DC vs MI | Player Ratings - Rahul Chahar and Pandya brothers star as Mumbai Indians exact revenge against Delhi Capitals

04/18/2019

Rahul Chahar bowled a dream spell for a leg-spinner and dismissed three Delhi Capitals batsmen to hand Mumbai Indians a 40-run victory at the Feroz Shah Kotla. The Pandya brothers also put up an all-round display for the team and contributed immensely in the team’s success at the national capital.

Rohit Sharma(4/10): Rohit was castled by a leg-spinner, yet again! That should be the end of the story. In case, you want to read more then another nugget for you - Rohit was not at his fluent best against Ishant Sharma too. Probably the latter had something to do with his template of scoring runs, but by being dismissed on the first Amit Mishra delivery he faced, the Mumbai skipper brought a lot of debate to the fore after being sent back to the dugout for 30 off 22.

Quinton de Kock (6/10): The South African is particularly strong on the on-side and that was on the show from the very first ball of the innings. De Kock was fluent and didn’t waste his time to get off the blocks to unleash a few of his on-drives. It all ended in a catastrophic manner though when Kagiso Raba, Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel involved in a tag-team effort to bring an end to his innings.

Ben Cutting (2/10): The decision to send Ben Cutting at No.3 was possibly fuelled by the Brisbane Heat’s punt to send him to open alongside Max Bryant, in which the duo tracked down the 157-run target in 10 overs. However, that didn’t work out in Delhi as Cutting was clueless against Axar Patel and a failed sweep attempt resulted in Cutting being dismissed for a couple. Rohit didn’t even ask him to bowl a single over, which put doubts on his utility for the matches going forward.

Suryakumar Yadav (4/10): One of the most gifted cricketers in the country, Suryakumar Yadav has undervalued his talent big-time. Even though the IPL has given him chance time and time again, he hasn’t been able to deliver consistently, and today was another validation. He failed to understand Kagiso Rabada’s trap and his flight to the top failed to take off as soon as Rabada’s short ball did. Not the kind of performance Mumbai would have hoped from him.

Krunal Pandya (8/10): The change in role in the batting order added more responsibility to Pandya’s batting and even though his bowling has been compromised a fair bit, that was okay if you see the mature 37 that he scored off 25 balls in Delhi tonight. By spending only seven runs in two overs, the senior Pandya remained at the centre of Mumbai’s success.

Kieron Pollard (6/10): Mumbai ended with 167, despite looking good to score 190 at a point of time, and that had to do with the fact that Kieron Pollard didn’t get to bat a bit higher up the order. The burly Trinidadian eventually stepped onto the field in the last over, but didn’t get to bat at all.

Hardik Pandya (8/10): Batting liberates him and Hardik Pandya is truly on a mission in the last three matches. It was a classic Hardik Pandya innings which saw him collecting 32 runs from 15 balls and ensured that India’s World Cup hopes were in safe hands. Sticking to IPL, what impressed the most was the way he handled pressure and got off to it without miscuing a single one.

Jayant Yadav (5/10): The Haryana spinner made an unheralded return to the IPL and went about his business in almost an unassuming manner. With a pace-bowler like stride, Yadav conceded runs at 6.25 while ensuring that his fellow spinner Rahul Chahar had a level-playing field to operate. Well done, Jayant! Now revive that fleeting career.

Rahul Chahar (9/10): 4-0-19-3. Well, this was Rahul Chahar’s figure for the evening as he turned the wrecker-in-chief to help Mumbai Indians to exact revenge for the Wankhede loss a couple of weeks ago. Chahar mixed up the googlies and conventional leg-breaks in a regular fashion and made Delhi confused in such a manner that they were left wondering which way to look for the next deliveries.

Lasith Malinga (3/10): With the wicket behaving slow with the passage of every over, Mumbai pacers had a task to accomplish. Bumrah did that well, but Malinga couldn’t. Bowling largely within the 110 kph range, the former Sri Lankan pacer was never close to what he has always known to be.

Jasprit Bumrah (8.5/10): Law of averages catches everyone at some point in time, but it doesn’t affect Jasprit Bumrah at all. Trust me, that sheer pace and the chutzpah to unleash yorkers that regularly has been a never-seen-before phenomenon in cricket and the way he dismissed Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel was just a pace bowler’s delight. Class act.