In the Indian Premier League 2022 (IPL 2022), the pair of Axar Patel and Lalit Yadav snatched the victory from the Mumbai Indians (MI) team and gave victory to Delhi Capitals (DC). Batting first, the team led by Rohit Sharma scored 177 runs for five wickets. Chasing this target, the Delhi team was once in trouble.
The team had lost six wickets for 104 runs in 13.2 overs. Then Axar Patel came to support Lalit. Mumbai’s upper hand was visible in the match, but then something happened that turned the dice of the match. Delhi needed to score 41 runs in the last four overs to win. Bansil Thampi came to bowl in 17 overs. He took 3 wickets for 23 runs in three overs.
Chance was created on the first ball of the over. Axar flies the full toss ball towards long on. The ball went into the hands of Tim David, but he dropped a simple catch. There was also a run out opportunity on the same ball, which he lost. If he had thrown a little better near Thampi, Axar would have been run out. This did not happen and after that Delhi won the match in 19.2 overs.
Axar Patel scored 38 runs in 17 balls with the help of two fours and three sixes. On the other hand, Lalit Yadav scored 48 runs in 38 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes. There was a partnership of 75 runs between the two. Apart from this, Prithvi Shaw played an innings of 28 runs in 24 balls. Tim Sheffert scored 21 runs in 14 balls. Mandeep Singh, Captain Rishabh Pant and Rovman Powell failed.
Talking about bowling from Mumbai side, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah remained weak. He conceded 43 runs in 3.2 overs. Apart from this, Bansil Thampi took three wickets for 35 runs in 4 overs. Murugan Ashwin took two wickets for 14 runs in four overs. Tymal Mills gets a wicket.