In form fast bowling duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult weaved their magic against Delhi Capitals to storm the defending champions into the playoffs spot of the Indian Premier League 2020. Playing a crucial top of the table clash at the Dubai International Stadium, Mumbai Indians restricted the hapless Capitals for a modest total of 110/9 in their allotted 20 overs and later returned to complete an easy chase courtesy Ishan Kishan's stunning 72 off 47 balls. With the win, Mumbai went up to 18 points while Delhi added one more loss to their streak - four in as many games.
Earlier in the day, opener Shikhar Dhawan bagged his successive duck as Delhi got off to a worst possible start. 1/1 soon turned into 15/2 as the Capitals managed to hit just one boundary between 3-10 overs. Mumbai, for a change, operated with two spinners in the powerplay. Jayant Yadav and Krunal Pandya bowled half the overs as Delhi could only score 22 runs in the first six. Pandya proved to be more than handy against right-handers while Jayant didn’t let southpaw Rishabh Pant break free.
Delhi lost the next three wickets in a space of 12 runs as Iyer departed for 25 while trying to counter a leg-break delivery outside off stump, only to lose his wicket to Rahul Chahar as Quinton de Kock did a quick work behind the stumps. Soon after, Bumrah sent back Marcus Stoinis and Pant as the scorecard read 62/5.
A few hits here and there got Delhi to the three-figure mark but it proved to be too little to have a crack at the Mumbai outfit.
The pitch looked like a two-paced surface but openers Ishan Kishan and Quinton de Kock went about their business. It seemed like the duo had mastered the art of chasing modest yet tricky targets. Mumbai got off to a flying start as Kishan took charge against Anrich Nortje. Kishan went ballistic as he hit eight fours and three maximums including one over square leg to score the winning runs off Nortje's length ball. The Proteas pacer did scalp the wicket of his fellow countryman but there was no stopping the men in blue. Kishan remained unbeaten on 72* and Suryakumar added 12 runs to the scoresheet as the Kieron Pollard-led side romped home with more than five overs to spare - winning the contest by 9 wickets.
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