Match 34 of IPL 2020 saw Chennai Super Kings lock horns with Delhi Capitals during which a cricket ball landed on the road outside the stadium which a lucky fan saw and picked up.
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HIGHLIGHTS
- A fan took home a cricket ball that landed outside the Sharjah stadium
- Video of the fan picking up a cricket ball from the road was posted on IPL’s Instagram handle
- Delhi Capitals (185/5 in 19.5 overs) beat Chennai Super Kings (179/4) by 5 wickets
The Sharjah Cricket Stadium is the smallest venue among the 3 in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) therefore, cricket balls regularly land up on the main road outside the venue.
Match 34 of IPL 2020 saw Chennai Super Kings lock horns with Delhi Capitals during which a cricket ball landed on the road outside the stadium which a lucky fan saw and picked up.
The video of a fan picking up the cricket ball from the middle of the road was posted on IPL 2020’s social media handle.
“Stop traffic, Am taking this home. That is one lucky fan,” the post was captioned.
Axar Patel smashed three sixes in the last over to take Delhi Capitals home but it was all about Shikhar Dhawan – his maiden IPL ton and three spilled chances which came back to hurt CSK- in Saturday’s evening match. With the win, DC reclaim the top spot on the points table with 7 wins from 9 matches as the Delhi completed a convincing double over a side to whom they had lost quite a few in the past.
Chasing 180 for victory, Delhi Capitals got off to a poor start as DC opener Prithvi Shaw once again failed to trouble the scoreboard and was caught behind in the very first over off Deepak Chahar. Chahar struck twice in the powerplay, picking up the wickets of Shaw and Ajinkya Rahane. Rahane departed for 8, thanks to a stunning catch from Sam Curran at the point.
Shikhar Dhawan, unperturbed by loss of partners, kept scoring boundaries at will at the other end and looked to take the game away with a solid 68-run stand with Shreyas Iyer before Dwayne Bravo got rid of DC skipper in the 12th over. Marcus Stoinis was the next DC batsman to depart as he was caught by Rayudu off Shardul Thakur before scoring quickfire 24 off just 14 balls.
Shikhar Dhawan slammed his first Indian Premier League (IPL) hundred after playing 167 matches in the league. After Shaw’s departure in the first over, he partnered with Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carrey and Axar Patel for 26, 68 and 43, 22 and 26* runs respectively.
Earlier, Faf Du Plessis hit his fourth fifty of the season before Ambati Rayudu and Ravindra Jadeja produced stunning cameos as a collective batting effort helped Chennai Super Kings post 179 for four against Delhi Capitals.