Twitter Reactions: Amit Mishra, Shikhar Dhawan trump Mumbai Indians at Chepauk

Having gone for 10 runs in his first over, Amit Mishra turned the tables as he accounted for Rohit and Hardik Pandya in the same over.

By Pratyay Tiwari

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The Delhi Capitals finally managed to break a streak of losses against Mumbai Indians, winning the game on the back of a sensational four-wicket haul from Amit Mishra, and mature knocks of Shikhar Dhawan and Steve Smith before Shimron Hetmyer bailed them out in the last moments.

Winning the toss, Rohit Sharma opted to bat, suggesting the track was “drier than the previous occasions”; precisely why he swapped Adam Milne with Jayant Yadav, whereas Delhi Capitals included Amit Mishra, a move that paid rich dividends.

To the pleasant surprise of many, Rishabh Pant opted to open the bowling with Marcus Stoinis, and his strategy worked as Quinton de Kock edged him behind to walk back for a 4-ball 2. Rohit Sharma made an instant move in the next over, sweeping Ashwin for a boundary before depositing him over extra-cover with a marvelous one-handed hit.

MI had a couple of productive overs, with Suryakumar Yadav hitting successive fours off Mishra right after Rohit had smacked Kagiso Rabada for a six down the ground. By the end of the powerplay, they were cruising at 55/1, although, failing to capitalize on yet another start, Yadav (24 off 15) edged Avesh Khan behind to end the 58-run stand.

Amit Mishra leaves MI panting

Having gone for 10 runs in his first over, Mishra (4/24) turned the tables as he accounted for Rohit and Hardik Pandya in the same over. The former’s fluent 30-ball 44, which consisted of three fours and as many sixes, ended as he failed to clear Steve Smith at long-on, while Hardik Pandya bagged a golden duck, trying to take on the leg-spinner but only reaching as far his skipper did two balls ago.

On a track where it was not easy for the batsmen to get themselves in immediately, Krunal Pandya (1 off 5) chopped Lalit Yadav onto his stumps to become his maiden IPL wicket. The trouble multiplied for Mumbai when Kieron Pollard (2 off 5) failed to read Mishra’s googly in the next over and got trapped lbw, reviewing it to no avail.

Ishan Kishan, who had struggled in the previous encounter, hung himself in and while hopes relied on him to take his team to a substantial score, he became Mishra’s fourth hunt for the night, playing him onto his stumps. Jayant Yadav’s 18-ball 20 resistance ended in the penultimate over, as he spooned a simple return catch to give Rabada his only scalp for the night, while Avesh Khan induced an edge off Rahul Chahar’s bat to finish with 2/15 and restrict the Indians to 137/9 – the lowest score of the tournament this year.

Dhawan, Smith keep Capitals in the chase

The opening over of Capitals produced some drama as Shikhar Dhawan, while to work the ball on the on-side, edged Trent Boult straight to Hardik Pandya, who apparently grabbed a blinder, diving at point. The question of whether the catch was clean or not was taken upstairs, where after countless looks, the third umpire could not find conclusive evidence that the ball was not grassed by Pandya.

While Dhawan escaped, getting the benefit of the doubt, his partner, Prithvi Shaw, punched the ball straight to Jayant Yadav, who completed a simple caught and bowled chance. Even as the scoring was curtailed, alongside Steve Smith, Dhawan ensured to keep his side in the hunt, rotating strike, while picking up an odd boundary by latching onto any poor balls that he got initially.

The bowlers tightened the grip after powerplay, not giving any freebies to either batsmen. Smith ended a four-over boundary-drought when he cut Krunal Pandya past point for a four, and followed with a scoop towards the fine-leg fence to make it a 12-run over. The 53-run second-wicket stand was ended when Pollard pinned Smith (33 off 29) lbw to bring Lalit Yadav in the middle.

Hetmyer to the rescue 

Holding his end up, Dhawan pulled Chahar for a four and picked another boundary off Bumrah, as he cautiously rebuilt with Yadav, who happily played the second fiddle. With 48 needed off 36, the southpaw upped the ante by smacking a six and four off Chahar in the 15th over, but the bowler had his revenge as Dhawan (45 off 42) holed out to Krunal in the same over to leave his side in a tricky situation.

Trying to scoop Bumrah, when Pant edged the ball to Krunal at fine-leg, the match suddenly became alive again. Yadav survived an lbw shout in Boult’s final over, where Shimron Hetmyer’s drive to the boundary left his side to chase 15 from the last two overs.

Despite not conceding a boundary, bowling a no ball each to Hetmyer and Yadav meant that Bumrah left Pollard with only five to defend in the last over.  For all the tense atmosphere that was built, Hetmyer slapped a four past backward point, before an above-waist no-ball from Pollard sealed the Capitals a six-wicket win.

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