Rishabh Pant made a poor DRS call to allow Tim David take Mumbai Indians home in the IPL 2022 contest on Saturday.
Follow Us
Delhi Capitals lost to Mumbai Indians by five wickets in the Indian Premier League 2022 contest at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday to lose their fourth and final qualification spot for the playoffs to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The Rishabh Pant-led side completed their IPL 2022 campaign at the fifth spot with seven wins and as many losses from the stipulated 14 matches with a Net Run Rate of +0.204.
READ MORE: IPL 2022 Playoffs: LIVE Streaming, When and Where to Watch, Schedule, Teams
Delhi Capitals put on a moderate total of 159/7 on a two-paced wicket after being put into bat. West Indies power-hitter Rovman Powell (43) scored the most runs for his side off 34 balls. His knock was laced with one boundary and four hits with the fence while opener David Warner (24) and captain Pant (39) contributed with important cameos. Mumbai Indians pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers as he returned figures of 3/25.
Mumbai Indians looked controlled in the chase with a few erroneous DRS calls doing them a favour to chase down the total and complete their campaign on a high with five balls to spare. Ishan Kishan (48) gave the five-time champions a good start while Dewald Brevis (37), Tilak Varma (21), Tim David (34) and Ramandeep Singh (13 not out) played crucial knocks to take them home.
However, the match could have turned out differently, if Pant had not made a major blunder with the DRS call. The incident took place in the 15th over of the match when David caught an outside edge off Shardul Thakur. Pant looked excited at first but the bowler was not convinced which led to the Delhi Capitals captain refusing to go for a review. The replays later showed that David had snicked the ball clearly before it ended up in the gloves off Pant.
