Chennai Super Kings could not have asked for better, when Captain Dhoni made a change on Saturday, in adding a brand new bowler in their team – Shadab Bashir Jakati, as the youngster restricted the Delhi Dare Devils’ batsmen from running away with a win. He took the precious 4 wickets of David Warner (51), T.M. Dilshan (13), Dinesh Karthik (52) and Pradeep Sangwan (0) giving away just 24 runs.  These batsmen almost made it to a win, chasing the defendable total of 164, but were dismissed at crucial times. Another CSK new bowler Sudeep Tyagi accounted for the dangerous Gowtham Gambir and AB deVilliers to go back to the pavilion with 13 and 0 runs respectively.

Delhi Dare Devils won the toss and put CSK to bat first, who used the opportunity to best advantage. Mathew Hyden (30), Murali Vijai (14), Suresh Raina (32), Badrinath (45) and S.B. Jakati (13) – all of them contributed well with their bats, to push up the score to a defendable 164 at the end of 20 overs. In chasing this score, Delhi team without their Captain Shewag, rested for an injury, made good efforts. Special mention should be made about the new Australian batsman David Warner, who showed signs of wonderful batting in making 51 runs in the very first match.

S.B. Jakati for his fine performance with the ball was adjudged as the Man of the Match.

Steely batsmen win matches and that’s what happened on Sunday. Royal Challengers led by Kevin Pietersen batted first, winning the toss, to put a reasonable target of 150 for Delhi. Openers Khalis and Uttappa budged cheaply. The former for a duck and the latter for 3. Pietersen and Ross Taylor put on 62 for the third wicket. When the going seemed smooth, Paterson bungled with his bat for a reverse sweep off Vettori, which he will remember for long. Even before the ball pitched, he jumped to other side to switch-hit the ball, which cost his wicket by castling the stumps. Boucher and Virat Kohli were the other pair to score 61 for the fifth wicket partnership.

Needing 150 to win, Delhi’s captain Shewag and Gambir opened the Innings but fell for 7 & 16. Dilshan came next to open up his fury with a first 4 off Pankaj and went on to slash 67 not out (2 sixes; 5 fours), after surviving a close call for run out at 65/2. AB de Vlliers (21) Dinesh Karthik (12) and Manhas (26 n/o) batted sensibly to help the team achieve the target comfortably with 4 balls to spare.

Dilshan was the unquestionable Man of the Match. Delhi has won 3 matches in a row so far.