Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians (MI) faced each other in the 13th match of IPL 2021 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Tuesday (April 20).
Opting to bat first, MI posted 137/9 in 20 overs. It was a below-par batting performance from the defending champions as none of them except for skipper Rohit Sharma (44 off 30 balls) managed to touch the 30-run mark.
Leg-spinner Amit Mishra was the stand-out bowler for DC, claiming 4 wickets by conceding 24 runs in his four overs. Avesh Khan (2-15) also returned with brilliant figures in his two overs.
Defending the total, Mumbai bowlers fought brilliantly but DC managed to get over the line with 6 wickets in hand and five balls to spare.
Shikhar Dhawan once again top-scored for the Capitals with 42-ball 45 while Steve Smith (33 off 29 balls), Lalit Yadav (22* off 25 balls) and Shimron Hetmyer (14* off 9 balls) played handy knocks.
For MI, Jayant Yadav (1-25), Rahul Chahar (1-29), Trent Boult (0-23) bowled impressive spells.
Cricket fraternity lauded Delhi Capitals for their impressive outing which took them to the second spot in the points table.
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