Sanju Samson misses out on creating history by entering Chennai Super Kings, wins match by 8 wickets

IPL 2026 DC vs CSK Full Highlights: Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets in the 48th match of IPL 2026 at their home ground Arun Jaitley Stadium. This was Chennai's fifth win in the season, in which Sanju Samson made an important contribution. While chasing, Sanju scored 87* runs in 52 balls with the help of 7 fours and 6 sixes. If Sanju had scored a century, he would have become the player to score 3 centuries in a season and would have come close to legends like Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler. Buttler and Kohli have scored 4-4 centuries in a season.

Chase, Chennai lost the first wicket for 24 runs in the form of captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (06) and the second for 45 runs in the form of Urvil Patel (17). After this, Sanju Samson and Karthik Sharma shared an unbroken partnership of 114* runs in 66 balls for the third wicket to get the team across the line of victory.

This was Delhi's sixth defeat in the season. Now the team has 10 matches, in which they have 4 wins and 8 points. From here, it has become difficult for the team to reach the playoffs. If the team wins all the remaining four matches, then it will reach 16 points. With so many points, it can be difficult for the team to step into the playoffs. To go into the playoffs with so many points, teams also have to keep the net run rate strong.

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