IPL 2020: MI beat DC to clinch their fifth IPL title

Rohit Sharma led from the front while Trent Boult starred with the ball as Mumbai Indians (MI) beat Delhi Capitals (DC) by five wickets in the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 final in Dubai on November 10 and clinched their fifth IPL title.

Needing 157 runs to win the final, MI were off to a flying start as Rohit, who completed 4000 IPL runs for MI, and Quinton de Kock took MI to 45/0 after 4 overs.

However, their partnership was broken after de Kock was dismissed by Marcus Stoinis. MI lost Surya in the 11th over following a mix-up in the middle with Rohit.

Ishan, who had joined Rohit in the middle after Surya’s fall, continued his good run of form as he zoomed to 26 off 15 balls at the end of the 16th over.

While Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada picked three wickets, including that of Rohit, Ishan Kishan took the team home with 8 balls to spare.

Earlier, MI were off to a cracking start as Trent Boult struck on the first ball, dismissing Marcus Stoinis. He got Ajinkya Rahane out in his next over. Jayant Yadav got Shikhar Dhawan out.

Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant delivered when their team needed it in the all-important final. Pant got out in Nathan Coulter-Nile’s over. While Iyer remained not out on 65, DC eventually posted 156/7 on the board.

Brief Scores: Mumbai Indians 157/5 (Rohit Sharma 68, Ishan Kishan 33*; Anrich Nortje 2/25) beat Delhi Capitals 156/7 (Shreyas Iyer 65*, Rishabh Pant 56; Trent Boult 3/30) by five wickets

Courtesy: www.iplt20.com