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Settle in for a top-of-the-table clash. It's Rishabh Pant's Delhi Capitals against MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings today in Dubai.
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Rayudu's fifty drags CSK to 136
Rayudu finally finds the release, pumping a Rabada full-toss to the right of mid-off for four in the 17th over. In the next over, which costs Capitals 14 runs, Rayudu gets another full-toss, this time from Avesh and clobbers a six over square leg. He reaches his half-century by scything a 152kph full ball from Nortje to the point boundary. Dhoni, however, continued to struggle against high pace and bounce and was put out of his misery when Avesh had him nicking off for 18 off 27 balls. CSK finish with 136 for 5.
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Capitals' spinners thrive
After taking out de Kock and Tiwary in the game against Mumbai, Axar nabs another left-hander, this time having Moeen chipping a catch to deep midwicket. R Ashwin then wins the match-up against Uthappa once again. This is the seventh time the offspinner has dismissed the batter in the IPL. No other bowler has got a batter more times in the league. Don't believe me? Then just Ask Cricinfo.
Dhoni has dawdled to 11 off 18 balls, and Rayudu to 17 off 18 balls. CSK search for a finishing kick at 88 for 4 in 14 overs.
Faf, Gaikwad fall in powerplay
After being smacked on the glove by Avesh, du Plessis lines up a short ball from Axar, but ends up hitting it to the right of deep midwicket, where Iyer, the only outfielder on the leg side, snags the catch. Gaikwad could've been out lbw second ball had he not reviewed the on-field out decision. Faf seemingly coaxed him into reviewing it, with ball-tracking suggesting that it would have slipped down the leg side. Gaikwad, however, can't quite make the most of this opportunity, flapping a 145kph lifter from Nortje to midwicket.
Capitals bowl; Ripal Patel, Uthappa in
No signs of allrounder Marcus Stoinis yet - he misses his fourth match for Capitals after sustaining a calf injury - but say hello to Ripal Patel. Out goes Steven Smith, which means Capitals are playing just three overseas players. Six days after his 26th birthday, Ripal makes his IPL debut. He's an exciting middle-order batter for Gujarat, with a T20 strike rate of 189.10. He was also part of the Gujarat side that finished runners-up in the most recent 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy. Robin Uthappa, meanwhile, will make his debut for CSK, replacing the injured Suresh Raina. DJ Bravo and Deepak Chahar return to the CSK XI in place of Sam Curran and KM Asif.
Chennai Super Kings: 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad, 2 Faf du Plessis, 3 Moeen Ali, 4 Ambati Rayudu, 5 Robin Uthappa, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Sam Curran, 9 Shardul Thakur, 10 Deepak Chahar, 11 Josh Hazlewood
Delhi Capitals: 1 Prithvi Shaw, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Ripal Patel, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 Rishabh Pant (capt & wk) 6 Shimron Hetmyer, 7 Axar Patel, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Anrich Nortje, 11 Avesh Khan
Top-of-the-table clash
MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings vs Rishabh Pant's Delhi Capitals. Both teams have already qualified for the playoffs, and this is a chance for them to firm up a top-two finish, which will guarantee two shots at a place in the final. Super Kings' net run-rate of 0.829 is easily the best among all teams, and that should assure them a top-two spot if they reach 20 points. Capital's net run-rate, however, isn't quite as good as Super Kings', but at 0.551 it is still far better than that of Royal Challengers Bangalore. That means 20 points should still be enough for them to finish among the top two.
Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
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