Sharjah: Chennai Super Kings thrashed Delhi Daredevils by 93 runs in an Indian Premier League match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium yesterday.
Delhi only lost nine wickets but Nathan Coulter-Nile could not bat as he had suffered an injury during Chennai’s innings.
Dinesh Karthik scored 21 and Jimmy Neesham scored 22.
Ishwar Pandey and Ravichandran Ashwin took two wickets each. It was a comprehensive victory for Chennai after their opening loss in IPL 7.
Delhi have now lost two matches and won one from three.
Earlier, Suresh Raina slammed a fine half-century to help Chennai Super Kings post a competitive 177 for seven against Delhi Daredevils in an Indian Premier League match here today.
Raina made 56 off 41 balls during which he struck five boundaries and one six. He shared 54 runs off 46 balls for the second wicket with Dwayne Smith to lay the base for the total.
Towards the end, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni used his long handle to great effect to race his way to 32 off just 15 balls with the help of two fours and as many sixes. Faf Du Plesis also made a useful 24 off 17 balls.
Chennai made a relatively quiet start to their innings after electing to bat as they scored their 50-run mark off exactly the same number of balls. Chennai, however, suffered their first blow in the fourth over in the form of dangerous Brendon McCullum (9).
The hard-hitting Kiwi batsman failed to latch on to a life provided by J P Duminy off Jaydev Unadkat’s first delivery and perished in the next ball, caught by substitute Wayne Parnell at short thirdman.
After McCullum’s dismissal, Raina and Dwayne Smith played cautiously to build the innings together and help Chennai make 65 runs for the loss of one wicket at the halfway mark. AGENCIES
