New Delhi: The Karun Nair story gets fascinating with each innings he plays. Batting in the IPL after a gap of three years, Nair came out in the second ball of Delhi’s chase as Impact Player and almost single-handedly dismantled the Mumbai Indians attack with a 40-ball 89. He had put Capitals on course to fell the 206-run target before the rest of the batting imploded. They managed to score just 58/7 in seven overs after Nair’s departure to fall short by 12 runs with one over to spare.
It was the introduction of leg-spinner Karn Sharma as Mumbai’s Impact Player that triggered Delhi’s collapse. The leggie, playing his first game of the season, returned figures of 3/36 as the Capitals middle-order was exposed. Ashutosh Sharma, who scripted a jailbreak against an inexperienced Lucknow Super Giants attack earlier this season, found what it’s like taking on three international bowlers -- Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah and Mitchell Santner -- as he could only score 17 off 14 with the help of two boundaries to third man.
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The Capitals batting couldn’t withstand the pressure losing the last three wickets to run outs in successive deliveries.
This was Capitals’ first defeat in the season while Mumbai Indians hope to get their campaign back on track with this hard-fought victory.
The Mumbai Indians team stood in shock as Nair went about taking down one bowler at a time in the 11.3 overs he spent in the middle. When Jake Fraser-McGurk failed for the fifth time in as many innings this season, Nair would have been the last name that the MI would have factored in. But in came Nair as an Impact Player, chest thrust out and carnage on his mind, striding at a pace that indicated eagerness to be back in top-flight cricket.
As he creamed Boult for three majestic drives to the boundary in the second over of the innings, Nair announced that he belonged all over again at the age 33. And when he treated Jasprit Bumrah with utter disdain, milking 29 runs in his first two overs, he had driven a dagger through the MI camp. Every shot he played found the middle of his bat, and the slightest gap in the field, for five sixes and 12 boundaries. It took a vicious turning delivery from Santner to finally quell Nair.
Capitals stayed in the contest because of Kuldeep Yadav’s special spell of 2/23 in the first innings of the game.
Capitals had hoped for the Kotla pitch to offer fair deal of assistance for their spinners. In the end, it came back to bite them with Karn and Santner producing a more balanced spell of spin bowling than Capitals’ leg-spinner Vipraj Nigam and skipper Axar Patel.
It was the introduction of leg-spinner Karn Sharma as Mumbai’s Impact Player that triggered Delhi’s collapse. The leggie, playing his first game of the season, returned figures of 3/36 as the Capitals middle-order was exposed. Ashutosh Sharma, who scripted a jailbreak against an inexperienced Lucknow Super Giants attack earlier this season, found what it’s like taking on three international bowlers -- Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah and Mitchell Santner -- as he could only score 17 off 14 with the help of two boundaries to third man.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel.
The Capitals batting couldn’t withstand the pressure losing the last three wickets to run outs in successive deliveries.
This was Capitals’ first defeat in the season while Mumbai Indians hope to get their campaign back on track with this hard-fought victory.
𝘝𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦! 💙
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 13, 2025
3⃣ run-outs, high drama and #MI walk away with a thrilling win to break #DC's unbeaten run 👊
Scorecard ▶ https://t.co/sp4ar866UD#TATAIPL | #DCvMI | @mipaltan pic.twitter.com/q9wvt5yqoe
The Mumbai Indians team stood in shock as Nair went about taking down one bowler at a time in the 11.3 overs he spent in the middle. When Jake Fraser-McGurk failed for the fifth time in as many innings this season, Nair would have been the last name that the MI would have factored in. But in came Nair as an Impact Player, chest thrust out and carnage on his mind, striding at a pace that indicated eagerness to be back in top-flight cricket.
An over that we won't get over 🤌😅#MI hold their nerves to seal victory with a hat-trick of runouts 💪
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 13, 2025
Scorecard ▶ https://t.co/sp4ar86EKb#TATAIPL | #DCvMI | @mipaltan pic.twitter.com/BpBwpbxPh8
As he creamed Boult for three majestic drives to the boundary in the second over of the innings, Nair announced that he belonged all over again at the age 33. And when he treated Jasprit Bumrah with utter disdain, milking 29 runs in his first two overs, he had driven a dagger through the MI camp. Every shot he played found the middle of his bat, and the slightest gap in the field, for five sixes and 12 boundaries. It took a vicious turning delivery from Santner to finally quell Nair.
Capitals stayed in the contest because of Kuldeep Yadav’s special spell of 2/23 in the first innings of the game.
Capitals had hoped for the Kotla pitch to offer fair deal of assistance for their spinners. In the end, it came back to bite them with Karn and Santner producing a more balanced spell of spin bowling than Capitals’ leg-spinner Vipraj Nigam and skipper Axar Patel.
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