Irfan Pathan questioned Delhi Capitals' move to bat first after winning the toss in the game against Chennai Super Kings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday, May 5.
At the time of toss, Akshar Patel He decided to bat first saying that the pitch might be slow in the second innings. Although, it was the Capitals who started leisurely, Pathum Nissanka and KL Rahul took time to settle down. The Super Kings bowlers were excellent as they gave away very few free balls and put constant pressure on the home team.
Capitals were reduced to 69/5 in 11 overs before Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi and Ashutosh Sharma played brilliant innings to take the team to a respectable total of 155/7. The host team did take the first two wickets, but Sanju Samson (87*) and Karthik Sharma (41*) gave victory to the Men in Yellow team in 17.3 overs.
Pathan criticized the Capitals' decision to bat first at the same venue where they were out for 75 against Royal Challengers Bangalore a few days earlier. The former India all-rounder said that the Capitals will have to win all their remaining matches to have a chance of reaching the playoffs. He concluded by calling Axar and company a good team.
Irfan Pathan wrote on his official
Some decisions of Delhi are questionable.
Batting first on the same ground where you recently batted first against RCB and were all out for 75 runs.
Now there is a need to win all the matches. Hopefully they will come back stronger. I still think DC is a good team.
– Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) 5 May 2026
The Capitals now have only four wins in 10 matches. Meanwhile, after playing 10 matches, Super Kings have won five and lost the same number.
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