5-time champions Mumbai Indians managed to finish their marketing campaign on a excessive be aware after defeating the Delhi Capitals of their final group stage match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Because of this, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have now change into the fourth crew to qualify for the playoffs.
MI skipper Rohit Sharma gained the toss and opted to have a discipline first. The MI bowlers obtained some success early on as they dismissed the Australian duo of David Warner and Mitchell Marsh inside 3.2 overs. Issues went unhealthy to worse for the Capitals as additionally they misplaced their different opener, Prithvi Shaw, quickly.
Nonetheless, an honest partnership between skipper Rishabh Pant and Rovman Powell ensured that DC don’t lavatory down of their batting. Some late blitz by all-rounder Axar Patel ensured that the Capitals put up a aggressive 159 of their allotted 20 overs. For MI, senior pacer Jasprit Bumrah was the decide of the bowlers as he scalped three essential wickets. Ramandeep Singh, Daniel Sams, and Mayank Markande additionally scalped at the least one wicket for his or her crew.
Chasing 160, MI had a cautious begin
Chasing 160 to win, the five-time champions began cautiously as they scored 25 runs in 5.1 overs earlier than captain Rohit Sharma’s unhealthy marketing campaign ended as he managed to attain simply two runs and used up 13 deliveries. Nonetheless, his accomplice Ishan Kishan was going all weapons blazing as he scored a significant 48 in simply 35 balls.
Younger South African batter Dewald Brevis additionally performed a helpful knock of 37 runs. Nonetheless, the very good batting effort from overseas batter Tim David and younger batter Tilak Varma sealed the sport for the Males in Blue and Gold. As talked about earlier, RCB have now change into the fourth crew to qualify for the playoffs. In the meantime, Gujarat Titans (GT), Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) are the opposite prime three groups within the factors desk.
Right here’s the up to date factors desk after tonight’s match:
| TEAM | MATCHES | WON | LOST | PTS | NRR |
| GUJARAT TITANS (Q) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 0.316 |
| RAJASTHAN ROYALS (Q) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 0.298 |
| LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS (Q) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 0.251 |
| ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (Q) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -0.253 |
| DELHI CAPITALS (E) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0.204 |
| KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (E) | 14 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 0.146 |
| PUNJAB KINGS (E) | 13 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -0.043 |
| SUNRISERS HYDERABAD (E) | 13 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -0.230 |
| CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (E) | 14 | 4 | 10 | 8 | -0.203 |
| MUMBAI INDIANS (E) | 14 | 4 | 10 | 8 | -0.506 |
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