Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals, Indian Premier League 2020 Match 7: In Pics

Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won the toss and opted to bowl first against Shreyas Iyer-led Delhi Capitals in their second match of the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Dubai International Stadium on Friday evening.

As far as head-to-head record is concerned, the Chennai-based franchise hold an advantage over Delhi Capitals going into the upcoming match.

The two sides have faced each other in a total of 21 IPL matches, with CSK winning 15 of them and Delhi Capitals emerging victorious on six occasions.(Image Credits:Twitter/@IPL)

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have made one change in their Playing XI for their IPL 2020 clash against Delhi Capitals. Josh Hazlewood has been called up in place of Lungi Ngidi.

The CSK are going into their tie against Shreyas Iyer-led Delhi Capitals with these four overseas players: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Sam Curran and Josh Hazlewood.

CSK are looking to make two wins on the trot after winning their opening tie of lucrative T20 tournament against defending champions Mumbai Indians by five wickets. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

 

Shreyas Iyer-led Delhi Capitals have made two changes in their Playing XI. Amit Mishra and Avesh Khan come in place of Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohit Sharma, respectively. 

The Delhi-based franchise has opted for Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje as their four overseas players for the clash. (Image Credits: Twitter/@DelhiCapitals)

Delhi Capitals ended the powerplay against Chennai Super Kings at 36/0, with openers Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan remaining unbeaten at the crease at their respective scores of 27 and seven. The two openers smashed the CSK bowlers for boundaries all around the park. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Prithvi Shaw brought up his fifth half-century of the IPL off just 35 deliveries during the IPL clash against CSK. The Delhi Capitals opener pushed the third ball of the 10th over from Ravindra Jadeja into the leg side to bring up his first fifty of this season. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Piyush Chawla gave the much-needed breakthrough to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by breaking a 94-run partnership between Shikhar Dhawan (35) and Prithvi Shaw (57). Dhawan was trapped leg before wicket on the fourth ball of the 11th over.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

 Prithvi Shaw  departed for 64 runs after being stumped by CSK skipper MS Dhoni on the second delivery of the 13th over from Piyush Chawla. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Delhi Capital bowlers celebrate after removing both Chennai Super Kings (CSK) openers Murali Vijay and Faf du Plessis for 10 and 14 runs, respectively inside Powerplay. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Faf du Plessis (43) and Kedar Jadhav (26) brought up a half-century stand of 54 runs for the fourth wicket in Chennai Super Kings' chase of 176 runs against Delhi Capitals. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Opener Prithvi Shaw smashed a half-century before the Delhi Capitals bowlers came to the fore to help their side thrash CSK by 44 runs in their second match of the 2020 IPL in Dubai on Friday.