KL Rahul was a nightmare for Delhi in the match against CSK: played a brilliant half-century innings

The 17th match of IPL 2025 is being played between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium Chepock. Batting first, Delhi scored 183 runs in this match at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. KL Rahul’s contribution in taking Delhi to this score was very important. He scored a brilliant half -century.

Akshar Patel batted brilliantly

After winning the toss and batting first, the starting of Delhi Capitals was not good in this match. In the very first over, the team suffered the first blow when Jack Fraser McGark returned to the pavilion without opening an account. KL Rahul with Abhishek Porel shared a half -century partnership from Thi. Both added 54 runs for the second wicket. Abhishek was dismissed for 33 runs. Jadeja dismissed Porel and gave Delhi a second blow to Delhi, which was dismissed by 33 runs off 20 balls. After this, Akshar Patel played some good shots, but he also returned to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs off 14 balls. KL Rahul continued his innings and scored a 38th half -century of IPL career.

Sameer and KL Rahul shared a 56 -run partnership for the fourth wicket. Rizvi was dismissed for 20 runs off 15 balls. After this, KL Rahul also lost his wicket in the final over. Dhoni was run out by Ashutosh Sharma on Jadeja’s throw on its next ball. Triston Stabs remained unbeaten after scoring 24 runs off 12 balls.

Akshar Patel was dismissed by scoring half -century

While one end of Delhi wickets was constantly falling, KL Rahul, who was present at the other end, was continuously playing good shots. It seemed that KL Rahul would complete a century in this match but this did not happen. On a personal score of 77, Mathisa Pathirana got him caught out behind the wicket. In this innings of his 51 balls, Rahul hit six fours and 4 sixes.

Talking about bowling, Khalil Ahmed took the most 2 wickets for Chennai, he spent 25 runs in his 4 overs. Apart from this, Ravindra Jadeja, Noor Ahmed and Mathisa Pathirana got 1-1 wickets.