Mumbai edged Delhi by six wickets in a thriller, getting their first win of the season

Mumbai Indians (MI) opened their account in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as they eked a thrilling six-wicket win over Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday. Delhi lost to Mumbai at home.

Once again, cricket lovers saw a thrilling match. In the last three days in IPL, three breathless matches in a row. Where the match is decided by the last ball. Delhi vs Mumbai was also such a breathless match. And finally, Mumbai opened the account in the current IPL. Delhi lost to Mumbai at home.

Batting first, Delhi Capitals were all out by scoring 172 runs with 2 balls left. 3 batters of Delhi's top order quickly returned to the pavilion. However, Warner was caught on one side of the wicket. But the Delhi captain was never found in his old rhythm. He scored 51 runs off 47 balls. Axar Patel brought Delhi back into the fight. He played a brilliant inning of 54 runs off 25 balls. But both could not hold the wicket for long. Mumbai made a quick comeback in the last three overs. Mumbai took the last five wickets for just seven runs. Behrendorff and Piyush Chawla took three wickets each.

In response, Mumbai started to bat with storm speed. On the one hand, the captain Rohit Sharma started storming the batting. On the other hand, Ishaan Kishan continued to give him suitable accompaniment. But he was run out with 31 due to the captain's mistake. However, captain Rohit Sharma has returned to the rhythm after a long time. The captain completed his fifty off 29 balls. Hitman turned fifty after almost two years. 

After that, Tilak Verma started accompanying Rohit. Winning the match seemed very easy then. But Mukesh Kumar broke the pair. He dismissed Tilak Verma and Surya Kumar Yadav in the same over. Tilak was dismissed for 41 off 29 balls. And Suryakumar Yadav could not open the account even on Tuesday. After that, Rohit was dismissed for 65 off 45 balls. From then on, the match started to become difficult for Mumbai. Where Mumbai could have easily won the match, the match went to the last over. However, Team David and Cameron Green completed Rohit's elusive task with confidence. The drama started again in the last over. Four runs were needed off the last three balls. Which was easily picked up by two Mumbai batters.

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