IPL 2025: Karn Sharma Overshadows Karun Nair As Mumbai Indians Beat Delhi Capitals By 12 Runs
Mumbai Indians’ ‘without end captain’ Rohit Sharma’s tactical name was executed to perfection by ‘Affect Substitute’ Karn Sharma as they made a comeback for the ages with a 12-run victory over Delhi Capitals right here on Sunday to deliver their IPL marketing campaign again on observe.
Chasing a goal of 206, Karun Nair’s good 40-ball-89 went in useless as Delhi Capitals, who had been cruising alongside at 119 for one simply after the midway stage, ended on 193 in 19 overs after an eventful penultimate over which noticed three run outs and two boundaries.
Rohit, the tactician par excellence, indicated to his coach Mahela Jayawardene to usher in Karn and likewise requested for a ball change after the eleventh over.
And out of the blue the ball began to grip and switch with Mitchell Santner’s dream supply disturbing Nair’s off-stick and Karn selecting up three for 36 on a day dominated by wrist spinners.
As soon as KL Rahul, not recognized for dealing with stress conditions on a barely slowish observe, was fooled by a basic leg-break by Karn, which lobbed up, the DC batting began to crumble. In the long run, MI’s good floor fielding confirmed its impact as three run outs ended Delhi Capitals’s good streak of wins.
That is the sort of victory that lifts the spirit and Rohit’s statement on the altering nature of the observe and initiation of spinners on a day when Jasprit Bumrah was off-colour did the trick.
For DC, Nair, considered one of India’s solely two Check triple centurions however who was down and out until the beginning of the 2024-25 home season, grew to become the proverbial phoenix, rising from the ashes with stupendous efficiency on the day.
The pick-up pull off Bumrah over square-leg and a lofted off-drive for six within the seventh over had surprised the bowler and two extra sixes off MI skipper Hardik Pandya had the group craving for extra.
However Santner pitched one on center stump, obtained it to show away and squared up the batter, and it was actually the game-changing second so far as MI had been involved.
Earlier, Kuldeep Yadav’s artistry was properly complemented by younger leg-spinner Vipraj Nigam’s completely happy knack of selecting wickets earlier than Tilak Varma’s enticing half-century took Mumbai Indians to 205 for five in 20 overs.
Tilak (59 off 33 balls) was the one MI batter to capitalise on a very good begin, hitting six fours and three sixes and making amends for his poor scores in among the earlier video games. Naman Dheer (38 not out off 17 balls) then used the lengthy deal with to prop up the full.
On a observe the place stroke-making wasn’t very tough, the 2 wrist spinners from Uttar Pradesh snared 4 wickets between them whereas giving freely 64 runs of their eight overs, which may very well be termed as good contemplating the circumstances.
The 2 spinners truly decreased the tempo of their deliveries, permitting them to barely grip off the floor and among the MI batters perished whereas going for dangerous photographs.
Rohit’s (18 off 12 balls) wretched IPL type continued as younger Vipraj (2/41 in 4 overs) discovered him plumb in-front with a googly that he missed whereas making an attempt to go for a slog sweep over the cow-corner. He now has 56 runs from 5 innings.
For Vipraj, it’s some sort of an achievement getting Virat Kohli and Rohit in back-to-back video games.
Rohit’s opening associate Ryan Rickleton (41 off 25 balls) did present spark however the seasoned Kuldeep (2/23 in 4 overs) appeared to have tied a thread to the white Kookaburra, controlling its size like a yo-yo.
Kuldeep flighted the deliveries, there was a late dip and Rickleton perished whereas making an attempt to play for the flip but it surely was a flipper that went straight.
In case of Suryakumar Yadav (40 off 27 balls), who had simply began wanting harmful, Kuldeep decreased the tempo and bowled the googly because the bat face turned for India’s T20 skipper. The end result was a easy catch within the deep.
Tilak and Naman then added 62 runs in 5.3 overs to take the staff previous 200-run mark, which proved to be sufficient in the long run.
