INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2019 Live Cricket Score: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals, IPL 2019 by Cricbuzz Staff • Last updated on Can CSK get home to yet another IPL final? © BCCI CSK through to their 8th IPL final That is some record. In eight seasons so far, CSK have been through to the finals on eight occasions. Their record there might not be the greatest, but just the consistency of MS Dhoni's team is a feat to behold. They've beaten Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets, powered by their openers' superb fifties. So it'll be Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians, again! FAF steps up: Superb this from the South African. He has upped the ante beautifully. Brings up his fifty and puts CSK in the driver's seat. He falls soon after, but Watson launches some big shots to bring up his own fifty too. He too fell soon after, but CSK have the game in their hands now. CSK off to a cautious start Both Watson and Faf are trying to come to terms with the pitch. The Delhi bowlers have tied them up for the time being. They need to step up and soon. A late flourish Ishant Sharma surprises everybody by smashing Ravindra Jadeja for a four and a six off the last two balls to ensure Delhi Capitals finish with a decent total. They end with 147/9. Will that be enough? 15 overs 93 runs. Delhi in need of a big finish. IYER FALLS Delhi continue to slide down. Iyer departs now, trying to slog Imran Tahir, but only succeeding in top edging it to Suresh Raina. Axar falls in the next over, ramping Bravo straight down third man's throat. Pant key for DC now. ANOTHER WICKET: Shikhar Dhawan departs cheaply now. He tries to late cut Harbhajan Singh, but ends up feathering an edge through to MS Dhoni. Big blow for DC. And now, Munro follows him, sweeping Jadeja straight to Dwayne Bravo at deep square leg. WICKET: Early breakthrough for CSK. Chahar has Prithvi Shaw out LBW after a review. Shaw tried a pull a ball that was on the fuller side, and despite the umpire ruling it not out, CSK are able to overturn the decision with a referred. The kind of gains you get when Dhoni is in the side. Dhoni Review System ©BCCI PITCH REPORT: "It's a different surface from the one used in the Eliminator. This looks an even better surface as it's harder and hence, the ball should come onto the bat much better. There are a few cracks but the hardness should allow strokeplay." observes Michael Slater. TOSS AND TEAMS: Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and elected to field first, but it makes no difference as Shreyas Iyer was hoping to bat first anyway. Delhi have gone in with an unchanged side, while CSK have bolstered their pace attack with the inclusion of Shardul Thakur in place of Murali Vijay. FROM THE GROUND: Pratyush brings us all the live updates from Vizag: A fresh pitch for tonight's game. It's the centre pitch on the square but it looks very similar to the one used for the Eliminator. So expect another slow boiler of a match. Overwhelming support for CSK here. A rough guesstimate would be 50 CSK jerseys for one of Delhi's. They are even chanting 'CSK, CSK' 30 minutes before the toss. Another away game for Delhi but boy haven't they done well in these situations. INTRO: It's do or die time. Chennai Super Kings lost to Mumbai in qualifier 1 and are here for their last chance saloon. Delhi Capitals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad and have the chance to make their first ever IPL final. It's going to be a cracker of a game, and one that'll see both teams put in their all to try and go through. Stay with us as we bring you all the live updates. © Cricbuzz TAGS RELATED STORIES<doc-sep>Dream11 Prediction- CSK vs DC CSK vs DC Dream11 Team, IPL 2019: Fantasy cricket predictions and tips for Chennai vs Delhi IPL match today in Vizag on Friday, May 10. The 'young and restless' Delhi Capitals will need something special to beat the 'mighty' Chennai Super Kings when the sides meet for a place in the IPL final on Friday. A loss to Chennai was the main reason that Delhi missed a top-two spot in the league on the basis net run rate. The stakes are much higher in the Qualifier 2. DC, having already played a game here, will have the advantage of knowing the conditions better. However, MS Dhoni's CSK are used to playing the big matches, having won three titles besides being runners-up four times. CSK vs DC Dream XI Predictions Wicket-keeper: Rishabh Pant has played some match-winning knock in the last few matches. Batsmen: Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan, Faf du Plessis and Ambati Rayudu are the batsmen expected to score big in this match. Allrounders: Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja and Dwyane Bravo are the best allrounders in these sides. Bowlers: Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Keemo Paul, Imran Tahir and Deepak Chahar have been among the wickets this season. CSK vs DC My Dream11 Team Rishabh Pant (C & WK), Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Axar Patel, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Imran Tahir, Amit Mishra and Keemo Paul. CSK vs DC Dotball Team Player List MS Dhoni (C & WK), Shreyas Iyer, Murali Vijay, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Imran Tahir, Amit Mishra and Ishant Sharma. CSK vs DC Probable Playing 11 Delhi Capitals (DC) probable playing XI: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant, Colin Munro, Sherfane Rutherford, Keemo Paul, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Trent Boult Chennai Super Kings (CSK) probable playing XI: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c and wk), Dwyane Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir and Deepak Chahar CSK vs DC (Teams) Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Shorey, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Rituraj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Sharma, K M Asif, Deepak Chahar, N Jagadeesan, Scott Kuggeleijn. Delhi Capitals (DC): Shreyas Iyer (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant(wicketkeeper), Colin Ingram, Keemo Paul, Axar Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Hanuma Vihari, Ankush Bains, J Suchith, Manjot Kalra, Chris Morris, Sherfane Rutherford, Jalaj Saxena, Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Nathu Singh, Bandaru Ayyappa, Colin Munro. CSK vs DC: HEAD TO HEAD These teams have met only 20 times so far in the Indian Premier League so far. While Delhi have won just 6 times, Chennai have won 14 matches. CSK vs DC: Match Details This is the second qualifier game in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019. The match will take place at Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. The match will start at 7.30 PM local time on Friday. Check Dream11 Prediction / DC Dream11 Team / CSK Dream11 Team / Dream11 Guru Tips / Online Cricket Tips and more.<doc-sep>Let us start with an obvious question. By changing the name of their franchise, what were Delhi trying to achieve? Well, first, they wanted to push into oblivion everything that had become synonymous with the Daredevils. The franchise was in a quagmire, of failure no less and come what may, they were simply unable to lift themselves up from the bottom half of the IPL's annual points' table. In Delhi Capitals, the franchise management sought a new identity. Don't bother about the name for it was only a fresh start envisaged when JSW Group bought a 50 per cent stake. Think bigger in the short term, but aim high in the longer term as well – it was the mantra for the newly badged Delhi franchise. Have they delivered in their inaugural season? Yes, indeed. By entering the IPL knockouts for the first time in seven years, Delhi Capitals have rewritten their own history books. Turn back the pages of time and back in 2012 when the erstwhile Delhi Daredevils finished third, it was arguably the strongest-ever squad seen at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Virender Sehwag, David Warner, Kevin Pietersen, Mahela Jayawardene, Aaron Finch, Ross Taylor, Glenn Maxwell, Andre Russell, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav – it was a star-studded first-choice eleven. Did Delhi build on that season though? Disappointingly, they did not. It is why this success – of breaking into the knockouts – is so vital for this franchise. Back then, that partially successful Delhi team had to be disbanded for a variety of reasons ranging from team balance, fresh auctions, retirements, etc. Seven years later, there is no such reasoning. This Delhi team has a backbone of the future, one that pertains not only to IPL but also Indian cricket. Rishabh Pant and Prithvi Shaw are the undoubted superstars of the future and it is very possible that Shreyas Iyer will lead team India one day. All of it may transpire five to seven years down the line, but when it does, there needs to be a remembrance of the first seeds implanted during the 2019 IPL season. Starting as underdogs, these youngsters — backed by a balance of experience with both bat and ball – have set a marker for their collective and individual success in the future. The key for Delhi Capitals' season were two runs of three wins each that saw them garner 12 out of their 18 points. The first run was more impressive as it came in a run of three away games – beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 4 wickets, beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 4 wickets and beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 39 runs. It helped that two of these three teams – Kolkata and Hyderabad – were competitors for the knockouts' spots. This run also proved a key point – on good T20 surfaces with true bounce, Delhi Capitals' batting line-up found the sweet spot. Shikhar Dhawan, Iyer and Pant are all proper hitters of the ball and each of them contributed in these three wins. The other impact came from Kagiso Rabada, who picked 10 wickets during these three matches, including two four-wicket hauls. Rabada (25 wickets from 12 matches) is one of the dominant young bowlers of world cricket across all formats. Dhawan (486 runs from 14 matches) has bags of experience under his belt. In a way, these two bookended Delhi Capitals' young stars and encapsulated their performances, especially in these two surges of three wins each. In fact, bartering Dhawan from Sunrisers Hyderabad has gone down as the shrewdest piece of business in the 2019 IPL. Simply put, it provided a balance previously unknown to the Delhi top-order. The team management had adopted a youth-first policy a few seasons back, but it came to nought because they didn't have a senior presence to guide the batting line-up. In Dhawan, Colin Munro and Colin Ingram, Delhi were able to find the perfect balance of youth and experience. In fact, it is how their season ought to be remembered. No one batsman stood out – there is no batsman in the top-five run-getters, but there were impactful knocks all over the place. Shaw did his bit with two sterling half-centuries; Pant made a case for inclusion in the World Cup squad, Munro and Ingram put in cameos when needed, while Dhawan and Iyer went on impressive runs. Rabada stood out with the ball and barring a late surge from Imran Tahir, he should finish with the Purple Cap. In the bowling department too though, the key for Delhi was finding that sweet spot. The experience of Ishant Sharma, Chris Morris and Trent Boult gave them enough options in the pace department, whilst Axar Patel, Amit Mishra and Sandeep Lamichhane held fort in the spin department. Perhaps half the battle was won for Delhi Capitals when they had Sourav Ganguly coming in as their mentor/adviser with Ricky Ponting coaching the young side. Together they were captains of fine Indian and Australian teams in the golden era of international cricket. And the challenge before them was to harness individual and collective talent from this bunch of players. Faced with unique situations, they succeeded to a large extent. Take the case of Pant, for example. Going to the World Cup was all over his mind and he failed to make the cut. The key was in harnessing his potential without the matter of selection affecting his mindset. Sure, Pant was inconsistent as he usually is, but mostly that is down to the format. Look beyond it though and he set the stage alight with some sumptuous knocks. Wankhede, anyone? Even so, the surprised emanated from elsewhere. Taking over from Gautam Gambhir last season wasn't easy. This time around Iyer seemed more ready for the job. At 24, he is among the youngest captains to take charge of an IPL franchise, comparable perhaps only to Virat Kohli when he took over reins at Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013. That elevation did wonders for Kohli personally and maybe it will spark a similar renaissance for Iyer, who is struggling to make it through to the international scene despite an impressive debut in 2018-19. Ganguly's presence in the dressing room and at the dugout only underlines this further. With 400-plus runs each, both Iyer and Pant have enjoyed breakthrough seasons. Dhawan has been ever consistent as is his wont through any IPL season. So much so, their progression through the second half of this season helped them tide over a sensational collapse against Kings XI Punjab. Will this consistent run be enough to send them through to the second qualifier and maybe even the final? Can Delhi Capitals build on their good season and make it spectacular by lifting the trophy? Well, it is a tough ask, but it can be done. First up, they need to compensate for the absence of Rabada who returned home to recuperate from a back injury. In the last two games, they used two different combinations of pacers, trying to rebuild the attack around Boult. They need to decide whether they can rely on Ishant and if so, they must use him for all four overs at a stretch. Every pace bowler is a rhythm bowler, but a shorter, continued spell becomes vital for someone like Ishant who is now predominantly a long-format bowler. The most obvious task for the Delhi Capitals' management is to get the balance right in their playing eleven. Any balanced side doesn't depend on one or two players but instead gels together as a unit. This has been the story for Delhi for a majority of their season; when different factors have all clicked for them together, they have won easily. On off days, they have collapsed easily too. Against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday (and possibly against Chennai Super Kings on Friday), Delhi Capitals will be playing on fresh wickets at Visakhapatnam, unused in this IPL season. Can their free stroking and attacking batsmen make it work to their advantage? For all the latest news, opinions and analysis from IPL 2019, click here<doc-sep>
Visakhapatnam: Delhi Capitals, who have finally come together to play like 'Daredevils', will have to produce another special effort on Friday to beat the consistent Chennai Super Kings for the first time this season and make their maiden IPL final. It was CSK who denied Delhi a top-two spot in the league standings with a crushing 80-run win at Chepauk and the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side stands in their way again, only stakes are much higher in the Qualifier 2. The tense win in the Eliminator, set up by their star player Rishabh Pant, here on Wednesday night is bound to provide an extra dose of motivation going into the knock-out game at Vizag. Pant's 21-ball 49 in a high-pressure game reignited the debate on social media over his non-selection in India's World Cup squad with former England captain Michael Vaughan saying it was "bonkers" to not have the young wicketkeeper-batsman in the mega event starting 30 May. His sensational effort made all the difference in the run-chase but he got out when his team was very close to the finishing line. Not being able to finish games is one criticism that he has had to deal with repeatedly and there would be no better stage than Qualifier 2 to come up with another match-wining knock and carry his bat through. Another young gun Prithvi Shaw too played an important innings of 56 and was happy to be back among the runs after low-scores in the previous three innings. Delhi, having already played a game here, will have the advantage of knowing the conditions better. Their fast bowlers, Trent Boult and Ishant Sharma, did a decent job in the absence of Kagiso Rabada and were well supported by Keemo Paul, who picked up three wickets. Veteran spinner Amit Mishra was frugal again and also picked up an important wicket. The batsmen would be rather relieved that they would not have to face the spin threat of Imran Tahir and Harbhajan Singh on a turner in Chennai but it would be a challenge nonetheless. Another thing Delhi would have to be wary of is stage fright, even though the Eliminator surely prepared them for the tougher battles ahead. CSK, on the other hand, are used to playing the big matches, having won three titles besides being runners-up four times. They were hammered by Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 1 but expect CSK to bounce back in style. Dhoni will be expecting an improved performance from his batsmen after the disappointment against Mumbai Indians. Opener Shane Watson has not been among the runs ever since smashing a 53-ball 96 against Sunrisers on 23 April. Dhoni admitted that his team could have read the conditions better against Mumbai at home and asked his batsmen to be careful with shot selection going forward. "These are the best batsmen we have got, it looks like we are batting well, but at times, they pull off shots that shouldn't be played. These are the players who we have banked on, they have the experience and they should know to assess the conditions better," said Dhoni after the six-wicket loss to Mumbai. Squads Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Shorey, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Rituraj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Sharma, K M Asif, Deepak Chahar, N Jagadeesan, Scott Kuggeleijn. Delhi Capitals: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant(wicketkeeper), Colin Ingram, Keemo Paul, Axar Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Hanuma Vihari, Ankush Bains, J Suchith, Manjot Kalra, Chris Morris, Sherfane Rutherford, Jalaj Saxena, Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Nathu Singh, Bandaru Ayyappa, Colin Munro. The match will start at 7.30 IST and will be shown live on TV by Star Sports Network. The match will also be streamed live on Hotstar. For all the latest news, opinions and analysis from IPL 2019, click here For the full schedule, date, time and venue of all the matches of IPL 12, click here Check out the full points table for IPL 2019, including holders of Orange and Purple Caps