IPL 2026: Sanju Samson’s Unbeaten 87 Powers CSK To Eight-Wicket Win Over DC
Chennai Super Kings advanced near the crowded playoff zone by earning two points with win over Delhi Capitals.
Published : May 6, 2026 at 12:54 AM IST
|Updated : May 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM IST
New Delhi: Chennai Super Kings retained their sixth position in the IPL 2026 points table with an eight-wicket win over Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium and are still in the race to make it into the playoffs. Sanju Samson shone with the bat while Noor Ahmad picked two wickets for the winning side.
Sanju Samson continued his purple patch and showed his class on a sticky pitch to lead the chase for CSK. Thanks to his knock of unbeaten 87 runs from just 52 balls, laced with six sixes, the team hunted down the target of 156 with 15 balls to spare. Kartik Sharma also played a supportive knock of 41 runs from 31, laced with two sixes. Samson made the chase easier for CSK as the conditions were not much easier to bat on. Samson, who was awarded Player of the Match for his performance, is in fifth position in the list of players with the most runs in the ongoing season.
A proven match-winner now emerging as CSK’s go-to man! 💪💛
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) May 5, 2026
Well played, #SanjuSamson! 👏#DCvCSK #SanjuSamson #KartikSharma #KuldeepYadav #TristanStubbs #UrvilPatel#TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/fBo71Qzi1n
Axar Patel and Lungi Ngidi picked one wicket each, but Kuldeep Yadav and Natarajan turned out to be expensive in their spells, conceding runs with an economy of 11.30 and 15.60, respectively.
Whistle Podu, #CSK!
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) May 5, 2026
An exceptional knock by Sanju Samson helped Chennai register a thumping win in Delhi! 💛💪🔥#DCvCSK #SanjuSamson #KartikSharma #KuldeepYadav #TristanStubbs #UrvilPatel
Watch the winning moments 👉 https://t.co/hVsFUTS2OG pic.twitter.com/LqypaVedDP
Earlier in the match, DC posted 155/7 while batting first. The openers formed a 29-run stand for the opening wicket, but it was a continuous fall of wickets after that. Tristan Stubbs (38) and Sameer Rizvi (40 Not Out) were the only two batters who showed some resilience, but none of the other batters managed to score more than 20 runs. Noor Ahmad and Akeal Hosein capitalised on a surface which was slow in nature, taking two and one wicket respectively.
He’s not slowing down! 😮💨
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) May 5, 2026
Chetta takes on T. Natarajan and sends it for a maximum as he looks to finish this chase in a hurry!#TATAIPL Revenge Week 2026 ➡️ #DCvCSK| LIVE NOW 👉https://t.co/hVsFUTS2OG pic.twitter.com/qTZlSoeU6R
While CSK continue to remain at the sixth position in the standings, DC are at the seventh place with a total of eight points from 10 matches and a net run rate of -0.949.
Brief scores: Delhi Capitals 155/7 in 20 overs (Sameer Rizvi 40 not out, Tristan Stubbs 38; Noor Ahmad 2-22, Jamie Overton 1-5) lost to Chennai Super Kings 159/2 in 17.3 overs (Sanju Samson 87 not out, Kartik Sharma 41 not out; Axar Patel 1-25, Lungi Ngidi 1-30) by eight wickets
