Delhi team flies under the storm of Sanju Samson: Won the match by 8 wickets, hopes of playoff remain intact!

New Delhi: It was not easy to bat on the slow pitch of Arun Jaitley Stadium, but Sanju Samson made all the difficulties easy. Thanks to his match-winning inning of unbeaten 87 runs, Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets. With this victory, CSK won both the matches against DC in IPL 2026. And with this victory, this team is still in the race for the last 4.

CSK gets lifeline in the race for playoff   

Let us tell you that this match was do or die for both the teams. Rituraj Gaikwad’s team won. Sanju’s brilliant half-century gave Chennai two important points. Even after the win, CSK is at sixth position, but now it has 10 points. Whereas DC is stuck at seventh position. The defeat further worsened their net run rate, almost ruining their playoff hopes.

Delhi’s batting stuck in the trap of spin   

In fact, in this match, Delhi, which won the toss and came to bat first, had to struggle a lot on the spin-friendly pitch. The beginning itself was bad. Pathum Nissanka and KL Rahul were out early after being set. Left arm spinner Akil Hussain bowled tightly in the powerplay.

Along with stopping the runs, he also took one wicket. The middle order completely disintegrated in front of spin. Noor Ahmed dismissed Karun Nair and Nitish Rana. Captain Akshar Patel also could not play a big innings and was out at a crucial moment. At one time DC’s score was 69 for 5.

Stubbs-Rizvi added some runs   

At the end of Delhi’s innings, Tristan Stubbs scored 38 runs and Sameer Rizvi scored 40 not out. Both of them tried to control the team by making a partnership of 65 runs. But it was not enough. Delhi team could score only 155 runs in 20 overs. The pressure of less runs was clearly visible on the score board.

Samson single-handedly turned the game around   

It is worth noting that CSK, which set out to chase 156 runs, did not have a good start. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Urvil Patel returned to the pavilion early. It seemed that the match would get stuck, but then Sanju Samson took charge. Sanju, who was the ‘Player of the Tournament’ of the T20 World Cup 2026, thrashed the Delhi bowlers.

He scored unbeaten 87 runs in just 52 balls. His innings showed class with big shots. Young Karthik Sharma also provided good support to Sanju by scoring 41 runs in 31 balls. Karthik left his mark as a finisher. Due to his excellent performance, Sanju got the title of Player of the Match in this match also.