Delhi Capitals lost their fourth wicket in a row in a last over thriller against the Mumbai Indians at Kotla. Anrich Nortje produced a death bowling masterclass but it wasn’t enough to stop them from losing the match. Nortje did extremely well to take the match to the last ball while defending 5 runs in the over. Tim David took 2 runs off the last ball to help Mumbai register their first win of the tournament.
As it happened
Mumbai Indians (MI) won a thrilling six-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals (DC) on Tuesday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium to open their account in the current season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Mumbai got off to an explosive start when they were chasing a challenging 173, adding 71 runs for the first wicket between Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan. Ishan was then fired for 31 due to a mix-up (26). Before Mukesh Kumar reopened play in the 16th over, Rohit and Tilak Varma contributed a crucial 68 runs for the second wicket after his dismissal. Tilak was dismissed for 41 (29), and Suryakumar Yadav was dismissed for a first-ball duck.
Rohit, who had just reached his maiden half-century in the competition’s 25 innings, was out in the following over for 65 (45), caught by wicketkeeper Abhishek Porel with an incredible catch. Tim David and Cameron Green brought Mumbai home on the game’s final ball after he was dismissed. Earlier, after Delhi was down to 98/5, Axar Patel produced a spectacular 25-ball 54 to save them. Apart from him, David Warner reached another fifty before being dismissed for 51. (47). Mumbai, meanwhile, performed admirably in the closing overs, picking the final five batsmen in only 10 balls. Piyush Chawla and Jason Behrendorff both had three wickets.
With this loss, Delhi Capitals are running out of time in the tournament. They are lying at the bottom of the table and are looking extremely shaky.
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