MUMBAI: Defending champions
Mumbai Indians' batting keeps to mild up IPL 2020. On Sunday night, in Abu Dhabi, they chased down 163 to beat
Delhi Capitalsvia way of means of 5 wickets and grab the No. 1 spot from their rivals.
It became their fourth win at the trot, and 5th overall, with every win erasing the ones haunting recollections of UAE returned in 2014, after they had misplaced all 5 fits in a row earlier than the match relocated to India.
MI's bowlers did their activity nicely to limition the Capitals to 162 for four, which became constructed round an unbeaten 69 (52b, 6x4, 1x6) via way of means of
and forty two via way of means of skipper Shreyas Iyer (33b, 5x4).
Half-centuries from
(53, 32b, 6x4, 1x6) and Quinton de Kock (53, 36b, 4x4, 3x6), and quick-hearthplace cameos via way of means of Ishan Kishan (28, 15b, 2x4, 2x6) and
(12 now no longer out, 7b, 2x4) then noticed them domestic no matter some hiccups.
In the end, they wanted seven from the very last over, however fours via way of means of Krunal Pandya off Anrich Nortje sealed the issue. MI misplaced skipper
early sufficient, and stumbled a piece whilst Yadav and
perished to negative shots. The middle-order, nevertheless, had sufficient firepower to nonetheless sail through.
With
being run out whilst going for a 2nd run off a mis-area via way of means of Suryakumar Yadav at lengthy on at a essential juncture, the Capitals ended up 15-20 quick of an awesome total. They had been additionally left to rue some mis-fields later on, specially via way of means of Prithvi Shaw that introduced to the absence of wicketkeeper
, out due a hamstring harm. Pant's harm might be a difficulty for the Indian team, which is ready to excursion Australia withinside the winter, too.
The Capitals additionally possibly erred in leaving out Shimron Hetmeyer, who had performed a match-triumphing knock of 23-ball forty five withinside the ultimate recreation in opposition to the
. Hetmeyer, who can maintain wickets should have changed Pant at the back of the stumps.
Earlier, Dhawan confirmed that he brings to the Capitals facet a few much-wanted balance on the pinnacle of the order, despite the fact that a query mark does continue to be over his strike rate. Having neglected out once you have out into 30s three times on this match and throwing away a few accurate starts, the left-hander ultimately notched his first fifty of IPL 2020.
