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IPL 2020: MI vs DC: Hardik, Bumrah dazzle in Mumbai's joyride to the finals

Brief Scores: 

Mumbai Indians 200/5 (Ishan Kishan 55*, Suryakumar Yadav 51; R Ashwin 3-29) 

beat 

Delhi Capitals 143/8 (Marcus Stoinis 65, Axar Patel 42; Jasprit Bumrah 4-14) by 57 runs.

Mumbai Indians flogged Delhi Capitals with an iron rod to seal a berth in the battle royale for the sixth time in the Indian Premier League 2020. Blistering fifties from Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya's six-studded 37 pomped MI to a whooping 200/5 before Jasprit Bumrah's fabulous 4-wicket haul left DC's riposte in tatters.

MI have three days to bask in the glory before the summit clash on November 10 in Dubai while DC will lick their wounds to meet the winner of the Eliminator between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad on November 8 in Abu Dhabi.

Trusted trio back in the business

While DC kept the winning combination intact, MI hitched in certain starters Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult and Hardik Pandya to the fold. Albeit the retention of Nathan Coulter-Nile over James Pattinson in the supporting cast provided ample scope for debate.

Surya-Quinny sow the seeds of glory

The shots had been fired by MI's bowling coach Shane Bond on the match eve. "I think we are the team that nobody really wants to play, because they know if we plan well, we can do some damage.", he tooted his own disciples' trumpet. Though Rohit Sharma was trapped plumb for a golden duck by Ravichandran Ashwin, the left-right combo of Quinton de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav delivered the bite to the bark. Daniel Sams' leaked 15 in the quest to purchase some lateral movement with the brand-new cherry before Yadav weaved his charm on Ashwin for a six and a four, rioting MI to 63/1 - their highest PowerPlay score in the ongoing edition.

Delhi show oodles of fighting spirit

With nine wickets still left in the tank, the message in the first strategic timeout had to be of no-holds-barred acceleration. The plan was perfect, but the execution not so much. De Kock zapped out of his blocks only for Ashwin to drag the length back as long-off pouched the weak connection at 40. Yadav's visual treat was brought to a close right at the stroke of his half-century by Anrich Nortje. He laid into the hook but the ball jarred off the splice region and travelled straight down fine leg's throat. Ashwin ticked dangerman Kieron Pollard off the checklist with an enticing donkey-drop as MI squandered every joule of momentum with only 40 runs in 7 overs after the field restrictions for the loss of three big guns. Three claps and repeat for the wicked off-break who concluded with stellar figures of 29/3.

Kishan-Hardik gatecrash Delhi's party

Krunal Pandya couldn't arrive to the rescue either, but swashbucklers Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya did. That's the thing with batting line-ups that run as deep as a trench. They just keep coming for your neck, conceding no breathing space try as hard as you might. The golden rule of death operation is oscillating between clever off-cutters and block hole yorkers, but DC had merely the good old length freebie in their repertoire tonight. Sams, Rabada and Nortje kept serving the definition of hit-me balls as the parabolas kept enlarging from the crease and into the stands. An eye-popping 55 were gift-wrapped with a silver ribbon of the last three as the duo went absolute bonkers, helping themselves to an array of down the ground tonks and helicopter whippages. 

The grimmest of nightmares come true

Submerged under an avalanche of runs, DC were blown to smithereens by the wicket-manufacturing factory that is MI's new-ball attack. Prithvi Shaw was sent packing for nought for the third time in his last seven innings, his terrible record against Trent Boult extending with another nick-behind. The hero from the other day, Ajinkya Rahane was nipped in the bud by a banana inswinger from the left-arm typhoon before Jasprit Bumrah found the base of Shikhar Dhawan's off-pole with a heck of a shooter. The scorecard reading 0 for 3 for the first time ever in IPL history painted a clear picture of DC's misery. 

Shreyas Iyer lent into a textbook cover drive off Bumrah, feet towards the pitch of the ball and weight firmly behind the stroke. However, the basics were abandoned recklessly on the very next as the front-foot remained glued post the trigger movement, hand-eye coordination entrusted with the job. The price was paid with Rohit Sharma at short covers timing his jump to perfection to snaffle the unrestrained flash of the blade. Rishabh Pant's trainwreck season witnessed another chapter as Krunal Pandya's regulation slider was miscued to long-on, a gimme he'd dispatch nine times out of ten when on song. Pant losing his shape and overall posture in a bid to smash the leather off it has now become quite a recurring sight.



Stoinis-Axar prove the saving grace

The scoreboard welling with sorrow at 41/5, DC stumbled upon an elixir in the form of Marcus Stoinis. They crawled to 65 in 10 overs and Stoinis contributed the lion's share of 43 to keep the belief glimmering in some remote corners of the heart. His forearms which bear a passing resemblance to tree trunks clobbered the spinners past the ring fielders to leave the sweeper patrolling the fence with zilch hope. The routes of air being a uniform mode of journey meanwhile as three herculean sixes purred some life into the otherwise lopsided state of affairs. His revitalizing 71-run partnership with an equally freewheeling Axar Patel kept DC suspending by a hair strand till Rohit called on duty his failproof breakthrough-dealer. Bumrah flicked on the switch to breach through Stoinis' defences and then had Daniel Sams gloving back for zero. Axar eventually rested his weapons off Kieron Pollard as mid-wicket juggled thrice before grabbing hold for 42, hammering the final nail in DC's coffin. 

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