Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings Highlights: MS Dhoni takes CSK to the 9th IPL final. Cricket News – Times of India

DUBAI: The invincible Mahendra Singh Dhoni produced a nostalgic innings to lead a band of Chennai Super Kings old men to their ninth spot Indian Premier League The final after beating Delhi Capitals by four wickets here on Sunday.
DC, however, will get another chance to make it to the finals when they meet the winner of Monday’s Eliminator between KKR and RCB.
as it happened | Achievement:
13 runs needed in the last over Dhoni hit the square cut, got a bit of luck and then pulled the best DC bowler tom curran For the most famous T20 boundary of recent times. Earlier, he had only hit Avesh Khan for a six at mid-wicket.
Curran and Avesh weren’t bad, but this was one of those days, the cricketing gods wanted the 40-year-old to end it in style.

It was an unbeaten 18 off six balls that helped CSK post 173 for 6 in 19.4 overs.
It was all about turning back the clock for the former India captain, who has struggled for years but ‘cometh the hour, cometh the man’ as he did it once again for his favorite cricket team.
After the victory, his emotional wife Sakshi was engaged in a beer hug with daughter Jeeva, which will tell what it means for the family.

It was just six balls and in that he missed a pair and hit fours off the rest.
Robin Uthappa (63 off 44 balls) turned the clock back to his heyday, was the pace setter in the company of the irresistible Ruturaj Gaikwadi (70 runs in 50 balls).
After Faf du Plessis was bowled by Enrique Nortje, Uthappa decided to retaliate with such swiftness that it completely took hold of Delhi Capitals. There was a player here who was out of circulation for quite some time, but with Gaikwad, he added 110 runs as DC looked down and out after the first 10 overs.

Uthappa looked like his old self, something that made him a formidable T20 player back in the day, who would win matches and IPL Title for Kolkata Knight Riders for fun.
Drives, reverse sweeps, Uthappa pull-shots and those were the shots as he slid down the track to destabilize the bowlers’ line.
He hit seven fours and two sixes before a brilliant fielding by Shreyas Iyer at the long-on boundary off Tom Curran. Iyer almost collided with Axar Patel but kept his balance to throw the ball and catch it in the second attempt.
He then took a catch to dismiss pinch-hitter Shardul Thakur, while Ambati Rayudu was run out due to a brilliant combination of Iyer and Rabada.
Gaikwad still played his shots, but before Dhoni came on, Avesh Khan took a fine catch by Axar in deep off before he was dismissed for 24 off 11 balls.
East, Rishabh Pant His self-confessed “panic” showed no sign as an unbeaten 51 off 35 balls propelled Delhi Capitals to a competitive score of 172/5.
Pant found a perfect support from his friend Shimron Hetmyer (37 off 24 balls) as the duo put on 83 runs for the fifth wicket with some breathtaking shots towards the end of the innings.
Pant hit three fours and two sixes as Delhi Capitals ultimately didn’t pay the price for playing a specialist batsman as he took advantage of the blistering start provided by the opener. Prithvi Shaw (60 runs in 34 balls), who surrounded the opposition with the help of seven fours and three sixes.
Coming together for 80 for 4, Hetmyer and Pant initially tried their hand at only for a few singles and doubles before the flamboyant Caribbean smashed Moeen Ali for a six. He then cuts the off-side field for a boundary off Dwayne Bravo.
Pant, who was being kept quiet by the spinners, finally showed some spark by hitting a one-handed six off Shardul Thakur.
Once they shared a half-century partnership, Pant and Hetmyer started throwing their bats at the back-end when the pacers were once again in operation.
If Hetmyer hits Josh Hazlewood (4-0-29-2) over his head, Pant hits him towards deep mid-wicket to score 150 for the team. After this he hit the second six on the head of Dwayne Bravo (1/3 in 3 overs).
But a lot of credit should go to Shaw as he played his best innings in the tournament.
He started off with a four and a six off Hazlewood, both fun-timed shots. The first was flyover slips and the second was on top behind the wicketkeeper, with enough wood on the leather to cover the distance.
However Deepak Chahar’s second over turned out to be a nightmare for the seamer as he was hit for four boundaries – first a streaked inside edge and then a flick followed by two square cuts on either side.
While Shikhar Dhawan (7) and Shreyas Iyer (1) were dismissed by Hazlewood within the powerplay, Axar Patel (10) was promoted without much success.
However, Shaw continued with his ‘see-the-ball, hit-the-ball’ formula as he dismissed Shardul Thakur for two sixes.
As he reached his half-century in just 27 balls, he was regularly punching holes in the off-side field, failing to achieve the desired distance while trying to beat Axar Moeen Ali.
The experienced pair of Moeen Ali (1/27 in four overs) and Ravindra Jadeja (1/23 in three overs) suddenly suppressed the runs with some measured bowling after the powerplay, forcing Shaw to let the left-arm spinner in. – Tried out. . However Faf du Plessis runs sideways to take a well judged catch at the deep extra cover boundary.
Then, Pant and Hetmyer took charge of DC’s batting to post a safe total.