That's the end of the first double-header of this season. And two good matches, the first one between KKR and SRH going down the wire. It was all down to Andre Russell's power in th end as he smashed a 19-ball 49 to take KKR home. Mumbai Indians started well with the ball in the second match but a storm called Pant hit them hard and took the game away. Two great knocks from two brilliant players. KKR and DC collect their first points. 

We will be back with another IPL 2019 clash on 25 March. Rajasthan Royals are playing Kings XI Punjab at Jaipur. The game starts at 8 PM. Catch you there. For now, good bye and good night. 

Rishabh Pant is Player of the Match.

Pant: It's been a great journey. Feels good when your team wins and you have scored runs. I always play according to situation. I needed to increase run-rate of the team and I played my shots. In T20, you have to do something different. That's why I play those shots. 

Shreyas Iyer, Delhi Capitals captain: Well both of them were good in their way. But obviously, we are off to a good start. I was really well prepared to take down the captaincy as I have been leading India A. In all, it's been a great experience so far. There isn't any secret. In terms of our preparations, we have been amazing. Our overall atmosphere is amazing at the moment, and it's important to be consistent. (On Pant) He's a really destructive batsman. Only word that comes to mind. Suddenly his strike rate goes up to 250. That's where we changed our game in the first innings. Really helpful to have him in the team. (On Rabada) He's an amazing bowler to be around. He came up to me in the nets, and asked me,"Did you see me bowling?"

The SA pacer finished with figures of 2/23 from four overs

You watch Rabada & suddenly you realise what real excellence is! He is such a gift to world cricket! 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) March 24, 2019

Delhi have two points in the kitty and it’s a complete team effort with Rishabh Pant leading the way. Shikhar Dhawan was slow, but held the innings together and had that important partnership with Colin Ingram. Mumbai bowled a lot of short deliveries on either side of the wicket which were punished, and the pair also displayed intelligence by picking up the singles at a good frequency. It was just the base that was needed for Pant to come and start playing his shots. 

The turning point in the game was the way Pant negated Jasprit Bumrah. Easily one of the best death-over bowlers in world cricket currently, Bumrah hardly had an answer against Pant. For me the best shot, though, was Rahul Tewatia sweeping Bumrah for a six. 

Delhi were brave to drop the experienced Amit Mishra for Tewatia.  Decisions like these when they pay off look great. Tewatia did not have good outing with the ball, but picked up four catches apart from hitting that six off Bumrah. On the field, Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy was impressive. He made appropriate bowling changes, and Ishant Sharma picking up two scalps in the Power Play was a bonus really. 

Then the way Kagiso Rabada capitalised was crucial. He hit good pace right from his first over and troubled all batsmen. Mumbai would think 214 was a bit too much to chase, but a few good partnerships could have taken them deep into the game. No one really had a plan, and even though Yuvraj Singh played some beautiful shots for his 15th half-century in IPL, he lacked support from the other end. Another season opener and another loss for Mumbai. Memorable debut for Sourav Ganguly as Delhi's advisor. 

Rohit Sharma, MI captain: First game is always challenging for most teams. We have made a lot of mistakes today. We were in the game for first 10 overs when we were bowling. But you need to get credit to Pant. A lot of new guys in the squad. Takes time to get going. But we all are professionals and have to come out positively in next game. Pitch was good, we ended up with 180. Yuvi batted brilliantly. But had somebody in the top four got 80, things would have been different. 

OUT!  Delhi win by 37 runs

Faster one from Tewatia and McClenaghan missed it, he was out of the crease and Pant dislodged the stumps in quick time. That's the end of match as Jasprit Bumrah won't bat because of injury.  McClenaghan st Pant b Rahul Tewatia 10(8) 

Tewatia to bowl the final over. 

After 19 overs,Mumbai Indians 176/8 ( Mitchell McClenaghan 10 , Rasikh Salam 5)

The match is done and dusted after the end of Yuvraj Singh in the last over. Mumbai need 38 runs in 6 balls, that looks completely out of reach.

Rasikh Salam, right handed bat, is the new batsman in