IPL 2025, DC vs MI: Three consecutive run outs spoiled Delhi Capitals’ game, Mumbai Indian defeated DC in a thrilling match

New Delhi. Delhi Capitals (DC)’s winning streak of four consecutive matches in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 came to an end. Delhi Capitals (Delhi Capitals) had to face defeat by 12 runs in a thrilling match against Mumbai Indians (MI). In the match held at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on 13 April (Sunday), Mumbai Indians had set a target of 206 runs, but the host team collapsed for 193 runs in 19 overs.

Delhi lost the match that was in hand
If seen, Delhi Capitals lost the match that was in hand. At one time the score of Delhi Capitals was 135 runs for two wickets in 11.3 overs and they were in a very strong position. Karun Nair, who was playing an IPL match after almost three years, was in full form and it seemed that he could also score a century. But Karun was bowled on the next ball of that over by Mitchell Santner.

Karun Nair, who came in as an ‘impact sub’, scored 89 runs in 42 balls with the help of 12 fours and 5 sixes. After Karun was out, Delhi Capitals lost momentum. Delhi then lost the wickets of captain Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs and KL Rahul cheaply. Even after Rahul’s dismissal, Delhi remained in the game because Ashutosh Sharma and Vipraaj Nigam were present at the crease.

Vipraaj Nigam hit a six and a four in the 18th over, but in the same over, Vipraaj was stumped on a wide ball by Mitchell Santner. When Vipraaj was out, Mumbai’s score was 180 runs for 7 wickets and now the responsibility of winning the match was completely on Ashutosh Sharma.

Hat-trick of run outs and Mumbai won
Delhi Capitals had to score 23 runs to win in the last 2 overs. No run was scored on the first ball of that over of Jasprit Bumrah. Then Ashutosh Sharma hit fours on the next two balls. Now Delhi needed 15 runs from 9 balls. But Ashutosh Sharma got run out while trying to take the second run on the fourth ball of the over. Wicketkeeper Ryan Rickelton collected Will Jacks’ throw correctly and scattered the stumps.

Kuldeep Yadav, who came to the crease, also got run out while trying to take the second run on the next ball. Substitute fielder Raj Bawa’s throw came at the striker’s end and Rickelton blew away the bails. Then Delhi lost the match with Mohit Sharma getting run out on the last ball of the over. On Mitchell Starc’s call, Mohit Sharma ran to take a run, but Mitchell Santner’s throw was so accurate that Mohit had no chance of reaching the crease.

Earlier, Mumbai Indians, after losing the toss and batting first, scored 205 runs for five wickets. For Mumbai Indians, Tilak Verma played an innings of 59 runs in 33 balls with the help of 6 fours and three sixes. At the same time, wicketkeeper batsman Ryan Rickelton scored 41 runs in 25 balls with the help of 5 fours and two sixes. Suryakumar Kumar contributed 40 and Naman Dheer contributed 38 not out.

Mumbai Indians’ playing-11: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wicketkeeper), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Naman Dheer, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jaspreet Bumrah.

Impact sub: Karn Sharma.
Delhi Capitals playing-11: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abhishek Porel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (captain), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar. Impact sub: Karun Nair.