Chennai drub Delhi
Chennai Super Kings on Thursday inflicted a crushing 86-run defeat on Delhi Daredevils, handing out the sixth consecutive loss to the home team whose miseries show no signs of end with a pathetic batting display by the top and middle order in their match in New Delhi.
On the other hand, Chennai, desperate to get back to their winning ways, capitalised on some ineffective bowling by the Daredevils to put up a challenging score of 169 for four on the back of a scintillating 65 not out by veteran Mike Hussey and swashbuckling innings by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a 23-ball 44.
Daredevils suffered the ignominy of being bowled out for 83 inside 18 overs and it became the season's lowest total.
Delhi's miseries compounded as unheralded medium-pacer Mohit Sharma bowled an impressive opening spell in which he removed David Warner and Virender Sehwag, literally shutting the match out for the hosts. He capped off an impressive bowling figure of three for 10.
SCORES IN BRIEF
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS: 169 for 4 in 20 overs (Hussey 65 not out, Dhoni 44, Raina 30; Pathan 1-30)
DELHI DAREDEVILS: 83 all out in 17.3 overs (Jadhav 31, Sehwag 17; Sharma 3-10, Ashwin 2-18)
Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 86 runs.
Player-of-the-match: Mike Hussey.
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