Tushar Deshpande struck with the third ball of the match, dismissing Sam Curran with a quick short ball.

Faf du Plessis helped overcome a sluggish start with a flurry of boundaries off compatriot Anrich Nortje.

Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson added 87 from 67 balls for the second wicket.

Kagiso Rabada dismissed Faf du Plessis for 58. He became the fastest to 50 wickets in the IPL.

Ambati Rayudu anchored the innings through a wobble in the middle and finished with 45 off 25.

Ravindra Jadeja applied the finihing touches to the innings with a 13-ball 33* to set DC a 180-run target.

Deepak Chahar dismissed Prithvi Shaw and Ajinkya Rahane inside the PowerPlay.

Chahar, however, dropped Shikhar Dhawan on 25. It was one of four chances that CSK gave the DC opener.

Shikhar Dhawan launched an impressive counter-attack, getting to his half-century off 29 balls.

Marcus Stoinis scored an important 14-ball 24 in an important stand with Dhawan.

Sam Curran bowled a superb 19th over, giving away just 4 runs.

Shikhar Dhawan completed his maiden IPL hundred but DC still needed 17 to win from the final over.

Axar Patel struck 3 sixes off the final over bowled by Jadeja as DC got home with 2 balls to spare.

Delhi Capitals' 7th win of the season moved them back to the top of the table.