The Delhi Capitals came out on top against the Mumbai Indians with three wins in a row. But at the end of the match, Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Ayre lost the throne.
Mumbai took the reverse throne with a 5-wicket win over Delhi. With this, Rohit Sharma's team topped the current IPL list with 4 wins and 10 points. Despite getting equal points, Delhi has dropped to two in terms of net run rate.
On Sunday (October 11) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, Delhi won the toss and elected to bat, giving Shikhar Dhawan a target of 163 runs in the fifth over. In reply, South African wicketkeepers Quinton de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav scored half-centuries with two balls to spare and Mumbai scored 16 for five. Before that, Delhi scored 162 runs for 4 wickets.
De Kock made 53 off 36 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes for Mumbai. Yadav also scored an equal run. But for him he had to play 4 balls less than De Cock. Yadav's innings was sorted into 6 fours and 1 six. Besides, Ishan Kisan helped the team win by scoring 26 runs. Two unbeaten batsmen Kieron Pollard (11) and Kunal Pandya (12) led Mumbai to victory.
Earlier, Dhawan brought a fighting target to Delhi. His unbeaten 69 off 52 balls was arranged in 6 fours and 1 six. Besides, the captain scored the second highest 42 runs.
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