IMAGES from the IPL match between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday
Delhi Capitals snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as Mumbai Indians pulled off a stunning 12-run comeback win in a thrilling IPL 2025 match in Delhi on Sunday.
Chasing 206, DC seemed on course with just 15 needed from nine balls and three wickets in hand. But in a dramatic collapse, they lost their last three wickets to run-outs off successive deliveries, folding for 193 in 19 overs.
Ashutosh Sharma was the first to fall in the 19th over, run out by wicketkeeper Ryan Rickelton while attempting a risky second run to Will Jacks at deep point. Kuldeep Yadav followed suit, pushing for a second wide of long-on, only to be undone by Raj Bawa's sharp throw to the wicketkeeper .
Last man Mohit Sharma sealed DC's fate when he tapped Jasprit Bumrah straight to midwicket and took off for a single, only to be caught short by Mitchell Santner's direct hit.
Ashutosh Sharma was the first to fall in the 19th over, run out by wicketkeeper Ryan Rickelton while attempting a risky second run to Will Jacks at deep point. Kuldeep Yadav followed suit, pushing for a second wide of long-on, only to be undone by Raj Bawa's sharp throw to the wicketkeeper .
Last man Mohit Sharma sealed DC's fate when he tapped Jasprit Bumrah straight to midwicket and took off for a single, only to be caught short by Mitchell Santner's direct hit.
Karun Nair made a memorable IPL return after three years, blasting 89 off just 40 balls with 12 fours and five sixes, including two maximums in a single over off Bumrah.
DC were cruising on 119/1 at one stage before MI's Impact Player Karn Sharma turned the game on its head, taking 3/36 in four overs.
He struck in his second over with the wicket of Abishek Porel, who was caught by Naman Dhir at deep square leg after he failed to get the sweep in the gap.
Even the great Jasprit Bumrah suffered at the hands of DC's Impact Player Nair, who smashed the pacer for two sixes and a four in the sixth over, to race to his fifty from just 22 balls.
The pick-up shot off Bumrah over square-leg followed by a lofted off-drive for sixes in the seventh over had stunned the bowler before he smacked two more sixes off MI skipper Hardik Pandya to bring the home fans to their feet.
Nair looked on course for his century as he kept smashing the MI bowlers to all parts of the Kotla stadium.
However, Mitchell Santner produced a beauty to get rid of Nair as he got the ball to turn away sharply, beating the edge to crash into the off-stump.
MI then kept chipping away at the wickets as Jasprit Bumrah dismissed DC captain Axar Patel for nine, caught off a leading edge in the covers.
Earlier, Kuldeep Yadav's artistry was well complemented by young leg-spinner Vipraj Nigam's happy knack of picking wickets before Tilak Varma's attractive half-century took Mumbai Indians to 205/5.
Tilak (59 off 33 balls) was the only MI batter to capitalise on a good start, hitting six fours and three sixes and making amends for his poor scores in some of the earlier games. Naman Dheer (38 not out off 17 balls) then used the long handle to prop up the total.
On a track where stroke-making wasn't very difficult, the two wrist spinners from Uttar Pradesh snared four wickets between them while giving away 64 runs in their eight overs, which could be termed as brilliant considering the conditions.
The two spinners actually decreased the pace of their deliveries, allowing them to slightly grip off the surface and some of the MI batters perished while going for risky shots.
Rohit Sharma's (18 off 12 balls) wretched IPL form continued as young Vipraj (2/41 in 4 overs) found him plumb in-front with a googly that he missed while trying to go for a slog sweep over the cow-corner. He now has 56 runs from five innings.
For Vipraj, it is some kind of an achievement getting Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in back-to-back games.
Rohit's opening partner Ryan Rickleton (41 off 25 balls) did show spark but the seasoned Kuldeep (2/23 in 4 overs) seemed to have tied a thread to the white Kookaburra, controlling its length like a yo-yo.
Kuldeep flighted the deliveries, there was late dip and Rickleton perished while trying to play for the turn but it was a flipper that went straight.
In case of Suryakumar Yadav (40 off 27 balls), who had just started looking dangerous, Kuldeep decreased the pace and bowled the googly as the bat face turned for India's T20 skipper. The result was a simple catch in the deep.
Tilak and Naman then added 62 runs in 5.3 overs overs to take the team past 200-run mark.
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