- MUMBAI — Suryakumar
Yadav’s doughty 73 not out proved to be the difference as Mumbai Indians sealed
the fourth and final play-off berth with a 59-run trouncing of Delhi Capitals
in the Indian Premier League here on Wednesday.
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- Suryakumar’s masterclass — a 43-ball knock with seven fours
and half a dozen sixes in adverse situation — paved the way for a dominating
win. The five-time champions had not made the play-offs last year.
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- Delhi Capitals, who came into this contest with their fair
share of opportunity to reach the final four, saw the tables being turned on
them when MI batters collected 48 runs off the last two overs.
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- But the visitors were also guilty of a meek reply in a
do-or-die contest which had their top-order blown away in the powerplay,
leaving the rest of the contest a mere formality.
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- Chasing 181, Delhi Capitals, who were without regular
skipper Axar Patel in this game, rolled over for 121 in 18.2 overs with Sameer
Rizvi (39) being the top scorer.
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- Mitchell Santner was the pick of the Mumbai Indians bowlers,
returning 4-0-11-3 and accounting for Rizvi, Vipraj Nigam (20) and Ashutosh
Sharma (18). Jasprit Bumrah enjoyed another successful outing as he returned
3.2-0-12-3.
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- Delhi Capitals’ hopes suffered severe blows right at the
start of the chase when stand-in skipper Faf du Plessis (6) and KL Rahul (11)
fell cheaply, leaving the others with a mountainous task to accomplish.
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- Rahul, coming off an unbeaten ton in the last game, perished
when he edged one off the toe end of the bat awkwardly off Trent Boult (1/29)
while du Plessis hit one straight to long-on off Deepak Chahar (1/22).
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- Bumrah left DC reeling at 65/5 when he trapped Tristan
Stubbs (2) in front of the wickets and in the 15th over, Santner dismissed
Rizvi and Ashutosh to shut the doors completely on the Delhi Capitals.
