Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Capitals by 23 runs to pick up their first win of the season. It all started with Sanju Samson who smashed a century in the first innings to help Chennai Super Kings put a total of more than 210 at the end of the innings. In reply, Delhi Capitals lost early wickets but Tristan Stubbs played a terrific innings of 60 from just 36 balls to keep them in the game but once he was dismissed the game was all but over. Jamie Overton was the star for CSK with the ball picking up three wickets.

Jamie Overton: Yeah, very happy. Just finally get a win in front of our home crowd. It’s great playing here and, yeah, nice to get the win. Yeah, it’s been really good. For a couple of games it hasn’t quite gone my way, obviously one over against Tim David last week, just sort of slipped out of my fingers a little bit, but these things happen in T20 cricket. But yeah, it’s been feeling good since probably December time in the Big Bash. I’ve been bowling some good gas and just trying to keep it going, really. I’m just trying to bend my back and hopefully get a few wickets. (Key on that surface) I think it was just trying to hit the top of the stumps. I felt like it was a bit tacky, some balls slid through, and then the next one would just jump up a little bit. So it was about trying to bring them forward and reduce their cross-bat shots a little bit. (On his side) Yeah, it’s fine. Just a bit of cramp. It was quite hot out there for me. But yeah, I'll be fine.

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Axar Patel | DC captain:

I think we got off to a good start, but if we talk about the chase, after the powerplay we lost two or three wickets in quick succession, which broke the momentum. I feel the difference in fielding was the game-changing moment for me. And if you look at it, whenever wickets fell, they fell in pairs, which made things very difficult. Wickets kept falling in clusters, and that led to a drop in momentum. I think the batsmen did a decent job, but overall our fielding let us down, because if you look at it, chasing around 213-215 was pretty much possible. I would like to credit the bowlers, they did a very good job restricting the opposition to around 215-217. It was a very good batting wicket. But as I said, if we hadn’t dropped one or two catches in the field, the result could have been different. (Did the pitch slow down?) No, nothing really changed. I think it was tougher for them, maybe because of the dew and they bowled pretty well.

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Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK captain:

Yes, obviously, it feels good to finally get that win and to come here and speak to you. But I think it was great. Great performance to start with. I always felt that coming here, we have been batting really well, batting first and to post 200-210 when the wicket is slightly on the slower side and still posting that good total, I think we were showing really good signs even the last game which we played here. But as I said, today again it was one of those knocks where Sanju actually took to the opposition, played a magnificent knock, even Ayush played brilliantly. But it was about bowling today. It was about wickets in the middle or bowling that aggressive lengths and sticking to your plans, keep it really simple. So, really proud of the bowling effort. (Happy with the bowling effort?) Well, definitely we don't have that X-factor in the bowling lineup, but as we have been discussing every game, how we can be effective, how we can be proactive and how we can save that extra boundary. But being attacking as well, you may have defensive fields, but you try and be attacking, try and use your lengths really well. That's what you can do at your best. And I think even the last few games, we were almost there, you know, it's just that one or two odd overs that really went big over 20 or 25 that really cost us. So I think today, as I said, bowling wise, we were right on the mark. Yes, we were set on the back foot in the powerplay, but I think after that, we came back really well. (On the crowd support) Yes, Chennai fans, they are always there behind us no matter what. I've seen so many messages, so many good wishes, wherever we go, they are always backing us. They are always supporting us. And that's what this side of the country it is.

Sanju Samson | Player of the Match:

(On his hundred) Yeah, it really means a lot, I think. To be very honest. I think the trust they showed in me, I think having that trade, I think it was a very responsible kind of a feeling that I need to put in a show. I need to stand up and say, okay, we are still in the tournament. And luckily everything came off very nicely, I think. As you rightly said, it's not easy to start off the tournament like this in a different franchise, but it never felt like it's a different franchise. I think it's like coming to another home. I think people are so sweet, so nice. And everyone is so calm and relaxed. Even losing three games in a row, we just had a meeting of 50 seconds today. I think that shows how like the franchise is and that really connects with the person I am. So I think very happy to be here. (On going back to basics again) To be honest, I think I have failed a lot. So failing a lot helps you how you need to come back. I think for failing a lot definitely mentally you think about, okay, do you need to go a bit hard or do you need to change your game plan. So mind gets a bit here and there. So I think you need to bring your mind and body to the basics. So I think I am 31 years old and I've spent a lot of time in this sport. So I need to know what my basics are. So I think basics are to get in mentally in a different zone and also physically do your basics right. I think as a batsman just looking for the ball coming out of nicely from the bowlers and so all those things. So we did some really good sessions the day before with our supporting staff and very happy things have come nicely for us. (On his partnership with Ayush Mhatre) Yeah, absolutely. I think it's very important to have a really great partnership in this format. So Ayush, it never looked like he's just coming out of under 19. He's showed so much maturity. I think he was hitting those things. It's also calculative. So that shows the amount of character and clarity he has in his batting. So really happy. (On his hundred celebration) Yeah, that was I think for Fleming. I think I know that how hard it can get. I think leading a franchise from last five years, I know that how mentally challenging it can be. So I think I just wanted to dedicate this to our coach Fleming.

This was a much-needed win for Chennai Super Kings after losing their first three matches. There are a lot of positives they will take out from this game and they seem to have found the right combination. On the other hand, Delhi Capitals have now lost two games on the bounce and they will be keen to make a comeback in the next game.