Chennai: Delhi Capitals took the revenge for their loss to Mumbai Indians in the final of the IPL last season in the UAE. Rishabh Pant’s DC defeated Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai by six wickets in the 13th match of this season. DC was in the driving seat shortly after Mumbai’s innings started. Shikhar Dhawan, the owner of the Orange Cap, led the way as DC lost the toss and were put to field.
Mumbai set a target of 138 for DC. Prithvi Shaw (11) was bowled out for 11 in the first over but Dhawan and Steve Smith put on 53 for the second wicket. With six wickets and five balls to spare, DC overtook the target in the last over. Dhawan hit five fours and a six for his 45 of 42 balls. Smith scored 33 runs. Lalit Yadav (22 *) is another top scorer.
Smith hit four fours of 29 balls for his 33 while Yadav hit just one four. Skipper Rishabh returned for seven runs. Yadav and Shimron Hetmeyer (14 *) completed the DC victory. Score: Mumbai 137 for nine. Delhi 138 for four in 19.1 overs. Amit Mishra was the man of the match. With this victory, DC climbed to the second position in the points table.
Mumbai, who opted to bat after winning the toss, collapsed in the middle of the innings. Mumbai scored 137 for nine. At one point, Mumbai were on course to score 170-180. But with the collapse in middle overs, DC’s target for victory was reduced.
Only skipper Rohit Sharma (44) was able to shine in the Mumbai line-up. Hitman’s innings included three fours and three sixes off 30 balls. Ishan Kishan (26), Suryakumar Yadav (24) and Jayant Yadav (23) were the only other batsmen to cross the two figure-mark. The likes of Quinton De Kock (1), Hardik Pandya (0), Krunal Pandya (1) and Keiron Pollard (2) all failed. Veteran spinner Amit Mishra took four wickets for Mumbai. He dismissed four wickets for just 24 runs in four overs. Avesh Khan took two wickets.
Mumbai had a bad start. They lost to De Kock when the team score was nine. But Mumbai got on track as Suryakumar came up with Rohit for the second wicket. Both punished the DC bowlers when given a chance. Mumbai had already crossed 60 runs in the sixth over. But at team score of 67, Surya’s dismissal became the turning point of the game. Avesh Khan presented the long awaited breakthrough to DC. Rohit left the crease after adding just nine more runs. The wicket was for Mishra.
In the same over, Hardik was out leg before wicket when team score was 77 by Mishra in the fourth over. Mumbai lost five wickets for 17 runs. Mumbai could not recover from this collapse.
