Sameer Rizvi starred with the bat in Delhi Capitals' (DC) six-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians (MI) at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday (April 4).

Chasing 163 to win, the Capitals lost KL Rahul (1) and Nitish Rana (0) in the first two overs. However, Pathum Nissanka and Rizvi added 66 runs for the third wicket to put the hosts in the driver’s seat.

After Nissanka’s dismissal on 44 (30 balls), Rizvi dominated the chase. The right-hander narrowly missed a century when he was dismissed in the 17th over for 90 off 51 balls, including 7 fours and 7 sixes. However, his knock ensured the hosts reaching the target with 11 deliveries to spare.

Following the match, stand-in MI captain Suryakumar Yadav commended Sameer Rizvi's match-winning innings, while also admitting that his team was few runs short of a par-score.

"I think it was a decent wicket. We expected it to be a little on the slower side, but still from batting point of view we were a little short -- 15-20 runs, but I don't want to take any credit away from the bowlers and also their batters batted really well in the second innings," Suryakumar said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

“(On Rizvi) Absolutely, I mean at 7 for 2 someone coming in like that and batting like the way he batted, I think a lot of credit goes to him. He never let us come into the game. We tried our best to follow all the things what they did in the bowling department, but we couldn't come back,” he added.

According to Suryakumar, the pitch played true and it was the same both sides. He praised DC for adapting well to the conditions and batting brilliantly.

"I think it was quite similar. It didn't change too much, but the way they batted, I think they batted very beautifully. They understood the conditions really well in the second innings and batted beautifully. So it was a tough pill to taste what might have been a good score.

"I mean when you're batting first, there's nothing like thinking about the score. You just keep batting, understand the stats, what's good, what has been good here, but we felt 180-185 was a good score.

"We felt short by 15-20 runs. I think me and Naman, we both got out at the wrong time, otherwise we would have at least got above par,” he remarked.

Surya said the team will go back to the drawing board to work hard for upcoming matches. “I mean absolutely, see, there'll be days like this when you try and it won't work, but we will go back to drawing board, work hard and come back in the next few days," he concluded.