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DC 121/10 (Over 18.2): Mumbai Indians seal the final playoffs spot, beating DC by 59-runs at Wankhede Stadium! Just brilliant comeback for MI to enter their 11th IPL playoffs.
DC 104/7 (Over 14.5): A masterclass in spin bowling from Santner!
DC 103/6 (Over 14.2): Top-class from Santner, absolutely top-class! After firing in the first one, he slows the pace right down and completely deceives Rizvi on the sweep shot.
DC 95/5 (Over 13): Some rain coming down, although it's not very heavy. Groundstaff are walking towards the covers.
DC 65/4 (Over 9.2): Plumb and Stubbs wastes a review. That deadly slower-ball off-cutter which Bumrah bowled so well, grips and turns in to beat Stubbs on the flick. Half the DC side are gone. MI on their way to the playoffs.
DC 55/4 (Over 7.6): What an over! Mitchell Santner ends with a wicket, ending Vipraj Nigam's innings of 20.
DC 54/3 (Over 7): Strategic Timeout! MI slightly ahead at this stage but DC have Tristan Stubbs and Ashutosh Sharma still to come, so they will be still fancying this.
DC 49/3 (Over 6): Rohit Sharma drops a simple catch of Vipraj Nigam on the bowling of Mitchell Santner, gives a second chance to the dangerous right-handed batter for DC.
DC 43/3 (Over 5): Vipraj Nigam takes down Will Jacks for one four and two maximums in consecutive balls, to counter-attack his way out of the tough situation for DC.
DC 27/3 (Over 4.2): Will Jacks gets Abishek Porel stumped cheaply, thanks to some exceptional work behind the stumps from Ryan Rickelton, which has put DC in early trouble.
DC 20/2 (Over 2.4): Trent Boult takes the big wicket of KL Rahul for 11 runs in six balls, getting him caught behind with Ryan Rickelton taking a low catch.
DC 12/1 (Over 1.4): Faf du Plessis falls into the trap set by Deepak Chahar, mistiming a lofted shot on the slower ball from the bowler straight to the fielder at long on.
DC 10/0 (Over 1): KL Rahul and Faf du Plessis start their innings with fours off the bowling of Trent Boult, giving DC a decent beginning in their pursuit of the 181-run target to keep their IPL 2025 playoff hopes alive.
MI 180/5 (Over 20): Suryakumar Yadav scores 21 runs in final over of the MI innings from Dushmantha Chameera, ending up with 73 runs in 43 balls to his name with seven fours and four sixes, to put MI in a great position on a relatviely difficult pitch for batting.
MI 159/5 (Over 19): Suryakumar Yadav and Naman Dhir collect 27 runs in Mukesh Kumar's over, to suddenly turn the complexion of the match on its head, putting MI in good position after DC were in the ascendency for a long time in the contest.
MI 138/5 (Over 18.1): Suryakumar Yadav strikes a six over cover on the bowling of Mukesh Kumar to go past 50 in 36 balls, a hard-fought innings on a tough batting pitch.
MI 123/5 (Over 16.3): Hardik Pandya gets dismissed for three runs in six balls after being deceived by a brillant slower ball from Dushmantha Chameera.
MI 113/4 (Over 14.5): Tilak Varma loses his wicket while trying to smash Mukesh Kumar over the long on region, only to find the safe hands of Sameer Rizvi, and he could only score 27 runs in 27 balls.
MI 107/3 (Over 13.5): Suryakumar Yadav hits a jaw-dropping six straight down the ground on the bowling of Mustafizur Rahman, who has been a menace for the MI batters thus far.
MI 80/3 (Over 10): Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma are trying to play a bit circumspect for MI with the pitch assisting the spinners of DC.
MI 58/3 (Over 6.4): Kuldeep Yadav takes his first wicket for DC in the IPL in nearly a month, dismissing Ryan Rickelton for 25 runs in 18 balls on the sweep shot.
MI 54/2 (Over 6): Delhi Capitals manage to take the key wicket of Will Jacks (21 off 13) in the last over of the powerplay as he could only hit a lofted stroke on the bowling of Mukesh Kumar straight to the fielder at the long off area.
MI 46/1 (Over 4): Will Jacks manages to hit a couple of boundaries on a dangerous Mustafizur Rahman with some luck on his side.
MI 23/1 (Over 2.2): Rohit Sharma loses his wicket to left-arm pacer once again, this time around its Mustafizur Rahman gets him to knick it through to the wicketkeeper Abishek Porel, who took a brillant catch to his right.
MI 22/0 (Over 2): Ryan Rickelton smashes two consecutive sixes on the bowling of Dushmantha Chameera, to get off to a flyer.
MI 7/0 (Over 1): Rohit Sharma strikes a crisp lofted shot for four on the bowling of Mukesh Kumar, to start his innings splendidly.
Toss: Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Faf du Plessis wins the toss and decides to field first in the all-important Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 clash against Mumbai Indians (MI) with the playoff spot on the line. At the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, DC are without their captain Axar Patel, who has been ruled out of the match 63 of the IPL 2025 due to a flu, getting replaced by Madhav Tiwari, while MI have made one change, bringing in Mitchell Santner for Corbin Bosch.
