Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals
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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bounced back in style to beat confident Delhi Capitals (DC) by six wickets to set up a final date with Mumbai Indians for the fourth time at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on May 12 (Sunday).

Chasing a modest target and with dew settling in, Chennai Super Kings always had the advantage by their side. The openers – Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis took some time focusing on ones and twos before du Plessis took Ishant Sharma for 15 runs in the sixth over to finish the powerplays at 42 runs for no loss. The South African skipper has something for the powerplays as he murdered the Delhi Capitals bowling giving time to Shane Watson to settle. They kept up the momentum taking 22 runs off the next two overs to make the run chase look easy. Hovering at 72 for no loss from nine overs, the veteran duo of Chennai focused on rotating the strike while the odd boundaries kept coming.

IPL 2019: Qualifier 2, CSK vs DC - Twitter Erupts in Joy as Chennai Super Kings Set up a Final Date With Mumbai Indians
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In the process, du Plessis brought his 12th IPL fifty as Watson didn’t lag freeing his arms slowly. But Faf du Plessis holed out to Keemo Paul deep square-leg in an attempt to hit Trent Boult for a six. Although de Plessis departed, Watson continued to wreck havoc bringing his half-century taking Chennai Super Kings to 108 in the 12th over. Although Delhi chipped in with two quick wickets – Watson and Suresh Raina, Chennai sailed home safely to progress to the finals.

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Chennai bowlers rise to the occasion

Previously, Chennai Super Kings bowler did a fantastic job to contain the Delhi Capitals batters who have been in fabulous touch off late. The Capitals lost wickets at regular intervals as they managed to post only 147 runs from their 20 overs. Last match hero Prithvi Shaw went back early thanks to MS Dhoni’s outstanding DRS call. Shikhar Dhawan followed soon after setting his eyes in to reel at 37 for two. Ravindra Jadeja then got the better of Colin Munro who started to look dangerous scoring 27 off 24 balls.

IPL 2019: Qualifier 2, CSK vs DC - Twitter Erupts in Joy as Chennai Super Kings Set up a Final Date With Mumbai Indians
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The early wickets took Delhi Capitals away from the game despite Rishabh Pant‘s valiant efforts. The southpaw chipped in 38 runs – the highest score, but never looked in his usual touch. Chennai Super Kings continued to chip in wickets from the other end before Deepak Chahar got Pant out in the 19th over. Struggling at 125 for eight, some good strikes from Trent Boult and Ishant Sharma helped them post 147 runs.

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