Delhi Daredevils vs. Chennai Super Kings: Video Highlights, Scorecard, Report

The Chennai Super Kings recorded their first win of the 2014 Indian Premier League season as they crushed the Delhi Daredevils by 93 runs in Abu Dhabi.

Chennai, the 2010 and 2011 champions, chose to bat first and made 177-7 in their 20 overs with Suresh Raina making 56.

Delhi were skittled out for 84 in their reply as they slumped to their second loss in three matches.

Dwayne Smith made 29 for Chennai at the top of an order as they reached 50-1 at the end of the powerplay despite the loss of Brendon McCullum for nine.

Raina hit five boundaries and a six in his 41-ball innnings and was supported by Faf du Plessis, who made 24 from 17 balls, and Indian captain Mahendra Dhoni who blasted 32 from just 15 balls.

Despite an impressive 3-32 from young seamer Jaydev Unadkat, the Daredevils—still missing injured captain Kevin Pietersen—faced a tough chase at nearly nine runs per over.

BATSMEN		RUNS	BALLS	SR	4S	6S
Dwayne Smith	b Shahbaz Nadeem	29	28	103.57	3	0
Brendon McCullum	c sub (Wayne Parnell) b Jaidev Unadkat	9	10	90.00	1	0
Suresh Raina	c Murali Vijay b Jimmy Neesham	56	41	136.58	5	1
Francois du Plessis	c Murali Vijay b Mohammed Shami	24	17	141.17	1	1
MS Dhoni	c Mayank Agarwal b Jaidev Unadkat	32	15	213.33	2	2
Ravindra Jadeja	c Dinesh Karthik b Jaidev Unadkat	7	3	233.33	0	1
Mithun Manhas	NOT OUT	13	5	260.00	2	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	run out (Mohammed Shami)	1	1	100.00	0	0
Ben Hilfenhaus	NOT OUT	0	0	0.00	0	0
EXTRAS	(w 3, lb 3)	6
BOWLER	O	M	R	W	ECON	DOTS
JP Duminy	4	0	26	0	6.50	6
Mohammed Shami	4	0	45	1	11.25	8
Shahbaz Nadeem	3	0	29	1	9.66	2
Jaidev Unadkat	4	0	32	3	8.00	8
Jimmy Neesham	4	0	29	1	7.25	7
Murali Vijay	1	0	13	0	13.00	2

That task was made far tougher as they slumped to 50-5.

After losing three men in the opening 26 balls, they were further hit with the loss of key men JP Duminy and Ross Taylor.

The South African was trapped lbw by Smith for 15 at the start of the ninth over, and the New Zealand batsman fell in the next over for six, caught behind off Ben Hilfenhaus.

The team, who are much revamped after losing 13 of their 16 games last season, folded inside 16 overs as Ravi Jadega and Ravichandran Ashwin shared the final four wickets with Nathan Coulter-Nile unable to bat.

BATSMEN		RUNS	BALLS	SR	4S	6S
Mayank Agarwal	c Suresh Raina b Ishwar Pandey	2	7	28.57	0	0
Murali Vijay	c Francois du Plessis b Mohit Sharma	11	12	91.66	2	0
Dinesh Karthik	b Ravichandran Ashwin	21	22	95.45	2	0
Manoj Tiwary	c Francois du Plessis b Ishwar Pandey	0	2	0.00	0	0
JP Duminy	lbw Dwayne Smith	15	14	107.14	0	0
Ross Taylor	c MS Dhoni b Ben Hilfenhaus	6	6	100.00	1	0
Jimmy Neesham	c Suresh Raina b Ravindra Jadeja	22	15	146.66	2	0
Shahbaz Nadeem	c Suresh Raina b Ravindra Jadeja	3	8	37.50	0	0
Mohammed Shami	c Brendon McCullum b Ravichandran Ashwin	1	3	33.33	0	0
Jaidev Unadkat	NOT OUT	1	5	20.00	0	0
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Absent hurt	0	0	0.00	0	0
EXTRAS	(w 2)	2		EXTRAS	(w 2)	2
BOWLER	O	M	R	W	ECON	DOTS
Ishwar Pandey	4	0	23	2	5.75	13
Ben Hilfenhaus	2	0	9	1	4.50	7
Mohit Sharma	3	0	17	1	5.66	6
Dwayne Smith	2	0	14	1	7.00	4
Ravindra Jadeja	2.4	0	18	2	6.75	6
Ravichandran Ashwin	2	0	3	2	1.50	10

Delhi next play Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday while Chennai meet Rajasthan Royals in their third match on Wednesday.