CSK vs DC Match 18 Highlights - Chennai (11 April 2026)

Shorter in length and around off, Tristan Stubbs punches it to sweeper cover for a single.

FOUR! Good shot! Tossed up, full and on off. Ashutosh Sharma clears his front leg away and smacks the leather out of the ball, beating long off to his left for a boundary.

Shout for LBW, but turned down! Flatter, full and on the leg stump line. Ashutosh Sharma goes down for the reverse sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads. There is a stifled appeal from Noor, but it is turned down. However, Ruturaj Gaikwad takes the review here. Well, the UltraEdge shows a spike when the ball is close to the bat, confirming an inside edge. No need to go further. CSK burn a review.

SIX! Top shot! Flighted delivery, full and around middle. Ashutosh Sharma backs away early to open up the off side. He gets under the ball and dispatches it over the long off fence for a biggie.

OUT! CAUGHT! Noor Ahmad has the last laugh, and this is also his first wicket of the season. He floats up a wrong 'un, full and keeps it outside off, turning it away a bit. Ashutosh Sharma once again moves to the leg side to repeat the dose but this time has to reach out for it a bit and due to the away spin, he ends up slicing it much squarer. It flies high in the air towards sweeper cover, where Anshul Kamboj runs in from the ropes and takes a good catch. DC are 149/6 now.

FOUR! Fine way to start your IPL career! Looped up, full and just outside off. Auqib Nabi gets a good stride out and drives it crisply through covers for a boundary.

 Beaten by lack of pace! Back of a length, at 128 kph, wide outside off. Stubbs tries to cut it through point, but misses. 

Into the surface, on a hard length, over off. Stubbs hops on the toes and taps it to backward point.

Short again from Overton, Stubbs hacks it across to deep mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! MISTIMED AND GONE! Hosein did make it difficult for himself, but importantly, he held onto that one. Express pace and full on off stump. Nabi clears the front leg and swings hard, but only manages a top edge. That balloons high into the night sky above extra cover. Hosein is stationed inside the ring and calls for it early, with Ruturaj sauntering over from mid off as well. The ball swerves under the lights and Hosein takes it over his head, falling backwards in the process. The Super Kings are firmly ahead now as Overton has his third wicket of the night. Delhi Capitals are 154/7, needing 59 more from 26 balls.

Hard length, outside off, Kuldeep uses the pace to scythe it behind to deep third for a single.

Back of a length and it is stabbed into the leg side for a single.

Sharp short ball, over middle, Stubbs swivels and mistimes the pull shot to deep mid-wicket for a single.

On a length, around off, at 134.9 kph. Kuldeep gets back and across to pull it toward deep square leg for a single.

 FOUR! Stubbs keeping the flame burning for DC! Full and far outside off. Tristan Stubbs picks the off-pace ball and cuts it over backward point for a cracking four. 51 needed off 21 balls.

 SIX! Into the stands! At pace and short, angling from middle to off. Stubbs clears the front leg, with a stable base and pulls it behind deep mid-wicket for a huge six.

FIFTY FOR STUBBS! An inning of class and controlled aggression from the South African. Until he is there, the Capitals will still believe. Full and straight on middle. Tristan Stubbs chips it down the ground, between long off and long on for a couple of runs. Overton gets across to his right and gets rid of the ball, but seems to have clutched his back a bit. But eventually, he is back on his feet and good to go.

 Low full toss on the off stump. This is driven with a straight bat to Overton at long off. Just a single.

From around the stumps, this is pushed across the batter, almost a yorker outside off. Stubbs fails to get under it and shovels it straight to cover.

Working well with his angles, is Kamboj. Stubbs switches his stance for a reverse scoop, but scuffs this overpitched ball to deep third and denies the single.

 FOUR! A schoolboy error from Noor! CSK just cannot afford this at the moment. Length ball sitting up wide outside off. Stubbs throws himself at it and slices it towards sweeper cover, but Noor fails to account for the spin off the surface. Overruns and it skips past him to the fence behind.

Nails the yorker at the toes, Stubbs converts into a low full toss and pushes it to long on for a single.

Very full on middle, zipped in hard. Kuldeep goes for the reverse ramp, seemingly with the back of the bat, and it spoons away towards a very fine deep third for a single. Khaleel gets across in the deep to cut it off.

 FOUR! That's been struck with some venom! Kamboj misses the yorker, sliding it in as a low full toss angling away outside off. Stubbs clears the front leg and hammers it back down the ground, and the long off fielder can only watch helplessly as it beats him to his right.

Full just outside off. Kuldeep shuffles across to flick but misses it completely, taking it on the pads and the ball rolls into the leg side. Overton charges across and fires in an underarm throw at the batting end, but it misses the stumps and Stubbs gets home safely. Leg bye taken.

WIDE! Over the head, down leg. Stubbs tries to pull the slower ball behind, but misses. Wide called anyways.

Good review! Jamie Overton executes this one to perfection, serves it full and outside off, but just inside the tramline. Tristan Stubbs throws his bat at it but misses. It is called a wide, but Overton straightaway signals his skipper to take the review. The Ball Tracking shows that some part of the ball is inside the wide guideline. The on-field call is changed.

OUT! MISCUED AND GONE! That should be the game for CSK. Wicket number 4 for Overton. He is fired up and understandably so. Cannoned in on a fuller length, around off. Tristan Stubbs tries to muscle it over mid off, but gets the ball sliced instead. Airs it toward mid off where Noor Ahmad backtracks a bit and takes a fine catch with a reverse cup in front of his face. A fighting knock from Stubbs comes to an end. Delhi Capitals are 183/8, needing 30 more runs from 9 balls.

Shortish on middle and leg. Ngidi hops around his crease and drop-kicks it into the square leg region for a single.

Slower ball on a length outside off. Kuldeep shuffles across before working it towards the bowler.

On a length, on off, Kuldeep pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. End of an excellent spell from Jamie Overton. He finishes with figures of 4-0-18-4. A sure-shot match-winning performance.

OUT! TAKEN! Kuldeep bites the dust as well. Full in length and on the middle stump. Kuldeep steps out and tries to go inside out over extra cover but mishits it completely in the air. Brevis, moving swiftly to his right from cover, pouches it safely. CSK are just 1 wicket away from winning. 

Hits the deck hard, from around the stump, over off. T Natarajan has a loose waft at it and is beaten on the outside edge.

Fires it full and on leg, T Natarajan eases it down to long on for a single.

Swing and a miss! At 135.6 kph, this is pushed outside off, on a fuller length. Lungi Ngidi clears the front leg but cannot get bat on ball. Oh no! Kamboj has overstepped and No Ball is called. Free Hit to come next...

Misses again! Similar line and length, full and angling outside off. Lungi Ngidi swings to get it over cover, but misses out.

Low full toss, dips outside off. Lungi Ngidi extends his arms wide and hits it uppishly from the toe end towards widish deep cover for a couple of runs.

OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! And after a long wait, this gets the Super Kings on-board in this year's IPL. Anshul Kamboj bowls it at 132.8 kph, full and angling away, wide outside off. Ngidi reaches out and throws his hands at it, but only manages a thick outside edge that flies straight into the hands of Gurjapneet who is positioned at a straightish short third. Chepauk is up on its feet and the Men in Yellow are delighted to bits. CSK BEAT DC BY 23 RUNS!