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Indian Premier League final, Dubai |
Delhi Capitals 156-7 (20 overs): Iyer 65*, Pant 56; Boult 3-30 |
Mumbai Indians 157-5 (18.4 overs): Rohit 68, Kishan 33* |
Mumbai Indians win by five wickets |
Scorecard |
Mumbai Indians secured a fifth Indian Premier League title with a five-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in the final.
Mumbai, the most successful team in IPL history, chased 157 with eight balls left – captain Rohit Sharma hitting 68.
Trent Boult took 3-30 for Mumbai, including dismissing Marcus Stoinis with the first ball of the match.
Delhi were 22-3 before captain Shreyas Iyer hit 65 – he shared a stand of 96 with Rishabh Pant – but Mumbai ensured their total was never enough.
The defending champions were always in control of their chase after Rohit and Quinton de Kock plundered 45 from the first four overs.
Rohit was caught in the deep with 20 needed from 23 balls, Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya soon followed, but Ishan Kishan’s 33 not out took Mumbai to victory.
It follows their IPL wins in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019 and means they have won the world’s premier Twenty20 competition twice more than any other team.
Mumbai too good again
A comprehensive win for Mumbai was a fitting end to a tournament in which they had been the outstanding team.
New Zealand international Boult, who starred in the tournament throughout with 25 wickets, bowled a brilliant new-ball spell and put the game in their favour from the off.
Delhi rallied through Iyer and Pant but Mumbai finished the innings impressively, conceding just 20 runs in the last three overs.
Rohit batted majestically, hitting five fours and four sixes in his trademark, classical style. His first six, over long-on off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, came from the third ball of the chase – further showing Delhi’s total was below par.
He fell with the end in sight but so comfortable was the win that Mumbai’s bench were able to shake hands in celebration before the winning runs were hit.
More to follow.
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