- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.6 taken by Brevis at mid-on! Pace-off from Mukesh on a good length and Nissanka was through the shot too early, he wanted to clobber that over the leg side but ended up spooning it to Brevis, who back-pedalled from mid-on to take a simple catch 29/15.1 it's Gaikwad under the skier and he holds on at mid-off! Hosein slowed it up and got the ball to turn away as Rahul advanced and aimed to go big down the ground, he was beaten in the flight and ended up mis-hitting it high into the air, Gaikwad judged that well 36/29.3 swept straight to the fielder at deep backward square, DC are crumbling! Fairly ordinary ball, a bit too short and Rana was down on one knee and waiting, he simply hit it in the air and flat, straight to Kartik Sharma 61/47.6 whoops, he's hit that straight to short fine leg, soft dismissal as they say, got down on one knee to sweep and lapped it straight to Gurjapneet 52/310.6 spooned to cover and there's no dropping this! Short of a length delivery outside off, grips the pitch a touch and stops of Axar who drives a touch too early and lobs the catch to Hosein 69/518.5 smashed straight to long leg! Stubbs nails the pull hard and flat but not high enough, Mukesh gets behind the catch on the edge of the boundary 134/619.5 run out at the bowler's end after a direct hit from Gaikwad! Ashutosh hit the ball into the pitch, it bounced up and Kamboj got a hand on it to deflect it to Gaikwad who did the rest as they attempted a risky single 149/7Extras2 (w 2)TOTAL155/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.75)Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Pathum Nissanka, 3.6 ov), 2-36 (KL Rahul, 5.1 ov), 3-52 (Karun Nair, 7.6 ov), 4-61 (Nitish Rana, 9.3 ov), 5-69 (Axar Patel, 10.6 ov), 6-134 (Tristan Stubbs, 18.5 ov), 7-149 (Ashutosh Sharma, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AJ Hosein 4 0 19 1 4.75 14 3 0 0 0 Mukesh Choudhary 4 0 31 1 7.75 10 2 2 1 0 A Kamboj 4 0 49 0 12.25 7 2 5 0 0 Noor Ahmad 3 0 22 2 7.33 6 3 0 0 0 Gurjapneet Singh 4 0 29 1 7.25 7 0 2 1 0 J Overton 1 0 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.5 Gaikwad's game is over, and it's a tame end. He leans across and flicks a good length ball in the air and straight to the fielder at deep square leg. That was a pace-on delivery, Ngidi is yet to bowl a slower one today. 24/16.3 he's been stumped! Urvil came forward a bit too early, Axar shortened his length and zipped the ball through, spinning it past the outside edge of Urvil's attempt to hit down the ground, Rahul had the bails off in a flash. Urvil had dragged his foot out of his crease and it was in the air as he tried to regain his ground when the bails came off 45/2Extras8 (lb 1, w 7)TOTAL159/2 (17.3 Overs, RR: 9.08)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 3.5 ov), 2-45 (Urvil Patel, 6.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MA Starc 4 0 30 0 7.5 9 4 0 1 0 AR Patel 4 0 25 1 6.25 12 1 1 1 0 L Ngidi 4 0 30 1 7.5 12 2 2 1 0 Kuldeep Yadav 3 0 34 0 11.33 7 1 4 0 0 T Natarajan 2.3 0 39 0 15.6 4 4 3 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Delhi Capitals , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45
Match days
05 May 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Chennai Super Kings 2, Delhi Capitals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 2 wickets)
- Delhi Capitals Impact Player Subs: Vipraj Nigam, Sameer Rizvi, Abishek Porel, Auqib Nabi and David Miller
- Chennai Super Kings Impact Player Subs: Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Matthew Short, Akash Madhwal and Sarfaraz Khan
- Delhi Capitals: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 0
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 52/3 in 8.0 overs (N Rana 8)
- Delhi Capitals Impact Player Sub: Sameer Rizvi in for Karun Nair (Delhi Capitals innings, 10.6 ov)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 77/5 in 13.0 overs (T Stubbs 12, Sameer Rizvi 4)
- Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls), Extras 1
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (T Stubbs 27, Sameer Rizvi 24, Ex 2)
- Delhi Capitals: 150 runs in 19.6 overs (120 balls), Extras 2
- Innings Break: Delhi Capitals - 155/7 in 20.0 overs (Sameer Rizvi 40, MA Starc 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 0.5: Review by Delhi Capitals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - TM Srivastava, Batter - SV Samson (Struck down)
- Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 7
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 66/2 in 9.0 overs (SV Samson 30, Kartik Sharma 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (SV Samson 34, Kartik Sharma 16, Ex 0)
- SV Samson: 50 off 32 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 7
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 138/2 in 16.0 overs (SV Samson 84, Kartik Sharma 23)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 60 balls (SV Samson 69, Kartik Sharma 30, Ex 1)
- Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (104 balls), Extras 8
Match Coverage
All Match News'Bit of an up-and-down curve' - Badani on navigating home pitches
DC have played five matches at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in IPL 2026 and have won just one so far
Rahul back at the top, Samson in top five on IPL 2026 Orange Cap table
Sanju Samson made a match-winning 87* against DC and displaced B Sai Sudharsan from the No. 5 spot
Finch: Samson batting on a different level after quiet start
After three low scores, Samson has stepped up and become CSK's batting mainstay
Gaikwad: 'Samson is the backbone of CSK's batting'
Samson was comfortable in his trigger movements, trusted his hands and made a match-winning 87* against DC
Samson, Kartik, spinners set up CSK's clinical win
Delhi Capitals could only put up 155 for 7, which proved too little as the surface got better to bat on in the second innings



