MI vs DC IPL 2021 HighlightsMI vs DC Highlights: Delhi Capitals bounce back after a blip in the last match to overcome struggling Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets and 5 balls to spare. MI scored 129/8, batting first, as Avesh Khan and Axar Patel took three wickets each. In reply, DC also kept losing regular wickets, till a 39-run partnership under pressure between Shreyas Iyer and Ravichandran Ashwin took them over the line. MI’s route to the playoffs looks more and more difficult, having secured only one win from five matches in the second phase of IPL 2021.
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Steven Smith, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje
Mumbai Indians
129/8 (20.0)Delhi Capitals
132/6 (19.1)Delhi Capitals beat Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets
Ashwin hits a six off the first ball of the 20th over. That's it. DC win by 4 wickets. What a partnership between Iyer and Ashwin under pressure! 39 runs from 37 balls their contribution, which turned out to be the winning combination.MI's way to the playoffs becomes more and more difficult.
Iyer soaks up some pressure with the dot balls, then carts the last ball of the 18th over for a four to wide long on. Into his 30s now, Iyer is taking Delhi home. 11 needed in 2 overs now. Singles. 7 runs off the 19th.
This is now the biggest partnership of the match. 33 runs off 36 balls. 4 to get in the last over.
DC 126/6 after 19
We are nearing what could end up being a tight finish. Iyer and Ashwin, who is not the fastest between the wickets, moving the score along mostly in singles. MI trying to give nothing away with their season on the line. Iyer pulls Coulter Nile for four. That'll release some of the pressure on DC.
DC 111/6 after 17, need 19 runs in 18 balls
Hetmyer starts off his innings hitting boundaries at will. 13 runs come off the 13th over. The chase had began to look tricky, but this over has shifted the momentum firmly in Delhi's durbar. 37 needed off 42 balls. The required run rate comes down below 6. Bumrah back in the 14th. And he gets Hetmyer's wicket for 15. Ashwin now in with Iyer.
DC 93/6 after 13.2
Defending a 130-run target is always going to be difficult, and Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma might have felt his team was off to a good start when, after five balls, they conceded just a two. Then Prithvi Shaw decided to take a slight step to his right and punch Trent Boult for four through extra cover.
Rohit already had a grimace on his face before the ball raced past the fielders inside the circle. A tough day was promising to get a lot harder. Shikhar Dhawan’s inside-out loft for six a few balls later only made things worse. Then two quick wickets turned that frown upside down. Dhawan was run-out by a Kieron Pollard direct-hit (the tall West Indian casually sipped his drink when the third-umpire declared ‘out’). And then Krunal Pandya trapped Shaw LBW.
Within the space of three overs, Rohit’s expressions had changed so rapidly – a promise, perhaps, for 17 more overs in the emotional roller-coaster.
Iyer and Axar move their partnership along at the required run rate. Boult brought back in the 12th over and he gets the breakthrough with an inswinger into Axar. He goes for 9. Iyer still there, Hetmyer now joins him.
DC 80/5 after 12
Pant gets to the fence twice as Bumrah bowls the last over of the Powerplay. Pant and Iyer move their partnership along without much incident before Pant tries to go down the ground but can only hole out at long on. He goes for 26. Axar joins Iyer at 6.
DC 60/4 after 9
Smith gets going with a six off Bumrah. But is bowled around his legs by Coulter Nile. If MI's low target suggested DC were going to win this at a canter, their top order collapse has turned things interesting. Iyer joins Pant.
DC 35/3 after 5
Another wicket falls! Prithvi Shaw is also out early. Krunal Pandya insists on a Review and gets his man. Pant enters and begins with a boundary. Smith and Pant to try to rebuild the innings now.
DC 21/2 after 3
DC's chase begins with Dhawan and Shaw. Both openers get the ball to the fence in the first couple of overs. There's a run out! Dhawan is out for 8
DC 14/1 after 2
Avesh takes two wickets in the 19th over, including Hardik Pandya's wicket. Krunal hits a six off the last ball but Mumbai Indians can only get to 129/8 in 20 overs vs Delhi Capitals. DC to chzse 130.
A wicket maiden for Nortje as Krunal does little more than block. Avesh back into the attack in the 16th. Just 1 run from his over. Krunal has faced 7 balls without scoring. With the last few overs left, the Pandya bros decide to get a move on. 12 runs come off the 17th over bowled by Rabada. 9 comes off the 18th over, bowled by Nortje.
MI 109/5 after 18
Nortje gets another big wicket, Pollard's stumps are rattled by a leg cutter from outside off. MI are half down, the brothers Pandya now together in the middle, with just 87 on board.
MI 87/5 after 14.2
A 3rd wicket for Axar Patel! Saurabh Tiwary caught in the deep. Out for 15. Pollard and Hardik now in the middle but MI batting at a run rate of less than 6.
MI 80/4 after 13
Suryakumar gets 12 runs off the 8th over, bowled by Ashwin. Saurabh Tiwary rotating the strike diligently at the other end. Suryakumar hits Rabada for another six, he keeps the score moving. But in the next over, Rabada has his revenge, swoops in to take a catch. Surya is out for 33. Axar has a 2nd wicket.
MI 73/3 after 11
Nortje bowls a 5-run over to end the Powerplay, MI reach the end of the Powerplay at 35/1. Axar Patel gets a wicket in the 7th. De Kock takes the bait offered to him outisde off stump and he is caught for 19 at backward point. Suryakumar now gets into the action, six pulled off Ashwin.
MI 45/2 after 7.2
Suryakumar Yadav is the new man in at 3. And he hits the first six of the day - swept over fine leg. Ashwin bowls the 3rd over - 9 runs come off it. Avesh Khan (1/7 in 2 now) bowls another excellent over, before Rabada is in the attack in the 5th. De Kock smashes his first delivery for six.
MI 32/1 after 5
Avesh Khan is brave in bowling short to Rohit Sharma with the field still in. Rohit takes the bait and goes aerial. Catch to Rabada at third man. Rohit out for 7.
MI 8/1 after 1.5
Game begins. Nortje to Rohit. Clipped off the pads for four. More runs off the pads.
MI 7/0 after 1
Rohit Sharma: I was in two minds about batting and bowling. Teams have lost batting first and chasing, so it doesn't matter, we have to play good cricket and put runs on the board. Our bowling is amazing and has restricted oppositions so we just have to bat well and get a par score. We know where we stand on the table but we have to focus on what we have in hand, and on the particular occasion. We have a good squad and have to perform collectively. Jayant Yadav comes into the team in place of Rahul Chahar
Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
Rishabh Pant: We're going to bowl first. When we played the last time, it felt like a better option to chase here. DC will take one match at a time, and even though we qualified, we will take one at a time. Lalit Yadav is out and Prithvi comes in
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Steven Smith, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje
Delhi Capitals's Rishabh Pant wins toss. Opt to bowl first against Mumbai Indians, who look to stay in the race.
Mumbai Indians take on Delhi Capitals in the first IPL match on Saturday. After last night's match, Punjab's win ensured a play-off berth for Delhi Capitals, who become the second team to qualify after Chennai Super Kings. Punjab moved to fifth in the table with 10 points while KKR stayed in fourth with same number of points.