MI win this. Three back-to-back run outs. A team hat-trick here. DC have been all out for 193.
Ohh, a heartbreak for Ashutosh. He has been run out in the 19th over. After two fours off Bumrah, he looked for a double and is run out on the second run. Good fielding from Will Jacks and Rickleton does the rest.
What an over from Boult. Just 3 from it as he nailed his yorkers extremely well. 39 needed off 18.
That's the body blow for DC. That is what MI needed. The big man KL is gone. He top-edges this as Karn Sharma, the bowler takes this. This game is now open with 46 still needed off 27 balls. Ashutosh is still out there with Vipraj.
And that's the end of a brilliant knock from Karun Nair. A beauty from Mitchell Santner to get him. This was pitched on middle and pushed Karun Nair on the back foot. It turned away to square Karun up and beat him to shatter the stumps. Axar is in now.
Finally, a wicket for MI, a much-needed one indeed. Karn Sharma gets Porel caught at deep square leg. KL Rahul is now in.
DC are in control of the proceedings here. They have touched 100 in just nine overs. Karun Nair is looking very good, and MI are under the pump.
Karun Nair is playing a brilliant knock here. A fifty off just 22 balls for him and he has taken down Bumrah for 16 runs.
And Chahar gets a wicket off the first ball. JFM falls on the first ball as he hands this to covers. DC 1 down already.
The Delhi Capitals openers - Jake Fraser-McGurk and Abhishek Porel - are out in the middle. No Faf today as he is injured. Deepak Chahar has the new ball in his hand. Off we go!!
Mumbai have ended strongly here. They ran three and then another from the overthrow. MI have put up 205/5 after strong knocks from Tilak Varma and Naman Dhir.
Naman Dhir is providing with the finishing touches and MI have crossed 200 here. This looks like a good total.
Tilak Varma has completed his 50. In just 26 deliveries, the star batter looks in brilliant touch. MI now 166-4 after 16.4 overs.
A short stay for the MI skipper today as he holes this out to long-off. Hardik didn't time this well enough as Vipraj deceived him. MI are 4 down with Naman Dhir now in.
Tilak was dropped in the last over, but Surya is gone. He mistimes this to long-on as Kuldeep gets his second
MI going well but the spinners have pegged them back a bit. Kuldeep and Axar have done well with the ball seemingly gripping a bit. MI go past 100 in the 11th over.
Kuldeep Yadav with a beauty here. A wrong'un from the spin maestro as he gets the other MI opener.
He was looking good today, but has been dismissed now. Vipraj has been brought into the attack and he gets the former MI skipper trapped in front. The umpire didn't rule him out, but DC reviewed and got it overturned. Surya is in now
Rickelton is going strong as he has hit a few boundaries already. MI are off to a fine start here.
Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton are out in the middle. MI would need a string start from their openers, something which they have not been able to do so far. Mitchell Starc has the new ball in hand. An interesting battle with Rohit loading.
Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Karn Sharma
Delhi Capitals Impact Subs: Darshan Nalkande, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Dushmantha Chameera
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, KL Rahul(w), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Conversations are about where we are making mistakes. There's no lack of experience in this group. We're not far from having a good game. We're trying not to hit the panic button. Panicking doesn't help. We don't have much margin of error, hope everything comes good tonight. Same team.
We'll bowl first. We're chasing well, and it's the first match over here this season so don't know how the pitch will play. Don't trust numbers from the past too much. Challenge is to follow the plan properly and to be brave even if you get hit for a six. Faf is injured.
Axar Patel has won the toss and he has opted to bowl first. DC will look to chase down to keep their unbeaten record intact.
Delhi Capitals Squad: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul(w), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, Dushmantha Chameera, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Darshan Nalkande, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari
Mumbai Indians Squad: Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Vignesh Puthur, Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Robin Minz, Arjun Tendulkar, Krishnan Shrijith, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Reece Topley, Karn Sharma
It's first game in Delhi. The square boundaries are 60m and 66m respectively, it's 72m down the ground. The highest score is 235 at this venue. There's a straw colored grass on the pitch with lots of visible cracks. Not exactly a flat surface. More teams have won while batting first at this venue, so win the toss and bat first, reckons Murali Kartik.
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