A three wicket haul by Karn Sharma, along with a collapse in the batting lineup of Delhi Capitals in the second phase of the innings, made way for Mumbai Indians to hand DC their first loss in the IPL 2025 by 12 runs.
Coming to bat first, Mumbai Indians posted a total score of 205/3 on the board. Opener Rohit Sharma looked good in the initial moments, but was also soon dismissed for 18 off 12 balls. Tilak Varma was the highest scorer for the team, as he played an impressive knock of 59 off 33.
Ryan Rickelton (41 off 25) and Suryakumar Yadav (40 off 28) also made significant contributions. MI skipper Hardik Pandya (2) and Will Jacks (1) failed to make significant impact.
Starting their chase, DC was given their first hit in the first over itself. However, after that the team was going strongly till the half-inning mark, with 113 runs on the board.
However, the second phase of inning marked a collapse in batting as Abhishek Porel (33 off 25), Karun Nair (89 off 40), Axar Patel (9 off 6), Tristan Stubbs (1 off 4) and KL Rahul were dismissed in 6 overs, leaving the team in shambles.
In the final four overs, DC was in need of 42 runs, but soon Vipraj Nigam (14 off 8) was another wicket that came in and the team was needing 23 runs in final 2 overs. Eventually DC got wrapped up in 193 runs by the end of 19th over, as MI secured a 12-wicket victory.
Brief scores:
Mumbai Indians: 205/5 after 20 overs
Delhi Capitals: 193 all-out in 19 overs
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