MA Chidambaram Stadium mein 15 saal baad jeet ka taste chakhte hue, Delhi Capitals (DC) ne Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ko 25 runs se hara diya! IPL 2025 ke iss encounter mein DC ne na sirf CSK ko unke ghar mein dhool chataayi, balki points table ke top pe bhi apna kabza jama liya. Yeh DC ki teesri back-to-back jeet thi, aisa streak unhone 2009 ke baad pehli baar achieve kiya hai.
Lekin is badi jeet ke bawajood, DC skipper Axar Patel abhi bhi poori tarah santusht nahi hain. Match ke baad Axar ne kaha,
“Mujhe nahi laga tha 3 matches jeetna itna aasan hoga. Team ka balance accha lag raha hai, sabka contribution aa raha hai. Lekin mujhe lagta hai hum abhi tak ek bhi perfect match nahi khele. IPL lamba tournament hai, momentum kabhi bhi badal sakta hai.”
Match ki baat karein toh DC ne batting shuru ki ek early jhatke ke saath, jahan Jake Fraser-McGurk bina score kiye hi out ho gaye. Lekin phir aaye KL Rahul</strong, jo Faf du Plessis ki jagah opening karte hue 77 runs (51 balls) ka shandaar innings khel gaye. Unka saath diya youngsters Abishek Porel aur Sameer Rizvi ne, jo middle overs mein kaafi crucial runs le aaye. Last mein Tristan Stubbs ne 12 balls par 24 runs karke scoreboard ko ek acchi finishing touch di.
DC ne 6 wickets ke nuksaan pe 183 runs ka target set kiya. CSK ke chase mein kuch khaas nahi hua. Wickets girte rahe regular intervals pe. Vipraj Nigam ka double-wicket over tha match ka turning point – unhone Devon Conway aur Shivam Dube dono ko out kiya. MS Dhoni ke aane par thodi umeed lagi thi, lekin run rate out of control chala gaya.
CSK 158 runs tak hi pahuch payi in 20 overs, aur match DC ke naam ho gaya 25 runs se. CSK ki yeh teesri consecutive haar thi, jo unke liye alarm ki tarah kaam karegi.
Ab DC agle match mein Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) se bhidne wali hai April 10 ko, jabki CSK apne ghar Chepauk mein Punjab Kings (PBKS) ka saamna karegi April 8 ko.
Toh DC fans, Axar Patel chahe jitne bhi strict captain ho, lekin team ka form definitely fire hai! Kya agla match banega unka ‘perfect match’? Stay tuned!
