October 2
DC Wins Against Mi in IPL 46th Match
Delhi Capitals won over Mumbai Indians in the match 46 of the IPL 2021, at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, here on Saturday.
A sensational bowling and a match-winning stand between R Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer guided Delhi Capitals to a four-wicket win over Mumbai Indians.
Delhi Batsman Shikhar Dhawan (8), Prithvi Shaw (6), and Steve Smith (9) got out early and went back to the pavilion to leave DC at 46/3 after the first 6 overs.
Further Jayant Yadav dismissed Rishabh Pant (26) and Axar was trapped LBW by Boult on 9. By that time, Delhi’s score was 77/5.
Windies batsman Shimron Hetmyer hit only 15 runs and got out by Jasprit Bumrah.
But, Shreyas Iyer and R Ashwin played with patience and their 39- run stand, guided the side to a four-wicket win with 5 balls to spare.
Mumbai Indians had also scored very slowly. Initially, they had done 57/2 after 9 overs. Rohit Sharma got out on 7 and Quinton de Kock at 19. Suryakumar Yadav (33), and Saurabh Tiwary (15) took to Mumbai further.
Then, Nortje took Kieron Pollard’s wicket when he had done only 6 runs. MI reached 88/5 after 16 overs.
Finally, Delhi restricted Mumbai Indians to 129/8 in 20 overs of IPL’s 46th match.
