IPL 2021: Capitals rule in Mumbai

Delhi Capitals openers Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan made short work of Chennai Super Kingsrsquo 1887 as they kicked off their Indian Premier League campaign with a dominating sevenwicket win at the Wankhede Stadium on SaturdayShaw slammed 38ball 72 9x4 3x6 while southpaw Dhawan slammed 85 off 54 balls 10x4 2x6 as Delhi Capitals completed the chase with eight balls to spare Shaw and Dhawan scored 65 runs in the first powerplay overs and never really looked backCSK finally got a breakthrough in the 14th over when Shaw holed out to Moeen Ali at deep cover but skipper Rishabh Pant 15 not out and Dhawan did not allow any scope for a late twist Shaw continued his Vijay Hazare Trophy form which helped Mumbai win the titleRaina rocksEarlier Suresh Raina announced his IPL comeback with a blazing 36ball 54 Sam Curran smashed away to 34 off only 15 balls to prop up the CSK innings towards the end Curran hit four fours and two sixesThe last five overs yielded 52 runs for CSK thanks to Curranrsquos powerpacked innings Asked to bat first by Rishabh Pant Ruturaj Gaikwad got CSK off the mark with a pleasing drive through the off side between point and cover two deliveries after being beaten all ends up by a Chris Woakes outswingerLast seasonrsquos runnersup DC didnrsquot have to wait long for their first breakthrough as Avesh Khan 223 in 4 overs had Faf du PLessis trapped in front of the wicket in the second overIn the first ball of the third over Woakes had Gaikwad caught in the slip cordon as CSK slipped to seven for two The English pacer drew Gaikwad into a push with a ball that moved a slightly on pitchingIn came Rainamdashhe had missed the last IPL owing to personal reasonsmdashand in the company of Moeen Ali the seasoned campaigner revived CSKrsquos innings and looked to put up a challenging total against a strong DC batting lineup at the Wankhede StadiumMoeen shines tooDuring his 24ball 36 Moeen struck four boundaries and two sixes playing a fine helping hand to RainaExperienced offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin cut short Moeenrsquos innings when the allrounder got himself into an uncomfortable position while going for a reverse sweep the ensuing topedge ending in a good catch by Dhawan who ran backwards from short third man to hold on to the ball Ambati Rayudu came in and straightaway got into the act hitting a couple of sixes and a four to race away to 23 off 16 balls before Tom Curran ended his stay in the middleMeanwhile Raina went about his task in a manner that did not give the impression that he was coming back to topflight after a long hiatus Raina got himself going with a four off Woakes and then worked Ashwin for two successive boundaries not afraid to dance down the wicket against the wily spinnerrsquos flightUsing his feet well the southpaw hoicked legspinner Amit Mishra for two and also got a maximum against AshwinBrief scoresCSK 1887 in 20 overs S Raina 54 M Ali 36 S Curran 34 C Woakes 218 A Khan 223 lost to DC 1903 in 184 overs P Shaw 72 S Dhawan 85 S Thakur 253 by seven wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever