Is it over for Delhi Daredevils? Have a read.

Is it over for Delhi Daredevils?

IPL 2018 is on full swing and we are half way down the tournament. Several teams have performed exceptionally well while others are struggling for their place in the playoffs.

Delhi Daredevils captain Gautam Gambhir left the captaincy as the team was on the last spot and was down falling. Young Shreyas Iyer was handed the opportunity.   

Delhi Daredevils (DD) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) were to face each other on 30th April 2018. Delhi won 2 out of 7 matches prior to the match and a win would give them slight more hopes to qualify.

MS Dhoni(CSK captain) on left and Shreyas Iyer(DD captain) on right.
Image Source- firstpost.com

Match Summary:-

Daredevils won the toss and decided to bowl first. But things were not going their way as a solid opening stand was secured by Chennai. DD came back when they took 3 quick wickets at 28 runs. But Ambati Rayudu and MS Dhoni had some other plans. They both smashed each and every bowler for runs and took the team to 211 runs.

Daredevils had to chase the big target. They never looked neck to neck after losing Shreyas Iyer and Maxwell. Rishabh Pant was hitting the ball very well but was struggling to match the run rate. Pant gave some hopes to DD fans.We could also say Vijay Shankar's late sixes pressurized CSK a bit. But unfortunately DD faced a loss by 13 runs. A hard fought run chase came to an end.

Three time semifinalists DD are in a difficult position now. They will qualify safely if they win all the 6 remaining matches. However a team can qualify at 7 wins out of 14 but would have to depend on other team's victory and loses.

Points table:-

Points table after DD vs CSK.
Self designed table.