DC vs CSK, IPL 2023: A win against already-eliminated Delhi Capitals would ensure Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings a place in this season’s playoffs.
On Saturday, a ocean of unheroic will sweep the roads leading to the Feroz Shah Kotla ground and fill the daises during Chennai Super Kings’ last league hassle against host Delhi centrals.
Seen as Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s final IPL appearance in the Capital, the match has attracted further attention than the former six league matches hosted then this season. easily, the former India commander is among those many who enjoy a pan-India following.
With the Delhi centrals formerly out of reckoning for a place in the playoffs, a sizable number of home sympathizers could turn out in unheroic to support the legend.
Though there could be nothing better for Dhoni to subscribe off with a palm that would insure CSK a place in the playoffs, he knows it’s important for the platoon to stay riveted on the job against an changeable centrals.
Dhoni’s men are well apprehensive that despite floundering this season, Capitals has scored over Gujarat elephants and Royal contenders Bangalore, the two among the top four brigades on the points- table.
For CSK, the thickness of the top- order batters and the gate- taking capacities of the lower- known bowlers have come handy.
In discrepancy, more frequently than not, centrals suffered owing to the inconsistency of its top-heavy fur line- up. Indeed after losing the first five matches, if Capitals manages to finish ahead of Sunrisers Hyderabad, it should hail the bowlers.
Prithvi Shaw, the biggest let down for centrals, did return against Punjab lords in the former match with a half- century. But commander David Warner would continue to look at other overseas batters to contribute further.
How centrals coliseums to in- form openers Devon Conway (498 runs), Ruturaj Gaikwad( 425) and surprise- packet Ajinkya Rahane could well serve as a pointer to the outgrowth of this match. Shivam Dube has looked veritably effective while Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja have been ordinary.
Delhi centrals will be taking on Chennai Super Kings in their last league match of IPL 2023 on Saturday, at the Arun Jaitely Stadium in Delhi. At the moment, CSK are on alternate on the points table with 15 points from 13 games. But a loss against DC along with a string of unfavourable results could see the four- time titleholders miss out on the last leg of IPL action. A palm would, still, confirm a play- off spot but whether they finish in alternate place or third would depend on the Lucknow Super titans’ result against Kolkata Knight Riders latterly in the day.
CSK are presently placed second on the points table with 15 points from 13 games. If they lose against Delhi centrals it’ll hurt them a lot in the race for play- offs and they will heavily calculate on others to help their case.
A palm, on the other hand, will confirm them a play- off spot but whether they’ll finish alternate or third will depend on the outgrowth of the match between Lucknow Super titans and Kolkata Knight Riders, which will be played latterly in the day. Know More IPL News…
