IPL 2019 Qualifier 2, CSK vs DC in Vizag

Admin May 12, 2019

IPL 2019 Qualifier 2, CSK vs DC in Vizag

The Qualifier 2 of VIVO IPL Season 12, CSK vs DC was played on Fri 10th May 2019. In Dr. Y S Rajshekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. CSK won the toss and elected to bowl first.

DC'S Inning in IPL Season 12 Qualifier 2, CSK vs DC in Hyderabad

Prithvi Shaw and Sikhar Dhawan couldn't give a good start to the team and departed early in the match. Prithvi scored 5 of 6 balls and Sikhar scored 18 runs off 14 balls. As a result of which DC managed to score 41-2 in the powerplay.

Colin Munro was promoted in the batting order but it didn't work. As they kept losing wickets at regular intervals and they also lost their captain who scored 13 runs (1 four) of 18 balls. And Munro too couldn't score more than 27 runs (4 fours) off 24 balls and departed by Imran Tahir.

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Rishab Pant batted patiently and tried to score as more runs as he can. But in the 19th over Deepak Chahar got him on 38 runs (3 four, 1 six) off 25 balls. And in the last 3 balls, Ishant Sharma scored 10 runs (1 four, 1 six) which helped the team to set a total of 147-9 in 20 overs.

The bowlers bowled really well and didn't allow any batsman to free their arms. and kept taking wickets at quick intervals. Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, R Jadeja, and DJ Bravo picked 2 wickets each and Imran Tahir got 1 wicket.

CSK'S Inning in IPL Season 12 Qualifier 2, CSK vs DC in Hyderabad

Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson gave a magnificent start to the team by scoring 42 runs in the powerplay without losing any wicket. Faf batted superbly after a slow start and completed his 3rd half-century in the season.

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After scoring 50 runs (7 fours, 1 six) of 39 balls du Plessis got out to Trent Boult in the 11th over. Faf scored 81 runs for the first wicket with Watson. After the wicket, Watson played some fearless shots to score 50 runs off 32 balls. was also departed after his 50 by Amit Mishra.

Both the openers back to their form in the big match which leads the team to win the match one-sidedly. And CSK achieved 151-4 in 19th over quite comfortably and qualifies for the final against Mumbai Indians. DC was just short of 15 runs which caused them in the match. And bowlers couldn't do much despite Trent Boult, Ishant Sharma Amit Mishra and Axar Patel's 1 wicket each.