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Samson, Kartik, spinners set up Chennai Super King's clinical win
Chennai Super Kings came into IPL 2026 with a dodgy look about their bowling attack. They lost three games straight where their bowlers picked up 10 for 588 at an economy rate of 11.37. Since then, there has been an absolutely stunning turnaround. Over the last seven games, CSK’s bowlers have scooped up 51 wickets – only Gujarat Titans (52) have more – at an economy rate of 8.15 – which no-one can match. Given first use of a slow pitch, Akeal Hosein (4-0-19-1) and Noor Ahmad (3-0-22-2) took charge of proceedings. Delhi Capitals could only put up 155 for 7, which proved too little as the surface got better to bat on in the second innings. Sanju Samson, who has contributed 24% of CSK’s runs this year, finished things off with 87 not out off 52 balls. Kartik Sharma, growing in confidence, was alongside him, with 41 off 31. Both captains expected the pitch to be slow. The scoring pattern of the first four overs confirmed it. Fifteen dot balls. Six boundaries. Three singles and a wicket with the batter trying to force the pace. In conditions where the ball comes onto the bat, KL Rahul and Pathum Nissanka might have been able to hit the gap with the shots they played off good length balls. On this one, as much as they tried, they just found the fielder. Worse, they found themselves having to hold their shape for longer and even that didn’t always work. With two right-handed openers, CSK had no hesitation in handing the ball to Hosein. When Nissanka fell though, DC sent Nitish Rana out in an effort to either hit Hosein out of the attack or prevent him from coming on. This is how much of a no-no matching a left-arm spinner with a left-handed batter is. But CSK bucked tradition. They gave Akeal a third over. He provided Rahul’s wicket and in the end Rana got to face only one ball from Akeal. A dot ball. DC came out of the powerplay 37 for 2. Akeal finished with figures of 4-0-19-1, which is exceptional considering he bowled only one over outside the field restrictions. Axar Patel has 33 runs this season. Twenty-six of those came in one innings. And his strike rate is 97. It is a massive drop. The DC captain was one of the bright spots last season, their fourth-highest scorer with 263 at a very healthy strike rate of 157. He was in the middle when his team needed to rebuild and his wicket – the third that CSK took in a space of 19 balls between overs 8 and 11 – had an impact on the total they put up. DC’s first five wickets scored 69 off 66. Sameer Rizvi, Impact Pl...
Samson, Kartik, spinners set up CSK's clinical win
Edition SL#7#6CSK won by 8 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)Player Of The Match, CSK87* (52)Cricinfo's MVP, CSKReportDelhi Capitals could only put up 155 for 7, which proved too little as the surface got better to bat on in the second inningsChennai Super Kings 159 for 2 (Samson 87*, Kartik 41*) beat Delhi Capitals 155 for 7 (Rizvi 40, Noor 2-33, Hosein 1-19) by eight wicketsChennai Super Kings came into IPL 2026 with a dodgy look about their bowling attack. They lost three games straight where their bowlers picked up 10 for 588 at an economy rate of 11.37. Since then, there has been an absolutely stunning turnaround. Over the last seven games, CSK's bowlers have scooped up 51 wickets - only Gujarat Titans (52) have more - at an economy rate of 8.15 - which no-one can match.Given first use of a slow pitch, Akeal Hosein (4-0-19-1) and Noor Ahmad (3-0-22-2) took charge of proceedings. Delhi Capitals could only put up 155 for 7, which proved too little as the surface got better to bat on in the second innings. Sanju Samson, who has contributed 24% of CSK's runs this year, finished things off with 87 not out off 52 balls. Kartik Sharma, growing in confidence, was alongside him, with 41 off 31.Slow pitch modeBoth captains expected the pitch to be slow. The scoring pattern of the first four overs confirmed it. Fifteen dot balls. Six boundaries. Three singles and a wicket with the batter trying to force the pace. In conditions where the ball comes onto the bat, KL Rahul and Pathum Nissanka might have been able to hit the gap with the shots they played off good length balls. On this one, as much as they tried, they just found the fielder. Worse, they found themselves having to hold their shape for longer and even that didn't always work.Match-up smashed upWith two right-handed openers, CSK had no hesitation in handing the ball to Hosein. When Nissanka fell though, DC sent Nitish Rana out in an effort to either hit Hosein out of the attack or prevent him from coming on. This is how much of a no-no matching a left-arm spinner with a left-handed batter is. But CSK bucked tradition. They gave Akeal a third over. He provided Rahul's wicket and in the end Rana got to face only one ball from Akeal. A dot ball. DC came out of the powerplay 37 for 2. Akeal finished with figures of 4-0-19-1, which is exceptional considering he bowled only one over outside the field restrictions.Axar's strugglesAxar Patel has 33 runs this season. Twenty-six of those came in one innings. And ...
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Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings , 48th Match - Cricbuzz
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