Delhi Capitals have a shaky start as they lost three quick wickets in the IPL 2026 game played against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Arun Jaitley Stadium.
They lost the wickets of Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul and Karun Nair at regular intervals in Tuesday’s clash.
After choosing to bat first, Pathum Nissanka and KL Rahul opened the innings while Akeal Hosein opened the bowling attack. The Delhi Capitals duo made a slow start and were seen restless at the crease.
Mukesh Choudhary brought the first breakthrough, dismissing Nissanka for 19 runs. He got dismissed on the back foot on a full-length and outside off delivery where he tried to hit above mid on, but Brevis took a comfortable catch.
Akeal Hosein got his first wicket, dismissing KL Rahul for 12 runs. He got dismissed on a outside off delivery where the ball gripped the surface as the wk-batter ended up slicing in the air and Ruturaj Gaikwad took the catch.
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With Nitish Rana and Karun Nair at crease, Delhi Capitals scored 37 runs in the powerplay. Noor Ahmad who came to bowl the 8th over, bagged the wicket of Karun Nair for 13 runs. He got dismissed on a tossed up delivery outside leg stump, where he tried sweep shot and gave a comfortable catch to Gurjapneet Singh at Short fine.
Losing three wickets Delhi Capitals scored only 52 runs and are in tough spot. Noor Ahmad picked his second wicket dismissing Nitish Rana for 15 runs. He was sent back to dug out after he caught back at backward square leg.
Delhi Capitals Playing 11: Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul (wk), Karun Nair, Tristan Stubbs, Nitish Rana, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan
CSK Playing 11: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh
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