In a thrilling match on Sunday, Mumbai Indians won by 12 runs against Delhi Capitals. In the 19th over, Mumbai consistently run out to three Delhi batsmen and won the match. Ashutosh Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohit Sharma were out in the over.
On Sunday, Delhi chose to bowl at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Mumbai scored 205 runs after losing 5 wickets. Tilak Verma scored a fifty. In reply, Delhi Capitals were all out for 193 in 19 overs. This is Delhi's first defeat after four consecutive wins. Karun Nair scored 89 off 40 balls. Karna Sharma took 3 wickets.
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. The Match of Player
Karna Sharma, who bowled as an impact player, took 3 wickets. He took the wicket of Abhishek Porel and broke his century's portship with Karun Nair. Karan then took the big wicket of Triston Stubs and KL Rahul.
2. The hero of the win
- Mitchell Sentner: Sentner, who bowled in the middle overs, proved to be expensive in the opening overs. However, he finally took a big wicket of Karun Nair and the Vadraj Corporation.
- Dir with Naman Dhir: Naman scored 38 off 17 balls while batting at No. 6. He partnered with Fifty with Tilak Verma and made the team up to 205 runs.
- Tilak Verma: Tilak, who was batting at number four, scored a fifty. He scored 59 off 33 balls and took the team closer to 200.
3. Fighter of the Match
Impact player Karun Nair played his first match for Delhi Capitals. He attacked Trent Bolt and Jasprit Bumrah in the opening overs. He scored 89 off 40 balls. After his wicket, the Delhi Capitals collapsed in the run chase.
4. Turning points
Delhi Capitals needed 23 off 12 balls. Jasprit Bumrah came here to bowl. Ashutosh Sharma hit 2 fours in the first 3 balls against Bumrah. On the fourth ball, Ashutosh was run out while trying to take the second run.
Kuldeep Yadav tried to take 2 runs on the 5th ball, but he too was run out. Mohit Sharma tried to take a single on the last ball but he was run out with Michelle Sentner's direct hit. Delhi was all out here and lost the match by 12 runs.
Ashutosh Sharma scored 17 runs in the 18th over.
5. Nicholas Puran Top Scorer
Lucknow Nicholas Purnan is the highest scorer of the tournament with 349 runs. Chennai's Noor Ahmed is the highest wicket -taker bowler with 12 wickets. Mumbai Indians scored their second win and reached 7th place in the points table. Delhi Capitals reached second place.
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