouble. Raina was unable to keep his drive down, and ended up hitting one from Jayant Yadav to Duminy at short cover. He scored 11 off eight balls with one boundary.
Brief scores
Chennai Super Kings - 119/6 (du Plessis 29, Zaheer 2-9, Morkel 2-21)
Delhi Daredevils - 120/4 (Iyer 70*, Yuvraj 32)
Result - Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets
Points - Delhi Daredevils 2, Chennai Super Kings 0
MOM - Zaheer Khan (Delhi Daredevils)
