Mumbai struggled early in their chase of 153 as they were reduced to 8 for 2 in second over but captain Rohit Sharma (46) and Ambati Rayudu (49 not out) shared 60 runs for the fifth wicket to repair the innings before Kieron Pollard took them home with three balls to spare with a quick-fire 14-ball 26 not out.
After today’s win, their fourth on the trot, Mumbai jumped to fourth spot with 10 points from 10 matches while Delhi dropped to sixth place with eight points from 10 matches. This was Delhi’s sixth loss.
It was a hard-earned victory for Mumbai as they had to build their innings brick-by-brick after early loss of wickets besides facing rain interruption. Credit must also be given to the bowlers, especially off-spinner Harbhajan Singh who returned with brilliant figures of 2/11 from his four overs to help Mumbai restrict Delhi to 152 for 6.
Play was interrupted after four overs due to lightening when Mumbai were 25 for 2 with Lendl Simmons (0) and Hardik Pandya (5) having already returned to the pavillion.
Play resumed after a short while, but rain halted it again after 5.2 overs when Mumbai were 40 for 3 and the home side must be feeling nervous at the possibility of losing the match if it could not be resumed. (PTI)
Delhi Daredevils Innings
Mayank Agarwal c Parthiv Patel b Lasith Malinga 0
Shreyas Iyer c Vinay Kumar b Harbhajan Singh 19
JP Duminy c & b Jagadeesha Suchitch 28
Kedar Jadhav st Parthiv Patel b Harbhajan Singh 16
Yuvraj Singh c Lendl Simmons b Lasith Malinga 57
Angelo Mathews c Jagadeesha Suchitch b Pandya 12
Saurabh Tiwary not out 13
Nathan Coulter-Nile not out 3
Extras 4
Total 152/6
Mumbai Indians Innings
Lendl Simmons lbw Zaheer Khan 0
Parthiv Patel c Amit Mishra b Angelo Mathews 13
Hardik Pandya c Imran Tahir b Nathan Coulter-Nile 5
Rohit Sharma b Amit Mishra 46
Harbhajan Singh b Nathan Coulter-Nile 5
Ambati Rayudu not out 49
Kieron Pollard not out 26
Extras 9
Total 153/5