MI survive Nair storm, snap DC's winning run in a thriller

Mumbai Indians snapped back to form with a thrilling 12-run win defending 205 against Delhi Capitals. Karun Nair's 40-ball 89 had threatened to take the game away from MI after Tilak Varma's 59 had headlined their innings. But the bowlers pulled things back dramatically in the second half of the defence to pocket a memorable win and clip the Capitals' four-game winning start to IPL 2025.

MI managed to keep their nerve even after the blistering assault upfront from Karun Nair. Through the second half of the innings, they kept striking in every over bar two to drag the game back in their favour. MI got the ball changed after the 13th over and the key architects and it helped their two key architects of the win – Karn Sharma and left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner, who picked four of the five wickets when Delhi collapsed from 119/1 to 160/6. They capped off that good work by three run outs in the penultimate over.

Brief Scores:

Mumbai Indians 205/5 (Tilak Varma 59, Ryan Rickelton 41; Kuldeep Yadav 2-23) beat Delhi Capitals 193 (Karun Nair 89; Karn Sharma 3-36) by 12 runs