IPL 2026: Delhi Capitals Beat Mumbai Indians By 6 Wickets

In IPL Cricket, Delhi Capitals defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Riding on Sameer Rizvi’s impressive 90 runs, Delhi Capitals surpassed the target of 163 runs, scoring 164 for four wickets in 18.1 overs. Put into bat, the Mumbai Indians scored 162 runs for six wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Earlier, Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bowl.

Sameer Rizvi’s whirlwind 90 off only 51 balls, which included seven fours and as many sixes, made it two in two for Delhi Capitals as they moved to the top of the points table with a six-wicket win against Mumbai Indians which was achieved with 1.5 overs in the afternoon game at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday (April 4).

Match in phases

The 22-year-old Rizvi, who came in as the impact player, struggled to get going but Pathum Nissanka was finding the boundaries to make sure DC kept pace with the asking rate. The Sri Lankan also got a reprieve, put down by Naman Dhir off Corbin Bosch. In the same over, Rizvi, batting on 11 off 17, struck an audacious six by whipping over square leg. Rizvi also hit a four off Mitchell Santner before the left-arm spinner had Nissanka top edge a pull, leaving DC at 73/3 at the halfway stage, the exact same score as Mumbai Indians.

It became 93/3 after 11 overs, 13 more than MI at that stage, as DC landed the counter-punches. Rizvi struck two sixes and two fours off Bosch in a 20-run 11th over, followed by two sixes off Mayank Markande to take DC past 100 and ease the pressure on them. The 13th over from Jasprit Bumrah yielded a solitary run, but Rizvi made up for it with a four and a six off Chahar.

A half-century stand followed, with David Miller contributing just one run, as Rizvi single-handedly took DC towards the finish line, bringing the equation down to 25 off 30 when he hit two fours and a six off Thakur. Miller, on 2 off 6, made the equation even easier with two fours off Bumrah. Rizvi, looking good for a century, fell 10 short as he mistimed a loft off Bosch, it was a job well done, with Miller and Tristan Stubbs completing the formalities.

Brief scores: Mumbai Indians 162/6 in 20 overs [Suryakumar Yadav 51 (36), Rohit Sharma 35 (26); Mukesh Kumar 2-26, Axar Patel 1-22) lost to Delhi Capitals 164/4 in 18.1 overs [Sameer Rizvi 90 (51), Pathum Nissanka 44 (30); Deepak Chahar 1-20) by 6 wickets.