Mumbai Indians (MI) seem to be getting better with their dominance in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 22020 and now they need one more win to defend their title. They thumped the Delhi Capitals (DC) by a huge margin of 57 runs in the first qualifier of the tournament to reach the finals. While it was the duo of Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya with the bat for them, Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah wreaked havoc with the bowl by scalping three wickets in the first two overs.
Earlier, after being asked to bat first, MI lost their skipper Rohit Sharma on a duck in the second over bowled by Ravi Ashwin. However, Quinton de Kock didn’t slow down from the other end as along with Surykumar Yadav, they smashed 63 runs in the powerplay overs. But Ashwin brought DC back in the game by dismissing De Kock and at the other end, Yadav kept run-flow going but eventually perished after scoring the fifty at the bouncer of Anrich Nortje.
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After Yadav’s dismissal, MI lost the plot as Ashwin got the wicket of the dangerous Kieron Pollard for a second-ball duck. Ishan Kishan and Krunal Pandya then added 39 runs for the fifth wicket rebuilding the innings. The latter was dismissed for just 13 runs only for Hardik Pandya to come out and he smacked teh Delhi bowlers all over the park. Kishan and Hardik smashed as many as 55 runs in the three over of Daniel Sams, Anrich Nortje, and Kagiso Rabada as mi managed to touch the 200-run mark.
During the stiff chase of 200 runs, it took only 8 balls for the duo of Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah to dismiss the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, and Prithvi Shaw and all of them on a duck. DC soon came down to 20/4 with their skipper Shreyas Iyer failing to hang around.
Rishabh Pant’s poor form continued further as he was dismissed soon to leave DC reeling at 41/5. Marcus Stoinis was in no mood of giving up as he along with Axar Patel kept Delhi in the game. They targetted Rahul Chahar by smashing im for 35 runs in his two overs.
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Even Kieron Pollard’s third over turned out to be expensive as the 71-run partnership for teh 6th wicket, DC needed 89 runs off the last five overs. Then came back Bumrah to break the partnership and he sent Stoinis’ leg pole for a cartwheel and Bumrah bounced out Daniel Sams in the same over itself. The pacer also owned the purple cap with it taking his tally to 27 scalps in the season which are also the most for an Indian bowler in the history of IPL. Eventually, Mi won teh match by 57 runs by restricting DC to 143 in their 20 overs.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
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— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) November 5, 2020
Such a strong unit this @mipaltan is #varchaclass
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) November 5, 2020
Mumbai Indians- बस नाम ही काफी है…#MIvDC #IPL2020
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) November 5, 2020
Jassi jaisa koi nahi @Jaspritbumrah93 @mipaltan @IPL
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) November 5, 2020
Quality fast bowling by @Jaspritbumrah93 and @trent_boult.
Superb execution of using the seam position, be it angled seam or upright seam. They have managed it beautifully so far. #MIvDC #IPL2020
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 5, 2020
That Bumrah yorker to Dhawan was of the highest caliber.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) November 5, 2020
Not surprising that the best team in #IPL2020 has made it to the playoffs.
This is a result of a lot of hard work, off the field, in building the team, getting the right personnel and then execute their plans well.
Well done, @mipaltan!
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) November 5, 2020
2020 don’t follow any trend … #MI a step away from breaking their odd year trophy streak … A class apart, in every department! Stormed into the finals #MIvDC
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) November 5, 2020
Great show @mipaltan – mumbai blasters @ishankishan51 @hardikpandya7 @surya_14kumar incredible hitting #MumbaiIndians
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) November 5, 2020
Has there been a better T 20 bowler than @Jaspritbumrah93 ? Fast and accurate, blessed with a terrific Yorker and slower ball.. with him leading the charge and @trent_boult as partner, tough to beat @mipaltan in #IPL2020 .. 👍
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) November 5, 2020
