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In the 69th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by five wickets, helping Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to qualify for the playoffs.
Chasing a target of 160 at Wankhede Stadium, MI lost Rohit Sharma early, but Ishan Kishan and Dewald Brevis put themꦏ back in th🌄e contest. The duo added a crucial 51-run stand for the second wicket before both were dismissed in quick succession.
As the required run rate started to mount up, Tim David (34 off 11) and Tilak Varma (21 off 17) took charge, playing crucial cameos to help MI chase down th💃e total with five✅ balls to spare.
Earlier, Jasprit Bumrah displayed his ‘A-🃏Game’ with the ball a🍃s the five-time champions restricted DC to a total of 159/7. Bumrah picked up a brilliant three-wicket haul while conceding 25 runs in his quota of 4 overs.
For the Capitals, Rovman Powell (43 off 34) and Rishabh Pant (39 off 33) played some🐓 ꦓhandy knocks to take DC to a respectable total.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
. win 🤝 reach the Play🅘offs! 👍 👍 & Co. join , & in the Top 4⃣ of the 2022. 👏 👏
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
✈️ Kolkata 🤝
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli)
Well isn’t that just terrific 🙌
— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32)
जीत की खुशी! 🥹💙
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
Tim David is real RCBIAN FAN WOW RCB RCB
— Aftab Alam 55 (@aftabalam55786)
Every fan right now!
— Jemimah Rodrigues (@JemiRodrigues)
This season was an emotional journey for . With so many chapters that teach valuableꦫ lesson, I hope for a stronger comeback next time for Mumbai Indians.
— parthiv patel (@parthiv9)
Still remember when DC was at 8th position and defeated Mumbai to knock 💦them out of the play offs.. Today Mumbai Indians did the same to 🌊Delhi Capitals. Scintillating performance by David, Kishan and Bumrah.
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit)
David faced 86 balls in and hit 16 of๊ them for six 🤯
— Matt Roller (@mroller98)
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
The Journey continues…❤️
Playoffs, HERE WE COME! 👊🏻
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)
Jasprit Bumrah won the man of the match for his terrific bowling performance,๊ 2nd in las🐼t 4 games.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)