Pant & Iyer’s Fifties Help Delhi Post 156/7 After Poor Start v MI

Rishabh Pant & Shreyas Iyer scores half centuries as Delhi ended up scoring 156/7 vs Mumbai Indians in the IPL final

Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer scores half centuries as Delhi ended up scoring 156/7 vs Mumbai Indians in the IPL final.

(Photo: BCCI/IPL)

Trent Boult started the IPL final for Mumbai Indians in the most magical way, picking the wicket of Aussie all-rounder Marcus Stoinis in the very first ball of the match and then sending back Ajinkya Rahane in the third over.

Delhi were reduced to 16/2 in 2.4 overs.

Jayant Yadav, who was playing in place of Rahul Chahar, then dealt Delhi another major setback picking the wicket of the in-form Shikhar Dhawan on 15.

Delhi then were 22/3 in 3.3 overs.

Trent Boult celebrates the wicket of Marcus Stoinis during the final of the Dream 11 Indian Premier League (IPL) between the Mumbai Indians and the Delhi Capitals.(Photo: BCCI/IPL)

Captain Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant then collaborated for a 96-run stand that saw Pant smash a half century before Nathan Coulter-Nile picked his first wicket of the match, sending back the keeper 56. The partnership had done enough to stabalise the innings as the score read 118/4 by the time Pant returned to the dressing room in the 15th over.

Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant during their 96-run partnership in the final. (Image: Delhi Capitals)

That wicket got Mumbai the momentum and they slowed Delhi’s innings, sending back Shimron Hetymer in the 18th over and then Coulter-Nile packed off Axar Patel and Kagiso Rabada in the 20th.

Delhi ended up scoring 156/7 in their 20 overs. Boult was the highest-wicket taker for MI with three scalps while Coulter-Nile and Yadav got two and one respectively. Jasprit Bumrah finished wicketless.