DD Knock MI Out From The IPL 2018

Mumbai Indians have been knocked out from the IPL 2018 after they lost to Delhi Daredevils by 11 runs at Firoz Shah Kotla stadium, Delhi on Sunday (May 20). Delhi Daredevils, led by Amith Mishra's 3 for 19 restricted Mumbai Indians on 163 after Rishabh Pant's sixth fifty of this season helped DD to post a big total of 174.

How DD reached to 174



After winning the toss, DD had opted to bat first. Opener Prithvi Shaw and Glenn Maxwell gave a decent start by adding 30-runs for the first wicket in 3 overs before Shaw run out himself with a lazy stuff. Maxwell also after scoring 22 off 18 balls fell in next over as Jasprit Bumrah bowled him out. After that Rishabh Pant (Orange Cap holder) takes on Mumbai Indians' bowlers and hit them all around the park. In this process, he reached to his sixth fifty of this season off just 31 balls. But before that, he put on a 37-run stand with skipper Shreyas Iyer for the third wicket.

After losing 3 wickets on 75 after 9 overs, Vijay Shankar joined the party with Pant and added 64 runs off 47 balls for the fourth wicket. Pant takes on Hardik Pandya after reaching to his half-century and hit 2 sixes and a four in 16th over of the innings. However, after scoring 64, Krunal Pandya got him out at long on where Pollard was ready to catch it. After wicket of Pant, Vijay Shanker took responsibility on his own shoulders and helped DD to reach a good score of 174 after 20 overs. He hit Ben Cutting for a six and a four in last over and remained unbeaten on 43 off 30 balls including 3 fours and 2 sixes while Abhishek Sharma made 15* off 10 balls with a six.

How MI respond to it?



In reply of 175, Mumbai Indians off to a flier despite losing Suryakumar Yadav in first over. Evin Lewis takes on Harshal Patel in fourth over by hitting 2 fours and a six. He followed this momentum in next over where he hit 2 sixes and a four to Maxwell. Mumbai Indians scored 57 runs in first six overs. Both Lewis and Ishan Kishan added 45 for the second wicket in which Kishan's contribution was only 5 runs.

Middle order collapsed hurt MI badly

Some exceptional bowling from Amit Mishra and Young Sandeep Lamichhane was the reason behind MI's 11 runs defeat. First Amit Mishra got Ishan Kishan out on 57. Before Mumbai Indians could recover from Ishan's wicket, Mishra gave them another big blow by dismissing Lewis on 74. Lewis scored 48 off 31 balls including 3 fours and 4 sixes. After that, it was Lamichhane who put Mumbai completely on the back foot by dismissing Pollard and Krunal in same over. In Pollard's wicket, it was a combination of excellent fielding from Maxwell and Boult.



However, after losing 5 wickets on 78, Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya tried to bring MI back into the game by adding 43 runs off 25 balls for the sixth wicket before Harshal Patel deceived Rohit on a slower ball and caught out at long on. Hardik followed Rohit in next over as Mishra trapped him on the flighted ball. He scored 27 off 17 balls.

Cutting's cameo went in vain

Ben Cutting kept MI in the hunt till the last over with a blitzing knock of 37 off 20 balls. He was dropped on 3 by Patel and hit a six on next ball. With 38 needed off 18 balls, he takes on Liam Plunket in 18th over and hit 2 fours and a and collect 15 runs from that over. In 19th over Trent Boult gave away only 5 runs and left the equation with 18 off 6 balls. Cutting start the last over with a six to deep square leg but fell out on next ball to Patel. With the wicket of Cutting, MI's hopes were also done and dusted. Bumrah was the last man to be dismissed as DD won by 11 runs.

Leg spinners' day out

Amit Mishra and Sandeep Lamichhane were the star bowlers for the DD who spun MI in their leg spin bowling. Mishra dismissed Ishan Kishan, Evin Lewis and Hardik Pandya in his four overs and conceded only 19 runs while Lamichhane finished his spell with 4-0-36-3. He dismissed Suryakumar Yadav, Pollard and Krunal. Amit Mishra also awarded Man Of The Match for his match-winning spell.

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