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Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals by 12 runs in a thrilling match on Sunday. In the 19th over, Mumbai scored 3 batters from Delhi on consecutive balls and won the match. Ashutosh Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohit Sharma were dismissed in this over.
Delhi chose bowling at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday. Mumbai scored 205 runs losing 5 wickets. Tilak Verma put a fifty. In response, Delhi Capitals were all out after scoring 193 runs in 19 overs. This is the first defeat after Delhi’s 4 consecutive wins. Karun Nair scored 89 runs off 40 balls. Karn Sharma got 3 wickets.
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. Player of the Match
Karn Sharma, who came to bowling as an impact player, took 3 wickets. He broke the century partnership with Abhishek Porel’s wicket with Karun Nair. Karna then also took big wickets of Triston Stabs and KL Rahul.
2. Hero of victory
- Mitchell Santner: Santner, who came to bowling in the middle overs, proved to be expensive in the initial overs. However, he finally took big wickets of Karun Nair and Vipraj Corporation.
- Naman Dheer: Naman scored 38 runs off 17 balls to bat on number-6. He made a fifty partnership with Tilak Verma and brought the team to 205.
- Tilak Verma: Tilak, who came down to batting on number-4, put a fifty. He scored 59 runs off 33 balls and brought the team close to 200.
3. Fighter of the Match
Impact player Karun Nair played the first match of the season for Delhi Capitals. He attacked Trent Bolt and Jaspreet Bumrah at the initial overs. He scored 89 runs off 40 balls. After his wicket, Delhi Capitals were shattered in Run Chase.
4. Turning point
Delhi Capitals needed 23 runs off 12 balls. Jaspreet Bumrah came here to bowl. Ashutosh Sharma hit 2 fours off the first 3 balls against Bumrah. Ashutosh was run out in an attempt to take a second run off the fourth ball.
On the fifth ball, Kuldeep Yadav tried to take 2 runs, but he was also run out. On the last ball, Mohit Sharma tried to take a single, but was run out of Mitchell Santner’s direct hit. Delhi was all out here and lost the match by 12 runs.
Ashutosh Sharma was run out after scoring 17 runs in the 18th over.
5. Nicholas Puran Top Scorer
Nicholas Puran of Lucknow is the top run scorer of the tournament by scoring 349 runs. Noor Ahmed of Chennai is a top wicket with 12 wickets. Mumbai Indians won the second win and finished 7th in the points table. Delhi Capitals reached second.