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Shreyas Iyer (33*) and Ravichandran Ashwin (20*) helped Delhi Capitals beat Mumbai Indians by four wickets with 5 balls to spare in the IPL 2021 match on Saturday. Mumbai Indians batted first and scored 129 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. In reply, Delhi Capitals chased down the target in 19.1 overs for the loss of 6 wickets. Ravichandran Ashwin sealed Delhi's victory by hitting a six in the direction of midwicket on the first ball of the last over of the innings by Krunal Pandya.
With this win, Delhi Capitals have 18 points from 12 matches and are at the second position in the points table. On the other hand, the difficulties of Mumbai Indians have increased and they are in sixth place with 10 points from 12 matches. However, Mumbai Indians still have a chance to reach the playoffs, but for that, they will have to depend on the results of other teams and better run rate. Before that, it is more important for him to win his next two matches.
Delhi innings
Chasing the target of 130 runs, Delhi Capitals did not have a good start. His top three batsmen Prithvi Shaw (6), Shikhar Dhawan (8) and Steve Smith (9) had returned to the dugout on the score of 30. Captain Rishabh Pant (26) played some attractive strokes, but Jayant Yadav gave Delhi the fourth blow by getting him caught by Hardik Pandya.
After this, Akshar Patel (9) and Shimron Hetmyer (15) also returned to the dugout frequently. Shreyas Iyer and Ravichandran Ashwin then put on an unbeaten 39-run partnership for the seventh wicket to seal the win for Delhi Capitals. Trent Boult, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Krunal Pandya got one wicket each for Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai innings
Earlier, Mumbai Indians scored 129 runs in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. Mumbai Indians started to bat first, Avesh Khan and Axar Patel spoiled the start. Avesh gave the first blow to MI by getting Rohit Sharma (7) caught at the hands of Rabada. After this, Mumbai continued to get tremors at regular intervals. Axar Patel made Quinton de Kock (19), Suryakumar Yadav (33) and Saurabh Tiwari (15) his prey.
Delhi's fast bowlers kept a check on Mumbai's run rate in the final overs and also took wickets. Avesh Khan and Axar Patel were the most successful bowlers of Delhi. Both took three wickets each. Avesh took 3 for 15 in 4 overs while Akshar took 3 for 21. Enrich Norge and Ravichandran Ashwin got a wicket each.
Earlier, Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and decided to bowl against Mumbai Indians on Saturday. Both the Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians teams have made one change each in their respective playing 11. Delhi has included Prithvi Shaw in place of Lalit Yadav. At the same time, Jayant Yadav has been included in place of Rahul Chahar in Mumbai Indians.
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