Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: An incisive seam-bowling by Jamie Overton helped Chennai Super Kings secure a 23-run victory over Delhi Capitals to get their first win of IPL 2026 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Overton’s clinical spell – the best figures of the ongoing season so far – stifled DC’s chase after their openers, Pathum Nissanka and KL Rahul, had blazed past the 50-run mark in just the fourth over. The momentum shifted decisively when CSK struck thrice in three overs, leaving the visitors’ middle order in disarray.
Despite a fighting 60 off 38 balls from Tristan Stubbs, DC fell well short of the target and were bowled out for 189 in 20 overs, with CSK’s fielding also backing up the bowlers well. Apart from Overton’s hard lengths, debutant Gurjapneet Singh’s disciplined lines caused constant trouble, while Anshul Kamboj was at his accurate best to pick 3-35.
The lack of sustained partnerships also proved to be DC’s undoing as CSK got their first win in Chepauk after losing six successive games. Chasing 213, Delhi began brightly as Nissanka and Rahul took 16 runs off Khaleel Ahmed in the second over and raced past fifty in the fourth over. Nissanka struck five fours and two sixes in his 41, while Rahul looked fluent with two boundaries and a six before mistiming a pull to Khaleel.
At 61/1 after five overs, DC appeared well placed, but CSK had other ideas – Kamboj accounted for Nissanka in the next over, with Dewald Brevis holding on to the chance at mid on. Gurjapneet then marked his debut with a wicket on the first ball, as Axar Patel cut straight to Sarfaraz Khan at backward point.
