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A brilliant hostile bowling alley led by New Zealander Trent Boult took Mumbai Indians to an emphatic five-field victory over Capitals of Delhi and a fifth Indian Premier League title on Tuesday.
Boult scored twice in his first two overs and Mumbai held Delhi at 156-7 and the reigning champs raced to goal in 18.4 overs with skipper Rohit Sharma hitting 68.
Sharma, 33, led the chase in his 200th IPL appearance to inspire the most successful team at the Twenty20 tournament to join the wins in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019.
Boult, who was traded to Mumbai from Delhi Capitals last November, took starter Marcus Stoinis with the first ball of the final in Dubai, giving his former team a grim warning of the tough night ahead in the empty stadium. .
“It’s been a good few months, giving the franchise a good start,” Boult said after being named player of the game.
“With everything that was happening, I was welcomed on the side. It was worth it to have crossed the line.”
Ajinkya Rahane was trapped behind by two on Boult’s next over. Jasprit Bumrah’s fierce pace also kept Delhi in check.
Mumbai brought in spinner Jayant Yadav to pitch the fourth round and immediately pitched in form starter Shikhar Dhawan for 15.
Delhi skipper Shreyas Iyer, who made an undefeated 65, and Rishabh Pant rebuilt the innings with a pair of 96.
But Australian escort Nathan Coulter-Nile took Pant’s wicket for 56, his first fifty of a disappointing season.
Boult got Shimron Hetmyer for five on a slower short ball and returned 3-30 figures after four overs of a devastating left arm pace.
Iyer passed 500 races in a season for the first time, but Delhi managed just 38 races in the last five overs, losing three wickets, and Mumbai quickly took control of the race chase.
Sharma and Quinton de Kock he set a breakneck pace with 45 runs in the first 25 balls before De Kock was trapped behind Stoinis for 20. Later, Suryakumar Yadav ran out of 19 in a mix-up with Sharma.
Sharma hit four sixes and five fours on his 51-ball innings and nearly finished the game with Ishan Kishan, but fell to South Africa quickly. Anrich Nortje just before the end.
Kishan, who scored more than 500 runs in 14 games, held firm with his 33 undefeated as Mumbai edged Delhi for the fourth time this year, including a beating in the first qualifying semi-final.
“I was not looking in good shape at the beginning of this season, so I had a good chat with Hardik (Pandya) and Krunal (Pandya),” Kishan said.
“He wanted to do what was good for the team with the bat and score great runs.”
Delhi fast launcher Kagiso rabada He took the window of Kieron Pollard, by nine, to lead this season’s bowling rankings with 30 scalps over Mumbai Bumrah with 27.
English escort Jofra Archer was named MVP of the tournament for his 20 wickets for the Rajasthan Royals, who are in last place.
