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Right then, after another IPL game with over 500 runs in it, we have a winner that bats first and puts the scoreboard pressure on the side batting second! That will be it from Delhi, now, you can focus on the second match of the day, live from Lucknow, between Lucknow Super Giants and table-toppers Rajasthan Royals by clicking here. This is the pair of Pradeep and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!
Jake Fraser-McGurk, the Player of the Match (Delhi Capitals): I was pretty nervous facing Jasprit Bumrah today, but I stayed confident while batting against him and got those two boundaries in. I liked the six, of course! But it was great to get tested by the best. Innings like these are good for my confidence, and also for my teammates who can rely on me batting at the top of the order now. Well, as far as this tournament is concerned, just the number of eyes watching it, makes me feel good about performing well here! Hope there are many more seasons left in me in this competition!
Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals captain): We were pretty happy with the first innings score, but the Impact Player rule makes it slightly more difficult. Anyway, we got the job done. I thought the bowlers executed the plans well enough. I decided to come up to the stumps to Mukesh against Tim David, and it worked quite well today as the idea was not to make him hit over cover. Jake Fraser-McGurk has done well for us up to now, all I can say now is that we need him to keep going! Yes, we do have our chance now of qualifying, just that the wins need to keep coming.
On-the-go 4s of the Match award goes to Jake Fraser-McGurk again!
Jake Fraser-McGurk is also the winner of the Super Sixes of the Match!
Jake Fraser-McGurk is the Electric Striker of the Match!
It is time for the post-match presentation!
Anuskha: Hard Luck Mumbai, Congrats Delhi
Rasikh Dar (Delhi Capitals): It is tough, wicket is flat with the batters dominating. I've been told by my coach and I was mentally ready to do it. Hopefully I can, I want to fulfill the team's demand, but it was tough to hold on to the nerve, I did. Have to be confident, game is such and that's important. We decide together on how to bowl, even before the game too, we prepare well and it's all together. It was a good move, you saw, we got the wicket and Rishabh tells, you can bowl how you want and I'll be standing up to the wicket.
Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians captain): This game is becoming more and more closer, you needed to get used to couple of overs first, but now it's about couple of balls. The kind of games are happening how the bowlers are under pressure, we backed ourselves to do it, it was self belief, if I have to point, good couple of overs would've been good for us. Axar bowling to left-handers, going after him was a better option, it's a game awareness which costed the game. (About Fraser-McGurk) It was quite amazing the way he batted, very calculated shots, he used the field very well and chipped when it was not in the arc, it was just fearlessness of the youth in IPL. (Anything he would've changed at the toss) Not really, not really!
Mumbai Indians won't be all that disappointed with the effort they put in with the bat, but yet another loss here pushes them further back when it comes to reaching the playoffs!
The loss of wickets from the start to the middle was a problem, but the spirited effort from Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya and Tim David kept the visitors in the hunt right through.
But the bowling from Khaleel Ahmed and of course, Impact Sub Rasikh Salam, helped the Delhi Capitals to peg the batters back. Mukesh Kumar was expensive, but bowled some crucial overs to pick up three wickets and close out the game.
Fielding and captaincy were pretty good from the Capitals but the batting up front did the job for them, as the Mumbai Indians were never able to keep up with the asking rate.
With this win, Delhi Capitals go up to number five in the ladder with 10 points while Mumbai Indians stay at ninth with only 6 points!
20
overs
247/9score
1W
2
6
1
4
W
runs
Piyush Chawla*
10(4)
Luke Wood
9(3)
Mukesh Kumar
3/59
19.6 Mukesh Kumar to Piyush Chawla, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Wicket to finish as Delhi seal a thrilling win here against Mumbai Indians. Mukesh holds on to his nerve. Full toss into the batter, Chawla skied it and Hope takes another sitter at long-on.
Umpire checking if that was above waist height, confirms it's well below the waist and that's that!
Piyush Chawla c Shai Hope b Mukesh Kumar 10 (4b, 1x4, 1x6)
Final ball of the match coming up!
19.5 Mukesh Kumar to Piyush Chawla, FOUR MORE! Too little too late this for Mumbai. Length delivery outside the off-stump, Chawla slices it over the extra-cover region, runs away to the ropes.
Just don't bowl a wide or a no-ball Mukesh, and the match will be your team's!
19.4 Mukesh Kumar to Luke Wood, pitched up full on the off-stump, Wood swings across and mistimes it down to long-on for one. Huge cheer in the crowd with that!
Three more sixes, anyone?
19.3 Mukesh Kumar to Luke Wood, SIX! BAM! Is there still life in the game for MI? Short into the batter, Wood nonchalantly clubbed it over deep square-leg for a much needed strike. MI hanging in by a thread here!
19.2 Mukesh Kumar to Luke Wood, OH MY! What a stupendous effort from Fraser-McGurk, makes good ground from the deep mid-wicket, dives forward but doesn't cling on in the end, got to give it to the commitment. Back of a length on the stumps, Wood skies it and picks up a couple.
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