April 19: Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals by 40 runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Thursday. Electing to bat first, opener Quinton de Kock hit a 27-ball 35 at the top, while Pandya brothers Hardik (32) and Krunal (37) struck cameos as MI posted 168/5. The visitors then returned to restrict Delhi to 128/9, riding on a three-wicket haul by Rahul Chahar (3/19) and Jasprit Bumrah’s 2/18. The victory took Mumbai Indians to the second spot on the points table, while Delhi remained in the third spot.
Toss: Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first. Mumbai made two changes, bringing in Ben Cutting for Ishan Kishan, who is sick and replacing Jason Behrendorff with Jayant Yadav.
First innings: Rohit Sharma’s decision to bat first on a slowish surface was a surprising one as Mumbai got off to a cautious start. But once the openers got a measure of the surface runs started flowing. But the moment spin was introduced Amit Mishra bowled Rohit with a beauty on his very first ball of the night for his 150th IPL scalp. Runs were hard to come by thereafter as spin was employed from both ends. At one stage Mumbai were in a precarious position of 117/4 in 17 overs. But a late flourish by the Pandya brothers propelled MI to 168/5.
Second innings: Chasing 169 was not going to be easy on a slow and low Feroz Shah Kotla wicket and it turned out to be exactly that as Delhi squandered a solid platform of 48/0 in six overs and collapse to 63/4. Leg- spinner Rahul Chahar was the wrecker-in-chief with three crucial wickets at the top. A partnership with Chris Morris and Axar Patel raised a glimmer of hope for Delhi but it was snuffed out in the 17th over when three wickets fell in one over of Jasprit Bumrah. Delhi ended with 128/9 in 20 overs.
(Indian Express)
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