Delhi Capitals was considered to be the most consistent team in the current edition of IPL. But the team has suddenly lost its grip.
The team won 5 of the first 6 matches and lost the next 6 matches in 5 matches. The rate in the last 4 matches!
Delhi lost by a huge margin of 9 wickets against Mumbai Indians on Saturday (October 31). Earlier, the team lost to Mumbai by 5 wickets.
Batting first at the Dubai International Stadium, Delhi lost 9 wickets in 20 overs and scored only 110 runs. In reply, Mumbai lost 1 wicket with 34 balls to spare.
Mumbai openers Ishan Kishan and Quinton de Kock put on an eight-run stand as Delhi chased down the target. Basically, the fate of the match is decided by this pair. De Kock was dismissed for 26 off 27 balls, but Ishan ran out of runs at the other end. The batsman played a great innings of unbeaten 72 off 46 balls. He hit 6 fours and 3 sixes in the innings. Suryakumar Yadav has scored 12 runs from unbeaten with him.
Earlier, after losing the toss, Delhi lost opener Shikhar Dhawan (0) in the first over of the innings. After that, Shreyas Iyer's team lost regular wickets in the cannons of Mumbai bowlers. The run for Delhi came from the bat of captain Iyer (25). Besides, Rishabh Pant (21), Rabichandran Ashwin (12), Kagiso Rabada (12) and Prithvi Shaw (10) have crossed the double digit mark.
Mumbai pacers Trent Bolt and Jaspreet Bumrah took three wickets each. Besides, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Rahul Chahar took one wicket each.
With this, Mumbai, which is at the top with 9 wins in 13 matches, went out of reach with the rest with 16 points. However, the team's play-off has been confirmed earlier. Now the team is sure to be at the top. On the other hand, Delhi is still in the third place with 14 points in 13 matches.