DC vs MI Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full Cricket Score: Mumbai Indians climb to second spot with 40-run win

DC's three-game unbeaten run has come to an end tonight with a thrashing of 40 runs by MI! It's thier home ground and Delhi need to bat and bowl better in their backyard as they go forward. Meanwhile, MI have moved to the second spot in the table with tonight's win and have also moved closer to the playoffs spot.

That's it for tonight! We will see you tomorrow at 6.30 pm for the KKR vs RCB clash. Goodnight. 

Hardik Pandya, MoM: I keep telling myself the same thing. I have never hit the ball as well I am doing right now. I have worked a lot in the nets and now it's all working out for me.  I like to stick to the basics. Even in the death if you keep your calm and hope for bowlers to miss, you can hit hard. I am using my brain well, reading the wicket well in this season. I have five more games to go and then the play-offs, and I hope to keep going like this through the season.

Hardik Pandya is the man of the match

Rohit Sharma, MI captain: For the first two overs will played with thought this is 140 wicket. Eventually we got 10-15 more. Luckily for us we had wickets in hand and our power-hittiers could go out there and perform. I have played here enough to know and hence we had made up our mind (to bat first, after toss). It's something that he's (Rahul Chahar) been working on. He was part of the team last year, but never got to play. At some stage we wanted to get him in. He's shown the right kind of attitude, and he's very smart in terms of what he wants to execute. Those breakthroughs were good. He's very confident bowling to left-handers too. Jayant was a simple swap, because they had 3-4 left-handers in the top six. Cutting as well, once the ball is nice and hard, we would use a power hitter to come and exploit their spinners. The idea to send him at 3 was a good one. But the game plan changes according to the venue and the opposition. The top 3 remains, but 4, 5 and 6 remains flexible and we have made that clear with the batting group.

Shreyas Iyer: It's really important for us to win home games. Unfortunately we lost the toss and were outplayed in all three departments. We practise on slow pitches it's totally different at Kotla. We have to get used to these conditions. If after winning toss, we would have chased but we gave 20 runs more on this wicket. The wicket was really slow, and 150 would have been a manageable score. Those three overs (that cost 50 runs) were the gamechanger.

After 20 overs,Delhi Capitals 128/9 ( Amit Mishra 6 , Ishant Sharma 0)

MI beat DC by 40 runs! 

169 target on a slow pitch was always going to be tough and over that DC squandered the great start followed by some good bowling. They finish their innings on 128/9. Three-game unbeaten streak broken.

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OUT! Rabada c Pollard b Hardik Pandya 9(8)

Wide of off delivery and Rabada went for an uppish slice as Pollard took the catch in the deep running to his right

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SIX! That has been fired over mid-wicket by Rabada for a massive six. What a shot by Rabada

After 19 overs,Delhi Capitals 119/8 ( Kagiso Rabada 3 , Amit Mishra 3)

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Malinga took the wrong line and strayed onto Mishra's pads as he flicked it to fine leg fence for a four. Rabada went for a big hit, it was super high but Pollard dropped the catch. 50 needed in last over.

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DROPPED! Rabada's slice shot went high up in the air as Pollard came in from long-on but failed to hold onto the catch

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FOUR! Poor delivery from Malinga. Straying on leg, on Mishra's pads as he flicked it to fine leg fence

After 18 overs,Delhi Capitals 109/8 ( Kagiso Rabada 0 , Amit Mishra 1)

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If there was any hope, Bumrah killed it in this over. Run out first ball as Keemo Paul ran halfway down the pitch after Axar squeezed out a yorker. His partner didn't respond and Bumrah collected the ball and hit the stumps to dismiss Paul. Cleaned up Axar next ball. It was full on middle, Axar move across to create room and lost his stumps. 60 needed in last two overs.

DC vs MI Expert's Voice 

Mumbai continue to steamroll this Delhi side. Everything has gone right for them, right from the toss they won. They picked the better XI, they (mostly) made the right moves with the batting order, and so have set themselves up for this success, and a firm grip on the No. 2 spot. 

Snehal Pradhan, freelance cricket writer

23:18 (IST)

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OUT! Axar b Bumrah 26(23)

This was full, on the middle by Bumrah as Axar moved back to create room for a cut shot but he could only hit thin air as the ball slammed into the stumps

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OUT!  K Paul run out (Bumrah) 0(0)

Axar somehow managed to survive the yorker from Bumrah but Paul ran down the pitch for the single and Bumrah collected the ball, turned back and hit the stumps

After 17 overs,Delhi Capitals 107/6 ( Axar Patel 26 , )

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Another first ball six! Axar did well to pick the slow ball and thrashed it over mid-wicket fence followed by some good yorkers to restrict the run flow. Another slower delivery on last ball but Morris just got the toe-end as he went for a shot down the ground and found Hardik before the fence. 62 needed in three overs.

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OUT! Chris Morris c Hardik Pandya b Malinga 11(9)

Morris decided to attack the slower ball but the execution was poor. The ball hit the toe-end as Hardik took the catch at long-on

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SIX! Slower ball from Malinga and Patel gets a hold of this one as he smokes it over the cow corner. Good way to start the over

After 16 overs,Delhi Capitals 96/5 ( Axar Patel 16 , Chris Morris 10)

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Big six off first ball by Morris! Just enough to keep the chase alive. Picked the length ball from Bumrah early and smoked it down the ground. 10 off the over. 73 needed in four overs.

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SIX! What a shot! Length ball from Bumrah which is picked early by Morris as he clobbers it with a straight bat over the ropes

DC vs MI Expert's Voice 

Bumrah has a great record against Pant, and it's once again smart from Rohit to hold him back and use him when Pant came in. The difference between the two sides has been how the pace bowlers have fared. The Capitals pace bowlers leaked runs in the Powerplay and at the death. Malinga and Bumrah on the other hand have been asking questions. 

Snehal Pradhan, freelance cricket writer

23:00 (IST)

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After 15 overs,Delhi Capitals 86/5 ( Axar Patel 15 , Chris Morris 1)

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Patel plays the chip shot over cover for a double, a nudge to third man for a single. Morris takes a single with a flick and another double or Patel with a pull shot to wide of long-off. Four on the last ball with a slice shot over extra-cover. 

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FOUR! Axar Patel slices the outside off delivery over deep extra-cover to clear the fence and get a boundary

After 14 overs,Delhi Capitals 76/5 ( Axar Patel 6 , Chris Morris 0)

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Is it game over for DC? Bumrah has cleaned up Pant on his return. Went for an uppish drive away from the body on this slow pitch as Bumrah managed to get the ball move back in from off and hit the stumps. All eyes on Chris Morris now.

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BOWLED EM! Pant b Bumrah 7(11)

It's always a great view to see the timber flying. Pant went for an uppish drive away from the body but the pitch is not made for it. The ball meanwhile move back in from off to crash into the stumps.

After 13 overs,Delhi Capitals 73/4 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 7 , Axar Patel 3)

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Time for Krunal to roll over his arm again. Four off the over. Couple of singles and a double off last ball as Pant flicks the full toss to mid-wicket. Meanwhile, Krunal tried some Jadhav type sling bowling in that over as well.

Is the curator listening?

When the Delhi Capitals are doing everything to make sure they get a successful season, it's tragic to see the Kotla wicket letting them down repeatedly. Stroke players like Dhawan, Pant, Shaw & Iyer don't need this pitch!

— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) April 18, 2019

After 12 overs,Delhi Capitals 69/4 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 4 , Axar Patel 2)

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Jayant Yadav back into attack. Four runs off it. Two singles and a double for Pant off a flick to square leg.

After 11 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 100/2 ( Jonny Bairstow (W) 41 , Vijay Shankar 5)

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Three wickets have fallen in last three overs including in this over as well! Chahar cleaned up Iyer with a traditional leg-spin ball. It pitched on middle but spun enough to beat the bat and hit the timber. 104 needed in nine overs for DC.

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OUT! Shreyas Iyer b Rahul Chahar 3(6)

Another wicket! What a beauty by Chahar! A lovely leg-spin delivery which pitches on middle and spins away to beat the bat and hit the off stump.

After 10 overs,Delhi Capitals 63/3 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 3 , Rishabh Pant (W) 1)

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Spinners are now turning the game around for MI as a mini-collapse for DC is underway! Krunal fires in a quicker one and Munro was too late to get his bat onto it as he was cleaned up. Three off the over.

Good enough to be on that list?

*Inserts fifth option as Krunal* https://t.co/wHMqFuhgzx

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 18, 2019

DC vs MI Expert's Voice 

This was the phase where it started happening in the first innings, when the spinners started bowling in tandem. But Mumbai have three spinners, a potential 12 overs, whereas Delhi used only seven. 

Snehal Pradhan, freelance cricket writer

22:37 (IST)

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OUT! Munro b Krunal Pandya 3(9)

That was a quick delivery disguised as a spin ball. Fired in by Krunal as a lazy Munro failed to get his bat onto it before it hit the stumps.

After 9 overs,Delhi Capitals 60/2 ( Colin Munro 3 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 1)

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One brings two. Shaw follows Dhawan back to the hut. He was struggling to find his rhythm. Missed a full toss but it hit him outside the stumps. Next ball, went for a big shot over long-on off tossed up delivery but found the man in the deep. Skipper Shreyas Iyer replaces him now. Just three off the over.

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OUT! Prithvi Shaw c Hardik Pandya b Rahul Chahar 20

That's immature from Shaw. Was struggling to get going but had been there for long and needed to bat till deep. Went for a big shot off the tossed up delivery and found the man on the fence at long-on.

After 8 overs,Delhi Capitals 57/1 ( Prithvi Shaw 18 , Colin Munro 3)

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Excellent over from Jayant. Just five from it. Fall of wicket had its own role to play. Munro will take some time to get going and Shaw hasn't found his rhythm yet. 

After 7 overs,Delhi Capitals 52/1 ( Prithvi Shaw 15 , Colin Munro 1)

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Rahul Chahar breaks the opening partnership! Dhawan out! Went for a reverse sweep against the leg-break on middle, missed the ball which hit his pads, gloves and then hit the stumps. Colin Munro has now joined Shaw in the middle.

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OUT! Dhawan b Rahul Chahar 35(22)

Dhawan messes up the sweep shot there and his show is now over. Tried reverse sweeping, completely missed the ball as it hit his gloves and then crashed into the stumps.

DC vs MI Expert's Voice 

Not as big a Powerplay from Delhi, but just as stable, and wickets in hand will be valuable on a pitch like this. This is where the game changed when Delhi bowled, when they got the spinners into the attack, and now Chahar and Jayant will come into play. MI might hold Krunal back as long as Dhawan is there. 

Snehal Pradhan, freelance cricket writer

22:24 (IST)

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After 6 overs,Delhi Capitals 48/0 ( Prithvi Shaw 13 , Shikhar Dhawan 35)

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Jayant Yadav continues. His full ball on leg stump is punished by Dhawan as he lifts it to deep mid-wicket fence. Six off the over. Powerplay up. DC need 121 in last 14 overs.

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FOUR! Full on leg stump from around the wicket from JY and Dhawan flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a boundary

After 5 overs,Delhi Capitals 42/0 ( Prithvi Shaw 12 , Shikhar Dhawan 30)

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Bumrah has now been called into attack to steady things. Shaw clips one to square leg for a single. A couple of shots to cover for couple of singles and a nudge to point on last ball by Dhawan for another single. Four off the over.

DC vs MI Expert's Voice 

DC are off the a flyer, and I get the feeling that Jayant Yadav is bowling a bit too fast. Malinga bowled a lot of off pace deliveries. Bumrah is bowling full pace but isn't getting the usual amount of bounce. So lot's of variety from the bowlers. Will we see six different bowlers used in the Powerplay?

Snehal Pradhan, freelance cricket writer

22:15 (IST)

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After 4 overs,Delhi Capitals 38/0 ( Prithvi Shaw 10 , Shikhar Dhawan 28)

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Bowling changes are not working for MI. Jayant Yadav given this over. 10 off the over. A double, couple of singles and a six. Dhawan came out to slam the tossed up ball down the ground. 

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SIX! This was bautiful! A dance down the ground by Dhawan as he tonked the tossed up ball down the ground

After 3 overs,Delhi Capitals 28/0 ( Prithvi Shaw 9 , Shikhar Dhawan 19)

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Ball given to Malinga but DC openers have decided to make most of the powerplay and punish every mistake. Dhawan got a four with a cover drive off wide and full ball and then came down to slam the half-volley over extra-cover for another four. 10 off the over.

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FOUR! Dhawan is in modd to make the most of the powerplay! Shimmies down to lift the half-volley over the extra-cover

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FOUR! Rare poor delivery from Malinga. Full and outside off as it is crucnhed through the cover by Dhawan

After 2 overs,Delhi Capitals 18/0 ( Prithvi Shaw 8 , Shikhar Dhawan 10)

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Another successful over for DC! Rahul Chahar brought into and attack and Dhawan gets off the mark with a sweep shot as he pulls the ball from off to square leg fence. Plays another sweep through square leg and fine leg gap to the fence. Two on last ball. 10 off the over.