Ruturaj Gaikwad was declared fit but lost the toss as DC opted the bat in the day game.

Khaleel Ahmed struck in his first over for the third game this season as Jake Fraser-McGurk was dismissed for a duck.

Abhisek Porel led a quick counter-attack for DC.

After a steady start, KL Rahul picked up his pace through the middle overs and scored a 33-ball 50.

Axar Patel promoted himself to No.4 and scored a quick 24 before he was castled by Noor Ahmad.

KL Rahul completed his first half-century for DC.

Matheesha Pathirana produced an excellent spell at the death and got the crucial wicket of KL Rahul for 77 as DC finished on 183.

Mukesh Kumar struck early to dismiss Rachin Ravindra in the chase.

Mitchell Starc took the big wicket of Ruturaj Gaikwad with a short ball.

Vipraj Nigam dismissed Devon Conway and Shivam Dube in his four-over spell of 2 for 27.

Vijay Shankar, who survived an LBW appeal and was dropped twice, made a very sedate half-century.

MS Dhoni took 19 balls to hit his first four by when the game was long gone for CSK.

DC won against CSK at Chepauk for the first time since 2010. They also last won their first three games of a season in 2009.