new Delhi. The final match of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League ie IPL was played between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals at the International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. Mumbai won this match by 5 wickets and won the IPL trophy for a record fifth time. Mumbai is followed by Chennai Super Kings, who have won the trophy 3 times.
In this great match, Delhi captain Shreyas Iyer decided to bat after winning the toss, but the team got a big blow on the first ball as Marcus Stoinis. However, Delhi scored 156 runs in their 20 overs losing 7 wickets in their allotted half-centuries from captain Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant and a respectable score of 157 to win against Mumbai.
Chasing a target of 157 runs, Mumbai Indians got off to a good start, the result of which was that Mumbai achieved the target with five wickets in 18.4 overs. Rohit Sharma hit a half-century for Mumbai, while Ishan Kishan scored an unbeaten 33-run knock. On this basis, Mumbai won their fifth IPL title.
Mumbai innings, Rohit’s fifty
Coming to chase the 157-run target, the Mumbai team got off to a good start by captain Rohit Sharma and Quinton Dickock. However, Dickock was dismissed by Rishabh Pant off the bowling of Marcus Stoinis after scoring 20 runs in 12 balls. The second breakthrough was Delhi in the form of Suryakumar Yadav, who was run out after scoring 19 runs in 20 balls. In a way, he sacrificed his wicket for Rohit.
Captain Rohit Sharma for Mumbai Indians completed his half-century in just 36 balls. This was the 39th half-century of his IPL career, while this was his third fifty this season. Rohit was dismissed by scoring 68 runs off 51 balls and scoring 68 runs off the ball of Enrique Norkhia. Mumbai’s fourth wicket fell in the form of Kieron Pollard, who was bowled clean by Kagiso Rabada for 9 runs off 4 balls.
Mumbai’s fifth blow came at a time when only the team needed a winning run, but Hardik Pandya scored 3 runs and was caught by Ajinkya Rahane off the ball of Enrique Norkhia. Ishan Kishan and Krunal Pandya returned unbeaten after scoring one run for Mumbai.
Delhi’s innings, Pant and Iyer’s fifty
After winning the toss and batting first, the Delhi Capitals got their first blow on the very first ball of the innings when Trent Boult got Marcus Stoinis caught by Quinton Dickock behind the wicket. In the next over, Trent Bolt again attacked and drove Ajinkya Rahane. Rahane was dismissed by 2 runs in the hands of Dickock. Even after this, Delhi could not withstand the pressure.
Delhi suffered the third blow in the form of Shikhar Dhawan, who was clean bowled by Jayant Yadav for 15 runs off 13 balls. After the third wicket there was a good partnership between captain Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant. Meanwhile Rishabh Pant hit a half-century in 35 balls. However, he was caught out by Hardik Pandya off Coulter Nile for a personal score of 56 after two balls.
Delhi captain Shreyas Iyer completed his half-century in 40 balls. Delhi were under pressure due to three wickets falling, but Iyer scored a good 65 runs under pressure. At the same time, the fifth blow came in the form of Shimron Hetmyer, who scored 5 runs and became the victim of Trent Bolt. Sixth success fell to Mumbai as Akshar Patel, who scored 9 runs as Nathan Coulter became the victim of the Nile. The seventh wicket fell to Kagiso Rabada who was run out.
Delhi Capitals have not made any changes for this special match. Mumbai Indians have made a change. Rahul Chahar has been dropped in the last match. Jayant Yadav has been given a chance in his place. Trent Bolt’s injury was not too deep. In such a situation, he is intact in the team.
Playing capital of delhi capitals
Shikhar Dhawan, Marcus Stoinis, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Akshar Patel, R Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Enrique Norkhia and Praveen Dubey.
Mumbai Indians playing XI
Rohit Sharma (captain), Quinton Dickock (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kirron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter Nile, Jayant Yadav, Trent Boult and Jaspreet Bumrah.
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