2019 Indian Premier League(IPL) Season 12 - Match 34 Delhi Capitals Vs Mumbai Indians @ Delhi Thurssday April 18,2019

 

A Look Back at The Last 5 Delhi vs Mumbai Encounters

 In the last 5 matches, Delhi hold a slight edge with three wins, all of them coming in their last three matches against Mumbai.

 March 24th 2019, Delhi won by 37 runs

Delhi Capitals put on a show for the Wankhede crowd when they met Mumbai Indians in their first encounter of the 2019 season. Even though local boy Prithvi Shaw could not deliver the goods, the Capitals put on a massive of 213/6, riding on Rishabh Pant’s blazing 27-ball 78.

Mumbai got off to a promising start but after losing Rohit Sharma with the score at 33, the home side kept losing wickets at regular intervals and eventually folded at the score of 176 with four balls remaining. Yuvraj Singh was the bright spot, scoring 53 off 35 balls, but the man-of-the-match award went deservingly to Pant.

May 20th 2018, Delhi won by 11 runs

Mumbai’s loss to Delhi in the second match the sides faced each other in the last edition of the IPL proved to be a decisive blow for Mumbai, as it was the match which knocked the away side out of running for a playoff spot.

On an unpredictable Kotla track, Delhi made 174/4, once again helped by the brilliance of Rishabh Pant who made 64 off 44 balls and Vijay Shankar’s handy lower-order cameo of 43 off 30 balls.

Mumbai sent Rohit Sharma to bat at number 4, but the ploy did not work as there was no stability at the top of the order. Ewin Lewis gave his wicket away after trying to charge down to Amit Mishra but left stumped by Pant behind the stumps for 48. No other batsman, Sharma included crossed 40 runs for Mumbai as they were all-out for 163 in 19.3 overs.

April 14th 2018, Delhi won by 7 wickets

When Mumbai Indians put on a target of 195 for Delhi to chase after they were put in to bat first by the away side, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that captain Gautam Gambhir might have regretted his decision. Thanks to Suryakumar Yadav, Ewin Lewis and Ishan Kishan (53, 48 and 44 respectively), Delhi were left with a mountain to climb.

That’s precisely when Jason Roy and Rishabh Pant (once again) stepped up to the plate. Roy carried his bat through the innings, remaining not out on 91 off 53 balls and Pant chipped in with 47 off 25 balls batting at number three to set up the win for Delhi. They were taken over the line by Shreyas Iyer, who’s 27 off 20 balls in the end when things were looking tough proved to be the difference between the two teams.

May 6th 2017, Mumbai won by 146 runs 

We have to go as far back as the 2017 edition of the IPL to recount Mumbai Indians’ last win over Delhi in the competition, when they registered a mammoth 146-run win over the home side. Delhi won the toss, elected to field first and pretty much lost the game in that moment.

Riding on 60s by the West Indian duo of Lendl Simmons and Kieron Pollard, Mumbai posted 212 for 3 in their 20 overs. It was critical for Delhi to get off to a good start and surge ahead with some momentum, but exactly the opposite happened with Sanju Samson being dismissed off the very first ball by Mitchell McClenaghan. Karun Nair scored 21, opening the batting, but no other batsman could even cross the ten-run mark as Delhi suffered an embarrassing defeat, all-out on 66 in just 13.4 overs.

April 22nd 2017, Mumbai Indians won by 14 runs 

A much closer encounter than the one the two sides played out later in that season, the match saw Mumbai scoring a competitive 142/8 in the first innings. The Delhi bowlers bowled economically and stuck to their lines, giving the likes of Jos Buttler, Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya very little room to play with.

However, in reply, Delhi put on a shocking batting performance as their top six batsmen failed to get into double digits. It was only when Kagiso Rabada walked in at number seven with the score at 24/6 that there was life breathed into their innings. Along with Chris Morris, Rabada put up a 91-run stand to get Delhi within touching distance of what would have been the most oddly remarkable run-chase.

It wasn’t to be, as Morris remained not out on 52 off 41 balls and Delhi managed 128/7 in their 20 overs.

Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by 40 Runs

Scorecard
MI 168/5 in 20 Overs
Rohit Sharma         30(22 Balls 4x3 and 6x1)
Quinton de Kock    35(27 Balls 4x2 and 6x2)
Krunal Pandya        37*(26 Balls 4x5)
Hardik Pandya        32(15 Balls 4x2 and 6x3)
DC 128/9 in 20 Overs
Shikhar Dhawan     35(22 Balls 4x5 and 6x1)
Match Result           MI won by 40 Runs
MOM -                   Hardik Pandya(MI)for his 32(15 Balls 4x2 and 6x3)


Mumbai Indians registered a clinical 40-run win over Delhi Capitals in an IPL 2019 match at Feroz Shah Kotla on Thursday (April 18) as the home side suffered another batting collapse on what was a tough wicket to bat on.


Chasing 169 to win, DC could only put up 128 as MI picked up wickets at regular intervals and will now go to second on the points table.


Delhi made a swift start to the innings, with Shikhar Dhawan in particular looking in ominous form. The southpaw took on Mumbai’s new-ball bowlers with ease.

As a result DC were 48/0 after the powerplays, the first time this season they hadn’t lost a wicket in the first six overs. Yet the dismissal of Dhawan changed all that.

He was out in an awkward manner when a ball from Rahul Chahar struck him on the pads then rolled back onto the stumps even as MI’s players appealed for LBW.

There was no such theatrics for Prithvi Shaw’s departure as the youngster went for a big shot off Chahar but only found Hardik Pandya at long-on.

Delhi have tended to lose wickets in bunches this season and this match was no different, as Colin Munro was bowled by Krunal Pandya before skipper Shreyas Iyer departed in similar fashion thanks to a beauty of a ball from Chahar.

Rishabh Pant was the next man to depart, getting clean bowled by Jasprit Bumrah. This left Axar Patel and Chris Morris with the unenviable task of getting Delhi over the line.

Both managed to clear the boundary on a couple of occasions but when Morris hold out to Pandya in the deep, it triggered yet another lower-order collapse.

Keemo Paul was run out for a diamond duck and Bumrah rattled Axar’s stumps on the very next ball, leaving the result of the match in little doubt.

Pollard amazingly dropped Kagiso Rabada on the final ball of the 19th over but it made up for it in the next over, ensuring the home side lost 9 wickets in pursuit of what was a tough and ultimately unsuccessful chase.

Earlier after Rohit won the toss and opted to bat, MI put up 168-5 in their 20 overs thanks in no small part to a Hardik Pandya cameo on a pitch that had plenty of assistance for spinners.

Rohit and opening partner Quinton de Kock got off to a flier, putting on 57 runs in the powerplay thanks to some fluid attacking batting.

However, the skipper departed off the very first ball after the field restrictions had been lifted, his stumps rattled by an excellent delivery from Amit Mishra.

In a surprise move, Mumbai then promoted Ben Cutting to number 3 but the experiment failed as he departed in the very next over, with Axar trapping him LBW.

MI needed a decent partnership between De Kock and Suryakumar Yadav to set the foundation for a big score yet a mix-up in calling saw the South African get run-out.

Yadav did manage to put together a 30-run stand with Krunal, but the slow nature of the partnership saw him go for a risky scoop shot against Kagiso Rabada and only edge one to Pant.

This brought out Hardik, who slammed 2 fours and 3 sixes during his brief stay at the crease. His 15-ball 32 helped provide a much-needed boost to Mumbai’s innings.

His departure with 3 balls to spare could have cost his team a few runs yet Krunal slammed successive boundaries of the next balls to ensure MI ended the innings on a high.

Amit Mishra becomes the 1st Indian Cricketer and the 2nd after Lasith Malinga to take 150+ wickets

Delhi Capitals’ spinner Amit Mishra became the first Indian to complete 150 wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday. Mishra achieved this feat during Delhi’s match against Mumbai Indians at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Amit Mishra is also the second cricketer after Lasith Malinga to achieve this feat and the leggie is placed at the second spot in the list of highest wicket-takers in IPL

Top 5 wicket takersin IPL

1. 161 wickets in 114 matches: Lasith Malinga (SL)
2. 150 wickets in 140 matches: Amit Mishra (IND)
3. 146 wickets in 152 matches: Piyush Chawla (IND)
4. 143 wickets in 126 matches: Dwayne Bravo (WI)
5. 141 wickets in 153 matches: Harbhajan Singh (IND)