IPL 2021: Bowling dominant match saw Delhi Capitals win by 4 wickets against Mumbai Indians

Finishing it off with a SIX, Ravi Ashwin made sure Delhi Capitals (DC) had the victory over Mumbai Indians (MI) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday. While Delhi are now on par with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on the points table, Mumbai needed to win this match along with their remaining two to make it to the Top 4.

The match was surely bowling dominant as both sides saw their batting order collapse, however, small partnerships helped put some total on the board. Earlier, spinner Axar Patel and pacer Avesh Khan picked three wickets apiece as DC restricted MI to just 129/8.

For Delhi, Shreyas Iyer (33*) and Rishabh Pant (26) were the highest run scorers. Iyer's partnership with Shimron Hetmyer (15) and Ravichandran Ashwin (20*) were clinical for Delhi.

For Mumbai, barring Kieron Pollard, the rest of Mumbai's bowling line-up - Trent Boult, Jayant Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Nathan Coulter-Nile all took a wicket each.

Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav and Quinton de Kock scored 33 and 19 runs respectively. Axar Patel scalped the wickets of Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav and Saurabh Tiwary while Avesh removed the dangerous Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, and Nathan Coulter-Nile.

Put into bat, MI got off to a horrible start as Avesh dismissed Rohit in the second over of the innings. de Kock and Suryakumar then applied themselves as MI`s score read 35/1 after the powerplay.Bowling his first over, Axar Patel removed de Kock in the 7th over.

The South African batter walked back after scoring 19 off 18 balls. After a couple of wicket-less overs, the MI score read 66/2 at the halfway mark in the innings.In the 11th over Axar Patel struck again as he removed Suryakumar.

The youngster was looking good and was slowly looking to take the attack to the opposition when Axar sent him back for 33 as MI was reduced to 68/3. The wickets kept falling at regular intervals as Mumbai lost Saurabh Tiwary and Kieron Pollard within the span of 10 balls.

Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya tried to steady the ship for MI in the death overs but Avesh removed Hardik in the penultimate over of the innings along with Nathan Coulter-Nile.

Ashwin then got his first wicket of the innings in the last over as he dismissed Jayant Yadav.