On 13 April, Delhi Capitals faced an embarrassing defeat against Mumbai Indians (DC Vs Mi) at Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium. Hardik Pandya & Company, who came to bat first after winning the toss, set a target of 206 runs at the loss of five wickets. In response, the innings of the capitals was reduced to 193 runs, due to which they defeated by 12 runs. After the Karun Nair was dismissed in the 12th over, the team’s wicket fell and Delhi failed to win the match (DC Vs Mi). In such a situation, let’s take a look at those 4 reasons, due to which DC had to face the first defeat of IPL 2025 (IPL 2025)….
DC Vs Mi: Due to these 4 reasons, Delhi Capitals lost defeat
Hardik Pandya’s understanding
After facing two consecutive defeats, Mumbai Indians performed brilliantly against the Delhi Capitals (DC Vs Mi) and registered their second win of the season. The team looked amazing in both bowling and batting departments. Meanwhile, the understanding of Hardik Pandya (Hardik Pandya) also helped Mumbai defeat DC. Actually, he made good use of his spinners Karn Sharma and Mitchell Santor. Both these players got five successes to Mumbai by trapping the batsmen in their spin trap.
Middle order flop performance
The Middle Order of Delhi Capitals failed to perform well in the DC Vs Mi match. During this time no batsman except Karun Nair could do well, as a result of which the team could not achieve the target. KL Rahul scored 15 runs, Akshar Patel scored 9 runs and Triston Stabus scored 1 runs. The flop of these four players became one of the reasons for the team’s defeat.
Karun Nair’s wicket
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Karun Nair, playing his first match of IPL 2025, was amazing. He played a stormy innings by beating the bowlers. He was able to score 89 runs in 40 balls at a strike rate of 222.50. During this time, 12 fours and five sixes came out of his bat. But in 11.4 overs, Michelle Santor went to the backfoot of Delhi Capitals after dismissing Karun Nair. One wicket after another kept falling and the innings was reduced to 193 runs.
19th over match turning point
Even after Karun Nair was dismissed, it was expected that Delhi Capitals would win the DC Vs Mi match, but the whole story overturned in the 19th over. Jaspreet was the first ball dot of this over of Bumrah. Ashutosh Sharma hit two consecutive sixes off the next two balls. After this, the remaining three balls were run out, due to which DC’s innings collapsed before the completion of 20 overs.
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