Qualifier 2 of VIVO IPL Season 12, CSK vs DC in Vizak

Qualifier 2 of VIVO IPL Season 12, CSK vs DC in Vizak

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 Qualifier 2 of VIVO IPL Season 12, 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 where Prithvi scored 5 of 6 balls and Sikhar scored 18 runs of 14 balls as a result of which DC managed to score 41-2 in the powerplay. Colin Munro was promoted to the batting order but it didn't work as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals as they 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. But Rishab Pant batted patiently and tried to score as more runs as he can but in the 19th over was sent back to the pavilion by Deepak Chahar on 38 runs (3 four, 1 six) of 25 balls. And in the last 3 balls, Ishant Sharma scored 10 runs with a four and a six which helped the team to set a competitive 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 where Deepak Chahar Harbhajan Singh, R Jadeja, and DJ Bravo picked 2 wickets each and Imran Tahir got 1 wicket.

CSK'S Inning in Qualifier 2 of VIVO IPL Season 12, 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 and Faf batted superbly after a slow start and completed his 3rd half-century in the season and after scoring 50 runs (7 fours, 1 six) of 39 balls got out to Trent Boult in the 11th over and scored 81 runs for the first wicket with Watson. After the wicket, Watson played some fearless shots and scored 50 runs off 32 balls but 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 where CSK scored 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.

Faf du Plessis got the Player of the match for his awesome knock in Qualifier 2 of VIVO IPL Season 12, CSK vs DC in Hyderabad.