IPL 2020: Shikhar Dhawan shines as DC crush CSK by 5 win to claim top position

Shikhar Dhawan scored his maiden ton and Axar Patel hammered three sixes in the final over as Delhi Capitals (DC) beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by five wickets in Match 34 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in Sharjah on Saturday. (Source: IPL)

After electing to bat, CSK lost their first wicket early after Sam Curran got out for zero in the first over bowled Tushar Deshpande. The left-hander edged one towards the third-man where Anrich Nortje completed a fine catch. (Source: IPL)

The sixth over of the game saw a collision course between Faf du Plessis and Kagiso Rabada after the two bumped into each other. Fortunately, du Plessis was up and ready to bat and CSK moved to 39 after the end of the powerplay. (Source: IPL)

The du Plessis-Shane Watson duo completed the fifty-run stand in the ninth over and hit three fours in the next as CSK moved past 70 at the halfway stage of the game. While du Plessis brought up his fifty in the 12th over, CSK lost Watson in the same over for 36 after Nortje disturbed the timber to give DC their second wicket. (Source: IPL)

Ravindra Jadeja hit four sixes in the last three overs while Ambati Rayudu hit one more as CSK scored 45 runs in the last three overs. While Jadeja remained unbeaten on 33 off 13 balls, Rayudu scored 45 not out from 25 deliveries to take CSK to 179/4. (Source: IPL)

Needing 180 runs to win, DC lost Prithvi Shaw’s wicket in the first over after Deepak Chahar completed a caught and bowled dismissal. The right-arm pacer scalped one more wicket in the powerplay after Sam Curran held on to a sharp catch at backward point to get Ajinkya Rahane out. (Source: IPL)

DC crossed the 100-run mark in the 13th over after Marcus Stoinis hit a six and a four off Karn Sharma. Meanwhile, Dhawan moved closer to 80, hitting two fours in the next two overs. CSK then got their fourth wicket in the same over as Rayudu held on to a chance to get Stoinis out. (Source: IPL)

Dhawan brought up his maiden ton in the penultimate over. DC needed 17 from the final over to close out the game and CSK went for Jadeja to bowl that over. With 15 needed from five balls, Axar had no other option but to go big and he did. He slog-swept the second ball of the over for a six and then followed it up with another maximum over long-off. Axar then ran two on the fourth ball of the over and with just 1 needed from the last two balls, hammered another six to take DC home. (Source: IPL)