Suryakumar Yadav’s resolute 73 not out and late fireworks from Naman Dhir lifted Mumbai Indians to 180/5 on a sluggish floor exploited properly by Delhi Capitals spinners Kuldeep Yadav (1/25) and Vipraj Nigam (0/25) of their IPL conflict right here on Wednesday. On an uncharacteristic Wankhede Stadium pitch which had loads of grip and switch for spinners and sluggish cutters doing the job for quick bowlers, Suryakumar dug in to provide a high quality knock for the five-time IPL winners. Suryakumar struck seven fours and 4 sixes to make 73 not out off 43 balls whereas forging two essential stands which revived a faltering innings.
First, amid a difficult section of play with DC’s spinners dominating the proceedings, Suryakumar placed on 55 runs for the fourth wicket with Tilak Varma and in the direction of the tip, discovered an ideal foil in Dhir (24 off 8 balls, 2x4s, 2x6s) so as to add one other 57 runs from a mere 21 balls.
The tables turned drastically within the final two overs when the Indian T20 skipper Suryakumar and Dhir hit a grand complete of 5 sixes and 4 boundaries so as to add 48 runs, shifting the momentum fully in MI’s favour.
Nonetheless, at one stage all of it appeared far too tough for the Mumbai batters who struggled proper from the tip of the powerplay till the 18th over started.
Rohit Sharma (5) fell to a left-arm pacer for the fourth time this season edging one behind off Mustafizur Rahman (1/30).
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Suryakumar received a lifeline batting on six when a forefront fell to the left of a diving Mukesh Kumar at quick leg off Kuldeep within the seventh over.
However on the subsequent supply, Ryan Rickelton (25) swept one straight to Madhav Tiwari at deep sq. leg with which Kuldeep additionally accomplished his 100 wickets in IPL.
It was a laborious innings from Tilak who struggled in opposition to Kuldeep and failed to chop lose when his aspect wanted him to.
Tilak evidently struggled essentially the most in opposition to Kuldeep, failing to even rotate the strike and managing seven runs off 11 balls kind the Chinaman bowler.
Tilak’s dismissal — a mistimed hit to long-on off Mukesh (2/48) — quickly adopted Hardik Pandya’s (3) who was accomplished in by a sluggish leg-cutter from Dushmantha Chameera (1/54) solely to get an outdoor edge which went straight to Mukesh positioned at backward level.
Like Tilak, Suryakumar too had his struggles in opposition to the Delhi spinners who discovered enough flip to maintain the free-flowing batter in verify however he capitalised in the direction of the tip to provide arguably his best knock of the season.
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