DC vs MI, IPL 2021 Highlights: Delhi Capitals Beat Mumbai Indians By 6 Wickets In Chennai
DC vs MI IPL Highlights 2021, Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians: Shimron Hetmyer and Lalit Yadav saw their team home with six wickets intact as DC registered their third victory in four games in IPL 2021.
Delhi Capitals (DC) rallied behind Shikhar Dhawan's (45 runs off 42 balls) gutsy batting display and a sensible finish from the likes of Lalit Yadav (22 runs off 25 balls) and Shimron Hetmyer (14 runs off 9 balls) to register a last-over six-wicket win against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. This victory gave DC their third win in four games in IPL 2021 and propelled them to second place behind Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL Points Table. Chasing 138 runs for victory, DC continued to gather the singles and doubles on offer as Steve Smith (33 runs off 29 balls) and Dhawan's 50-run partnership steadied their innings after the early fall of Prithvi Shaw for only seven runs off five balls. This win also broke DC's five-game losing streak against MI, with their last defeat coming in the final of IPL 2020. Amit Mishra was the hero for DC with the ball, taking four wickets for 24 runs in his four overs. (SCORECARD)
IPL 2021 Match 13 Highlights Between Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) from MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
DC win a nail-biter by six wickets as Shimron Hetmyer and Lalit Yadav see the IPL 2020 runner-up reach the finishing line off 19.1 overs.
Shikhar Dhawan and Steven Smith played their role of senior statesmen perfectly as they guided their team in the middle-overs. With this win, DC have broken their losing streak of five games against Mumbai Indians.
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After the spinners spun a vicious web around the MI batters, the pacers finished well for DC as they restricted the defending champs to only 137 runs in 20 overs.
DC openers Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan will still need to give a strong start with the pitch deteriorating as the match progresses.