IPL 16th match was the biggest one. Because both the teams were losing the match since the start of the tournament. Therefore both of them need to win this match. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl first. With the ball, they performed well. The Whole Delhi Capitals team got all out in 19.4 overs. They scored 172 runs.
Moreover, Mumbai Indians managed to chase the target. However, it was not an easy chase. Match was thrilling till the last ball. In the last ball, Mumbai Indians needed 2 runs. With this win, Mumbai Indians got 2 points on the points table. It was the first win for Mumbai Indians this season and consequently 4th loss for Delhi Capitals.
Delhi Capitals Innings of IPL 16th Match
David Warner and Prithvi Shaw opened the innings for the team. Moreover, David Warner played a great inning for the team. He scored 51 runs in 47 balls. Riley Meredith caught him on the ball of JP Behrendorff. However, it was a good start for the team from the captain. Prithvi Shaw scored 15 runs in 10 balls. C Green caught him on the ball of H Shokeen.
Furthermore, Manish Pandey came to bat at number three. He scored 26 runs in 18 balls. Piyush Chawla bowled him.
Yash Dhull came to bat at number four. He got out on 2 runs on the ball of Riley Meredith. Moreover, Rovman Powell came to bat at number five. He scored 4 runs in 4 balls. Piyush Chawla bowled him.
Axar Patel came to bat at number seven. He scored a fifty in the crucial time. Moreover, his fifty helped the team score a good number of runs on the scoreboard. He scored 54 runs in 25 balls. Arshad Khan caught him on the ball of JP Behrendorff.
Delhi Capitals got all out in 19.4 overs. However, they scored 172 runs. The target was tough to chase for Mumbai Indians but they managed to chase it. Mumbai Indians won the IPL 16th match and it was the first win for Mumbai Indians in this series.
Delhi Capitals Bowling Scorecard in IPL 16th Match
| Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets |
| Mukesh Kumar | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Anrich Nortje | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Lalit Yadav | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Axar Patel | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Mumbai Indians Innings of IPL 16th Match
Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma started the innings for the team. However, in the 8th over Ishan Kishan got run out. He scored 31 runs in 26 balls. Moreover, Rohit Sharma played a good inning in this match. After a very long time, fifty came out of Rohit’s bat. When he was playing it seemed like Mumbai Indians would easily win this IPL 16th match. But with the fall of Tilak Verma’s wicket, the game changed.
Tilak Verma came to bat at number three. He scored 41 runs in 29 balls. Manish Pandey caught him on the ball of Mukesh Kumar. Suryakumar Yadav came to bat at number four. However, in this inning also got out on 0 runs. KL Yadav caught him on the ball of Mukesh Kumar.
With the fall of these two wickets, the game has changed. Then in the 17th over Rohit Sharma went to the pavilion. He scored 65 runs in 45 balls. Abishek Porel caught him on the ball of Mustafizur Rahman.
Tim David and Cameron Green came to bat at number five and six. However, both players managed the last ball pressure extremely well and won the match for Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai Indians Bowling Scorecard in IPL 16th Match
| Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets |
| Jason Behrendorff | 3 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| Arshad Khan | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Cameron Green | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Hrithik Shokeen | 4 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| Riley Meredith | 3.4 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| Piyush Chawla | 4 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| Tilak Varma | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Delhi Capitals Playing XI
- David Warner(C)
- Prithvi Shaw
- Manish Pandey
- Yash Dhull
- Rovman Powell
- Axar Patel
- Lalit Yadav
- Abishek Porel(WK)
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Anrich Nortje
- Mustafizur Rahman
- Mukesh Kumar
Mumbai Indians Playing XI
- Cameron Green
- Rohit Sharma(C)
- Ishan Kishan(WK)
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Tilak Varma
- Nehal Wadhera
- Hrithik Shokeen
- Arshad Khan
- Jason Behrendorff
- Piyush Chawla
- Riley Meredith
- Tim David
