On Sunday night, the Delhi Capitals faced their first defeat of this season against the Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The Mumbai Indians showed great focus, especially in the final moments of the match. Delhi was going well but suddenly lost control, and three players got run out in just one over! Mumbai managed to win with one over to spare.
Delhi was chasing a target of 206 runs and looked strong when Karun Nair and Abishek Porel were playing well. Nair, playing his first match this season, scored an impressive 89 runs off just 40 balls, and they formed a great partnership of 119 runs. But then Karn Sharma from Mumbai took quick wickets, which changed the game. He took down Porel, KL Rahul (15), and Tristan Stubbs (1).
After the match, commentator Murali Karthik asked Delhi Capitals’ captain Axar Patel about his feelings on the loss. Axar smiled but gave a funny reply, saying, “It went towards Mumbai.” He explained that the team’s soft dismissals in the middle order caused problems and blamed it for losing the momentum.
Axar noted, “We thought we could win. There were a few careless mistakes and bad shots. We can’t always rely on the lower-order batters. Sometimes, it’s just one of those days. I was happy with our position at the halfway mark.”
He also mentioned that some missed catches allowed Mumbai to score over 200 runs and praised his team’s spinners. “If we had caught better, we could have kept their score lower. Our spin bowlers are doing really well, especially Kuldeep. I can rely on him whenever we need a wicket. There were positives today – we just need to move on from this match,” he concluded.
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