The Mumbai Indians produced an all-round brilliant performance to completely surpass the capitals of Delhi in the 2020 IPL final at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Mumbai controlled the match from start to finish, winning the IPL final by five wickets to clinch its fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) crown. While Trent Boult was the hero with the ball in hand, Captain Rohit Sharma was the standout in the chase after Delhi Capitals could only muster 156 out of seven. The Mumbai Indians slipped in hot pursuit, checking the target with eight balls to spare, with Rohit scoring his 38th IPL of a half-century.
Mumbai, with 157 points to win, flew off with Quinton de Kock taking on the bowlers from Delhi Capitals. Even Rabada wasn’t spared when de Kock pulled away, splashing the boundary at will.
Marcus Stoinis gave Delhi his first breakthrough, taking a wicket on his first ball. Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit kept Mumbai going with some good shots, but the former fell after massive confusion between the two.
Rohit and Ishan Kishan then added 47 runs for the third wicket to put Mumbai in full control in the chase.
Rohit fell thanks to a good reception from substitute Lalit Yadav after scoring 68 runs on 51 balls, but by that time it was too late for Delhi.
Kieron Pollard arrived and hit two limits, but cut one off his stumps at the Rabada bowling alley. Ishan Kishan was undefeated at 33 against 19 balls as the Mumbai Indians completed an easy victory.
Previously, Delhi Capitals won the draw and chose to hit in Dubai. However, Trent Boult hit the first ball of the match, sacking Marcus Stoinis with a brilliant delivery.
It only got worse for the finalists for the first time when Boult struck again, this time sending Ajinkya Rahane back to the pavilion in the third round.
Shikhar Dhawan, Delhi’s top scorer this season, was sent packing by Jayant Yadav as the Delhi nightmare continued.
But nevertheless. Captain Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant stabilized the boat with a 96-run bracket. Both scored excellent half centuries to lead Delhi’s comeback.
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Pant, however, was fired by Nathan Coulter-Nile and Delhi seemed to lose some steam after that.
Shimron Hetmyer and Axar Patel were unable to get going and were fired for little money. Iyer delivered some lustful punches towards the end, remaining undefeated at 65 to help Delhi pass the 150-run mark.
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