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Karun Nair’s 89-run knock goes in vain as Delhi Capitals suffer a shocking collapse to lose the IPL 2025 match by 12 runs against Mumbai Indians at Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Suryakumar Yadav celebrates after Axar Patel’s wicket during IPL 2025 match played between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday, April 13. (Picture Credit: Sportzpics)
In his first Indian Premier League (IPL) match after three years, Karun Nair played among the finest IPL knocks of all time for Delhi Capitals (DC), but his effort went in vain as Mumbai Indians (MI) made a memorable comeback within the IPL 2025 match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi to seal a 12-run win.
The 33-year-old right-handed batter scored 89 runs from just 40 balls for the Axar Patel-led side on Sunday night on the Feroz Shah Kotla ground, but his wicket triggered a shocking collapse for the house team, and despite cruising at 135/2 in 11.3 overs at one point, they may only manage to attain 193 runs for the lack of 10 wickets in 19 overs.
Karn Sharma, after coming on as an impact sub instead of Rohit Sharma, finished with figures of three for 36 in 4 overs. The leg-spinner removed Abhishek Porel (33 from 25) to interrupt the 119-run stand for the second wicket between him and Nair after which removed Tristan Stubbs (1) and KL Rahul (15) as well.
He was ably supported by Recent Zealand white-ball captain Mitchell Santner, who finished with figures of two for 42 in 4 overs. Santner clean bowled Karun on the fourth ball of the twelfth over of the run chase after which, in his last over, got Vipraj Nigam stumped out by Ryan Rickelton for 14 runs from 8 balls.
DC needed 23 runs from the last two overs, and Ashutosh hit Jasprit Bumrah for 2 fours on the second and third balls so as to add spice to the match, but on the fourth one, in an try to take two runs, he got run out. On the fifth ball, Kuldeep Yadav also got run out in an try to take two runs, and on the last ball of the nineteenth over. Mohit Sharma also got run out, which stunned everyone present at the enduring stadium in Delhi.
The defeat on Sunday was DC‘s first loss in IPL 2025, and for MI, it was their second win of the season.
Earlier in the primary half, after being invited to bat first, MI rode on a second fifty in a row from Tilak Varma to post a complete of 205 runs on the board for the lack of five wickets. The left-handed batter from Hyderabad, who was retired out by the Mumbai-based franchise during their fourth league match against the Lucknow Super Giants at Ekana Stadium, scored 59 runs from 33 balls. During his stay on the crease, the 22-year-old hammered six fours and three sixes.
Tilak added 60 runs from 33 balls for the third wicket with Suryakumar Yadav (40 runs from 28 balls) and 62 runs from 33 balls for the fifth wicket with Naman (38 from 17 balls).
For Mumbai, aside from the three Indian batters, wicketkeeper-batter Ryan Rickelton scored 41 off 25 balls. The stumper from South Africa helped MI get off to an ideal start by adding 47 runs for the primary wicket with Rohit Sharma. Rohit was sent back to the pavilion for 18 runs from 12 balls by Vipraj Nigam on the last ball of the fifth over.
Vipraj, who got Virat Kohli’s wicket within the last match, trapped Rohit in front of the wickets. Before returning back to the dugout, Rohit smashed Australian left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc for 2 fours and one six within the third over.
Starc, after making an outstanding start for DC in the continued season of the IPL, once more remained wicketless on Sunday and conceded 43 runs in his quota of three overs.
For the hosts, Kuldeep Yadav once more was the most effective bowler of the night. The 30-year-old spinner from Kanpur only conceded 23 runs in his quota of 4 overs and got the prized wickets of Rickelton and Surya. While Rickelton was clean bowled by Kuldeep, Surya was caught by Starc.
Nigam finished with figures of two for 41 in 4, and Tilak was dismissed by Mukesh Kumar (1/38 in 4 overs).
