Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians, 29th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Slow starts aren’t new to the Mumbai Indians. They almost always find a way to storm back into the tournament and this win feels like the beginning of another such instance. When they need it the most, the Mumbai Indians find a way to rally together and come up with something magical. Today, their task wasn’t simple. They were going up against the only unbeaten side in the tournament and things looked glum when Karun Nair, a man who’s been bending fate to his will, was carting them all around. They seemed predestined to go down but they found a way, found a way as if to defy fate itself and that’s a testament to their resilience as a side. That's all we've got for you tonight then. It’s time for me, Anurag Hegde, and my colleagues Sagar Chawla, Nikhil Jadhav and AV Venkatesh to bid you goodnight.

Karn Sharma | Player of the Match: [Translated from Hindi] Feels very good that my hard work has paid off. Whenever I get a chance, I want to do my best. It’s a big tournament, only 12 can play. I just focus on my process, rest is not in my hands. KL Rahul’s wicket was my favourite. That catch was very important at that stage of the game. I pray a lot that I do well when I get a chance and that the teams win. There was no dew in the first innings, changing the ball meant that we got some more grip. That was good.

Hardik Pandya: Winning is always special, especially wins like this. He (Karun) was batting brilliantly, it seemed like it was going out of hand. (On Karn Sharma) Shows great character, to be brave and toss it up when the boundaries are just 60m long. We never gave up, we kept saying we want to stay in the contest. Everyone put their hand up and we were able to hold on to our chances. (On the batting order) Wanted to get the players in form to face the most balls. Dew played a big factor later on, it got very dewy. Just by making sure the game is not over, “keep fighting” was the chatter. We knew a couple of wickets would change the game. It has happened with me before as well, wins like this change the momentum and turn everything around.

Did You Know? For just the second time in IPL history, we have had three runouts in a single over. The first also involved MI -at Wankhede - way back in 2008.

With MI needing two off the final ball, Yuvraj Singh ran out Vikrant Yeligati to seal a thrilling one-run win for Punjab Kings.

There were five runouts in that MI innings, still an IPL record, three of them coming in the final over.

- 10 of the 12 200-plus first innings totals have been successfully defended this season, and the team batting first won each of the six IPL matches at Delhi since 2024.

MI while defending 200+ totals
Won - 15 times
Lost - 0 time

Most defeats at a venue in the IPL
45 - RCB at Bengaluru
45 - DC at Delhi*
38 - KKR at Kolkata
34 - MI at Wankhede

Mitchell Santner: Nice to get over the line. Every game seems to be close in IPL, this was one hell of a game here in Delhi. It's crazy to finish off with three run-outs. Was one of those games where we were kind of behind for a bit and then he managed to get us right back. Bowling coach was pretty happy. To nail six in a row in an over was amazing. To get three wickets by Karn it was massive, the only way to slow them down. We had to take wickets in the middle overs. Karun Nair's innings was special, playing his first game this season. The spinners who have bowled defensively have done well (in the tournament.)

Axar: We had the game in the bag. Some soft dismissals and bad shots in the middle order. You can't leave it to the batters in the lower order everytime. Don't need to overthink, just one of those days. Was happy at the halfway stage. The ball was stopping initially but it got better. And then dew helped us further. Out of our three spinners, two can bowl in powerplay and death as well. Kuldeep is bowling unbelievably well. Need to forget this game from a batting point of view.

23:25 Local Time, 17:55 GMT, 23:25 IST: The Mumbai Indians register a much-needed and their second win of the season and they do it by handing the Capitals their first defeat of the season. Oh Delhi! They had it in the bag and MI just cut out the bottom to steal it from them. Three back-to-back run-outs too to close the game and that signals the sense of panic that was running through the DC camp. Spare a thought for Karun Nair who looks absolutely dejected - he was having a fairytale comeback before it was quite cruelly cut short by Mitch Santner in the 12th over. That's where the downfall started for DC. It instigated a collapse and MI clutched on to all the opportunities that came their way. There was the dew factor and the ball change too. The ball was changed at the end of the 13th over and the drier ball gripped a lot more making it very difficult for the new batters coming in. Karn Sharma bowled superbly too, scalping 3/36 and he led MI's charge back into the contest. At 113/1 at the halfway stage, DC were absolutely cruising and MI deserve a lot of credit for pulling this one back. Earlier, contributions came through the order for MI as they posted a healthy 205/5. It wasn't the truest surface and there was a bit of assistance for the spinners which MI exploited brilliantly in their defence.

Bumrah to Mohit Sharma, out Mohit Sharma Run Out!! You wouldn't believe it! THREE RUN-OUTS to close the game for the Mumbai Indians! This last one the worst of the lot as far as DC are concerned, completely needless and it doesn't even give Mitch Starc a chance in the last over, it's all done and dusted. Full and straight on middle, Mohit Sharma went deep in his crease and bunted it towards mid-wicket, Mitchell Starc called him through for a single and Mohit was late to take off. Santner swooped in and scored a direct-hit to find Mohit Sharma a long way short of his ground. Excellent fielding and it closes the game in the penultimate over. Mohit Sharma run out (Santner) 0(1)

Bumrah to Mohit Sharma, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!

Mohit Sharma, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Bumrah to Kuldeep Yadav, out Kuldeep Yadav Run Out!! 1 run completed. Two run-outs in two balls! DC are crumbling under the pressure! Full and straight on middle from round the wicket, Kuldeep flays it away towards wide long-on, no timing and they charge back for two again, throw isn't quite as good but Rickelton does well, finds Kuldeep just inches short as well. DC are now down to their last pair! Kuldeep Yadav run out (Raj Bawa/Rickelton) 1(1)

Bumrah to Kuldeep Yadav, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!

Kuldeep Yadav, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Bumrah to Ashutosh Sharma, out Ashutosh Sharma Run Out!! 1 run completed. This is very tight! Ashutosh Sharma is short of his ground! Is that the game for MI? Bumrah nails the yorker again, Ashutosh Sharma carves it away towards deep backward point and they charge back for two, he has to run around Bumrah as he comes back for the second and it costs him, the throw back is excellent - right next to the stumps and when Rickelton removes the bails, Ashutosh is just inches short of his ground despite a big dive. Ashutosh Sharma run out (Will Jacks/Rickelton) 17(14) [4s-2]

Bumrah to Ashutosh Sharma, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!

Bumrah to Ashutosh Sharma, FOUR, streaky this time but they all count! Bumrah nails the yorker on off-stump this time, Ashutosh Sharma looks to dig it out and gets a thick outside edge that goes past the keeper, nothing MI can do about that, Bumrah has a wry smile on his face

Bumrah to Ashutosh Sharma, FOUR, wow that is extraordinary! Bumrah doesn't err often but he did on this occassion, full-toss on middle, Ashutosh Sharma just reverse-ramped it over short third man, went flat and nearly all the way

Bumrah to Ashutosh Sharma, no run, yorker angling into leg-stump, Ashutosh Sharma gets into a bit of a tangle as he comes down the wicket, looks to clip it away and it goes down to fine-leg, they don't take the single!

Jasprit Bumrah [3.0-0-34-1] is back into the attack