Chennai vs Delhi Match Stats

 Tosses it on a length, and gets some extra bounce, on the middle and leg. Shankar gets on his knee for the slog but fails to connect and wears on the body.

 Flatter wrong'un, outside off. Shankar throws his bat at it and mishits it toward deep point region for a couple.

FOUR! FINDS THE GAP! Shortish leg break, on the middle and leg. Shankar goes deep in the crease and pulls it toward deep backward square leg for a cracking boundary.

Flatter wrong'un, on off. Shankar looks to play across the line but comes off the cue end and just outside the off-stump.

 Tosses it too full, just outside off. Shankar gets on his knee for the slog-sweep but this comes off the cue end and rolls into the cover region. Two dots in a row.

FOUR! OVER THE TOP! Flatter wrong'un, well outside off. Vijay Shankar makes room and muscles it over the extra cover fielder for another boundary to close out the over.

 Back of a length delivery angled into the middle. Dhoni pulls it to deep mid-wicket for one.

WIDE! Slower ball on a length, just outside the tramline. Shankar covers the line and lets it go. Wide signaled.

 Yorker length delivery in the blockhole. Shankar hits it off the cue end, the ball rolls into the on-side for one.

 A yorker length delivery turns into the low full toss on off. Dhoni jams it into the pitch. 

 Two dots in a row! Full-length delivery just outside off. Dhoni bunts it to the extra cover fielder. 

WIDE! Mohit Sharma lands it full and just outside the tramline. Dhoni lets it go. A second wide in the over.

Mohit Sharma comes from wide of the crease and bowls it on a hard-length, angled into the middle and leg. Dhoni tucks it toward short fine leg for a single.

 Yorker length delivery on off. Shankar gets under it and drills it toward long-on for one.

 Flatter arm ball, on the middle and leg. Shankar tucks it through backward square leg for one.

 Darted on a length, on the middle. Dhoni nudges it to square leg for a single.

 FIFTY FOR SHANKAR! Floated full, on the middle. Shankar backs away and heaves it to deep mid-wicket for one.

 Tossed up on off. Dhoni pushes it through covers for one.

 Flatter arm ball, on the middle. Shankar makes room and flat-bats it at Axar Patel.

 Quicker length ball, around off. Shankar punches it to deep extra cover for a run.

 Pitched full, around off. Shankar forces it off the inner half toward long-on for one.

 Slower ball on a length, on off. Dhoni muscles it on the bounce to long-on for a run.

WIDE! Short ball angled down the leg. Shankar looks to pull but misses. Wide signaled by the umpire.

Low full toss on off. Shankar gets under it and hits this firmly to long-on but just for one.

SIX! BOOM! Slower ball on a length, outside off. Dhoni picks the length and tonks it over straightish long-on for a much needed maximum. 

Pitched full, on off. Dhoni drills it over the bowler and down the ground toward long-off for a couple.

A single to end the over. Yorker length delivery angled in on off. Dhoni squeezes into the off-side of the pitch and steals a run. 54 needed off 12 balls now. 

FIVE WIDES! Starc comes from round the wicket and lands it on a length but angled way down the leg. Dhoni lets it go and KL Rahul fails to stop it behind the stumps. Runs away to the fine leg boundary for five bonus runs.

Delivers the yorker, on off. Dhoni squirts it through the covers for a single.

FOUR! NICELY DONE! Starc bowls it short, on the leg stump line. Shankar hangs back and ramps it over the keeper, toward fine leg region for a cheeky boundary. 

Full-length delivery angled into the middle. Shankar hits it toward wide of long-on for just a single.

 On a length, around off. Dhoni knocks it through covers for a run.

 Pitched full, on off. Shankar tries hard but heaves it off the cue end toward cow corner region for one.

Starc ends the over with a fine delivery. Bowls a brilliant yorker, just outside the off-stump. Dhoni plays and misses it. 41 needed off the final over. Unless DC bowls any extras, they have bagged this game.

SIX! CLUBBED! Pitched full, in the slot. Shankar gets under it and tonks it over the bowler and toward the sight screen for a thumping hit.

Low full toss around off. Shankar slices it toward deep extra cover for a couple.

Yorker length delivery on off. Shankar jams it out to long-on for one.

FOUR! STREAKY BUT DHONI WON'T MIND IT! Low full toss outside off. Dhoni reaches at it and edges it between the backward point and the short third fielders for a boundary.

High full toss angled into the middle. Dhoni miscues the pull toward deep mid-wicket for a single.

FINALLY A WIN FOR DELHI CAPITALS AT CHEPAUK AFTER 2010! Low full toss on off. Shankar drills it past the bowler and down to long-off for a single. The Capitals win by 25 runs and make it three out of three wins to start their season.