Delhi’s opening pair has scored 61 runs in the last 5 matches, the account has not been opened thrice

CSK vs DC, IPL 2023, David Warner: The 55th match of IPL 2023 is being played today at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In this match being played between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals, Dhoni has decided to bat first after winning the toss. Batting first, Chennai scored 167 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing the target of 168 runs, Delhi Capitals got off to a bad start. The team got a big blow in the very first over as captain.

Chahar gave success

Deepak Chahar, who came for the first over from Chennai, got David Warner caught out by Ajinkya Rahane on the very second ball. The Delhi captain faced two balls and could not even open the account. Chahar had a back of length ball outside the off stump, Warner went to hit it in the cover area and Rahane got a simple catch. Warner has played 11 matches so far this season. During this, he has scored 330 runs in 10 innings at an average of 33 and a strike rate of around 121. He has scored 4 half-centuries so far.

Opening pair in 5 matches

In the last 5 matches, the opening pair of Delhi Capitals is failing badly. The opener of the team has scored 61 runs in 5 matches. Three times even the team’s account was not opened and the opener lost his wicket. Today, Delhi’s opening pair could not score any runs against Chennai. Earlier, there was a 60-run partnership between Warner and Philip Salt against RCB. DC’s opening pair could not open the account against Gujarat. Shami got Salt caught out by Miller on the very first ball. In the match against Hyderabad, Bhuvneshwar bowled Warner on the very second ball. He could not score any runs. At the same time, there was a 1-run partnership for the first wicket between Warner and Salt against Hyderabad.

DC’s last five opening partnerships

1 Vs Hyderabad, Hyderabad
0 vs Hyderabad, Delhi
0 vs Gujarat, Ahmedabad
60 vs RCB, Delhi
0 vs Chennai, Chennai, Today

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