Rishabh Pant gives Delhi Capitals victory over Mumbai Indians

Mumbai: Rishabh Pant's blistering innings helped Delhi Capitals to register 37 runs win over Mumbai Indians on Sunday night.

Delhi Capitals post a massive 213/6 at the Wankhede Stadium where Pant blasted 78 runs off just 27 deliveries, which contained seven boundaries and as many hits into the stands. In reply the hosts fought well but finally bowled out for 176 in final over.

Apart from Pant, opener Shikhar Dhawan (43 off 36) and Colin Ingram (47 off 32) also made valuable contributions in the top order.

Put to bat, Delhi were off to a poor start as they lost opener Prithvi Shaw (7) and skipper Shreyas Iyer (16) with just 29 runs on board. Mumbai pacer Mitchell McClenaghan accounted for both the wickets.

Dhawan and Ingram then stabilised Delhi's innings with a crucial 83-run partnership for the third wicket before Ben Cutting sent the later to the hut in the 13th over.

With Delhi's scorecard reading 112/3, it seemed the visitors will hardly cross the 150-run mark. But Pant's arrival changed the whole scenario as he started smashing every Mumbai bowler.

Delhi lost Dhawan, Keemo Paul (3) and Axar Patel (4) at regular intervals, but Pant kept one end intact and guided his team to a huge total.

For Mumbai, McClenaghan was the pick of bowlers with figures of 3/40, while Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Ben Cutting picked a wicket each.

In reply the hosts lost skipper Rohit Sharma (14) early and then Quinton de Kock (27) but Yuvraj Singh kept hopes alive. They needed 46 from last 12 balls. Yuvi made 53 off 35 balls.

Brief scores: Delhi Capitals 213/6 in 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 78 not out, Colin Ingram 47; Mitchell McClenaghan 3/40) beat Mumbai Indians 176/10 in 19.2 overs (Yuvraj Singh 55, Kock 27, Krunal Pandya 32, Rabada 2/23, Ishant Sharma 2/34). IANS

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