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Live Score MI vs DC, IPL 2021, Today’s Match: A very good performance from DC. Avesh, Nortje and Axar were brilliant with the ball as they restricted MI to just 129/8. Chasing the target, they were in early trouble at 77/5 but Shreyas Iyer and R Ashwin played really good sensible cricket with run a ball required to take DC past the finish line! Preview: Mumbai Indians take on Delhi Capitals in the 46th match of IPL 2021 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. After notching their first win of the second leg, Mumbai Indians would be looking to carry forward the momentum against Delhi Capitals. MI lost their first three matches of the second leg but won the crucial match against Punjab Kings to keep their play-off hopes alive. They are fifth in the table with 10 points and with the competition heating MI don’t only have to win the match but with a good run rate as well as KKR, who are in the fourth position with 10 points as well have a +0.363 run-rate while MI have a -0.453 run rate. Delhi Capitals, on the other hand, sit comfortably on the second spot in the table with 16 points and would look to consolidate that spot and become the second team to qualify for the play-offs after CSK. After two wins in two matches in the second leg, they suffered a jolt against KKR and lost by three wickets. They would look to get back to winning ways. Their batting faltered against KKR as they could only post 127/9. The bowlers fought hard but defending 128 was always going to be a difficult task. The middle order will look to get back on track against MI. They too might not look to make any changes as this bunch has done well in the past. With MI looking for crucial points and DC looking to qualify for play-offs, we might be in for an enthralling contest. Here’s all you need to know about the 46th match of IPL 2021 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. When will the 46th match of the IPL 2021 between MI and DC take place? The match between MI and DC will take place on 2 October 2021. What is the venue for the MI vs DC match? The match will take place at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. What time will the MI vs DC match start? The MI and DC match will begin at 3.30 pm IST. The toss will take place at 3 pm IST. Which TV channels will broadcast the MI vs DC match? The match will be telecast on the Star Sports Network. The live streaming of the match will also be available on Disney+ Hotstar. Besides, you can browse Firstpost.com for live updates and over-by-over commentary.
Highlights, IPL 2021, MI vs DC Full Cricket Score: DC win by four wickets
Live Score, IPL 2021, MI vs DC Cricket Score: A very good performance from DC. Avesh, Nortje and Axar were brilliant with the ball as they restricted MI to just 129/8. Chasing the target, they were in early trouble at 77/5 but Shreyas Iyer and R Ashwin played really good sensible cricket with run a ball required to take DC past the finish line!
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After 19 overs,Delhi Capitals 126/6 ( Shreyas Iyer 33 , Ravichandran Ashwin 14)
Ashwin looked to pull one but mistimed it to mid-wicket. Boult starts off with a dot. Then Ashwin swings at one and gets an outside edge over backward point for a couple. He then flicks one to mid-wicket where the fielder makes a good diving stop for a single. Iyer then gets an outside edge to extra cover and it falls on the bounce to the fielder, he goes for the direct hit at the non-striker’s end but misses. Ashwin was struggling and would have been a goner. Crucially DC get a couple on overthrow. Iyer tucks one to deep square leg for a single and then Ashwin mistimes his loft wide of mid off for another single. 7 runs off the over. DC need 4 off the last over.
After 18 overs,Delhi Capitals 119/6 ( Shreyas Iyer 30 , Ravichandran Ashwin 10)
Brilliant from Ashwin and Iyer. Really clever batting. They took four singles off the first five balls. And then Iyer went after the last one, heaving it over mid-wicket for four. 8 runs off the over. The equation is below run and ball required. 11 needed off 12.
After 17 overs,Delhi Capitals 111/6 ( Shreyas Iyer 24 , Ravichandran Ashwin 8)
Ashwin clips the first ball to mid-wicket for a single. Iyer doesn’t get one as he hits the next one straight to the same region. Coulter-Nile then errs in length and drops it short, Iyer pulls it over mid-wicket for a crucial four. He then takes a single to long on. Coulter-Nile bounces back well to end the over with two dots. One hit straight to extra cover and the other played and misses as he looks to cut. 6 off the over. DC need 19 off 18
After 16 overs,Delhi Capitals 105/6 ( Shreyas Iyer 19, Ashwin 7)
Again, sensible cricket from DC. Ashwin and Iyer doing nothing extravagant. After a dot first ball, Boult bowls a wide. A dot follows. But Iyer flicks the next to deep mid-wicket for a single. Three singles off the last three balls make it 5 off the over. 25 needed off 24.
After 15 overs,Delhi Capitals 100/6 ( Shreyas Iyer 17 , Ashwin 5)
DC not in too much of a rush and it’s sensible. Singles and twos will get them there. After a dot, Ashwin takes a single but a needless throw from Hardik Pandya helps them get a second. Ashwin and Iyer take three more singles off the next three balls and the last one hits Iyer’s helmet and pops to third man as he misses his pull. A leg bye. 6 off the over. 30 needed off 30.
After 14 overs,Delhi Capitals 94/6 ( Shreyas Iyer 16 , Ashwin 1)
Bumrah doing Bumrah things. A wicket off the first ball, a slower one that gets the leading edge of Hetmyer, and then stifling the batsmen with his accuracy and variations. And giving away just one run off the next five balls. Just one off the over. DC need 36 offf 36.
After 13 overs,Delhi Capitals 93/5 ( Shreyas Iyer 16 , Shimron Hetmyer 15)
Hetmyer upping the ante in that over. A good over for DC. He crashes one over extra cover for four and then hammers a pull over mid-wicket for a second four in the over. He could have had one more in between but Pollard at long off made a brilliant save to restrict them to just two. 13 off the over. DC need 37 off 42.
After 12 overs,Delhi Capitals 80/5 ( Shreyas Iyer 15 , Shimron Hetmyer 3)
A successful over from Boult. He got the wicket of Axar Patel. Good variations. He got the wicket off the slower one and bowled the faster yorker as well. The rest were good length deliveries on and around off. 6 runs and a wicket off the over.
After 11 overs,Delhi Capitals 74/4 ( Shreyas Iyer 13 , Axar Patel 8)
Pollard was a bit wayward in that over. Bowled a couple of down the leg side wides. It was still turning out to be a good over with just five runs but Axar spoilt it with a boundary off the last ball as he lofted one over mid off.
After 10 overs, Delhi Capitals 65/4 ( Axar Patel 3 , Shreyas Iyer 11)
Singles ticking along for Delhi Capitals. Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel dealing in singles from the Krunal Pandya over. Neither going for big shots. Smart cricket by these two to not hurt their chances further
After 9 overs, Delhi Capitals 60/4 ( Axar Patel 1 , Shreyas Iyer 8)
Jayant Yadav was brought into the side to make an impact and he has delivered. Rishabh Pant was looking dangerous and the high-risk approach hasn’t paid off tonight. Tried to attack the spinner but fails to get the timing or power right only to be taken by Hardik Pandya at long-on. 5 runs from the over and MI have DC on the ropes
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HUGE WICKET FOR MUMBAI! Big breakthrough for Mumbai with Rishabh Pant holed up at long on. Pant takes on Jayant Yadav, mistimes it and doesn’t get the distance he was hoping for. Hardik Pandya with the simple catch.
Pant c Pandya b Yadav 26 (22), DC are 57/4
After 7 overs,Delhi Capitals 51/3 ( Rishabh Pant (C) (W) 23 , Shreyas Iyer 5)
Jayant Yadav goes for 5 runs from his second over. Three singles and a double from it. On the last ball, Pant gets lucky. Looks to play a reverse sweep but misses. Luckily for him, gets an underege before it hits the pads or it would have been curtains for the Delhi skipper
After 6 overs, Delhi Capitals 46/3 ( Rishabh Pant (C) (W) 21 , Shreyas Iyer 2)
11 runs from the Jasprit Bumrah over with Pant taking the attack back to Mumbai. He’s not going to play it cautiously even with the small target. Two boundaries from it in different parts of the park
After 5 overs,Delhi Capitals 35/3 ( Rishabh Pant (C) (W) 11 , Shreyas Iyer 1)
Clever bowling from Coulter-Nile and he’s got a wicket to show from it. Goes for just 5 runs and has Steve Smith back in the dugout. The Aussie tried to play it down the leg stump but got nothing on it and has the middle stump uprooted. So many bowlers have tried this, not many succeed and now NCN has.
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Nathan Coulter-Nile strikes and Steve Smith is bowled! Smith walks along and shuffles towards the off stump, exposes his leg stump, as he does, and is bowled around his legs. Three down for Delhi and they’re in serious trouble even with the small target
Smith b Coulter-Nile 9 (8), Delhi Capitals 30/3
After 4 overs,Delhi Capitals 30/2 ( Steven Smith 9 , Rishabh Pant (C) (W) 7)
Nine runs from the first Jasprit Bumrah over. Three singles and a six from it. Steve Smith with a maximum towards long leg
After 3 overs,Delhi Capitals 21/2 ( Steven Smith 1 , Rishabh Pant (C) (W) 6)
Another great over for Mumbai Indians and they’ve now got both DC openers in the dugout. Krunal Pandya urges Rohit Sharma to review and he’s proved right. Prithvi Shaw is adjudged leg before and DC are in trouble. Rishabh Pant comes in to bat and immediately gets in the thick of action with a massive six. 7 runs from the over, a wicket and DC are two down
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Appeal for leg before on Prithvi Shaw off Krunal Pandya. The on-field decision is not out. Rohit Sharma goes upstairs. No bat involved suggests UltraEdge. Now to ball tracking. All three reds and Shaw has to walk back!
Shaw lbw Krunal 6 (7), DC 15/2