DC vs MI: Twitter Reacts As Calm Lalit Yadav & Axar Patel Take Delhi Capitals Home vs Mumbai Indians In Their Tournament Opener

Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians (MI) by 4 wickets at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday, March 27 to win their opening game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022

Earlier, Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bowl first in the match. Basil Thampi, Murugan Ashwin, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Tymal Mills and Daniel Sams made their debut for Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022.

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On the other hand, Shardul Thakur, Khaleel Ahmed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Tim Seifert, Rovman Powell and Kuldeep Yadav made their debut for Delhi Capitals in the 15th edition of the tournament.

The 4 overseas players in Mumbai Indians’ playing XI were Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams and Tymal Mills. Kolkata Knight Riders, however, fielded only 2 overseas players including Rovman Powell and Tim Seifert.

Also, this was only the second occasion in the Indian Premier League (IPL) history when a team fielded only two overseas players in the final XI in IPL. The first time it happened was in 2011 when Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) had played Eoin Morgan and Jacques Kallis as their two overseas players in the match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

While batting first Mumbai Indians (MI) were off to a flying start as both Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan fired with the bat. The Mumbai Indians opening duo batted brilliantly and at the end of the powerplay, Mumbai Indians were at 53/0.

Kuldeep Yadav picked up the first wicket for his team by dismissing MI captain Rohit Sharma in the 9th over. Rohit Sharma scored 41 runs off 32 balls, including 4 fours and 2 sixes. Also, Kuldeep Yadav picked up his second wicket by dismissing Anmolpreet Singh for 8 in the 11th over.

Young Tilak Varma looked brilliant in his debut game and he scored 22 runs off 15 balls, including 3 fours before losing his wicket in the 15th over, which was bowled by Khaleel Ahmed. Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Kieron Pollard on the 5th ball of the 16th over and Pollard was able to contribute only 3 runs off 6 balls for Mumbai Indians.

Then, Tim David also got out after smashing one six but opener Ishan Kishan batted sensationally and helped Mumbai Indians score 177 runs. Overall, Ishan Kishan scored 81 runs off 48 balls, including 11 fours and 2 sixes.

While chasing the target, Delhi Capitals openers Prithvi Shaw and Tim Seifert were off to a good start but Mumbai Indians leg-spinner Murugan Ashwin came to bowl the 4th over of the match and he bagged the wickets of Seifert and Mandeep Singh by giving away just one run in the over.

Also, Tymal Mills dismissed Rishabh Pant on the first ball of the 5th over and at the end of the powerplay, Delhi Capitals were at 46/3. In the 10th over of the match, Basil Thampi cleaned up Prithvi Shaw and Rovman Powell. Thampi picked up his 3rd wicket by dismissing Shardul Thakur, who played an amazing 22-run cameo knock.

In the end, Lalit Yadav scored amazing 48 runs and Axar Patel smashed 38 runs to snatch the win away from the Rohit Sharma-led side.

Here’s How Twitter Reacted To Delhi Capitals’ Win Over Mumbai Indians Courtesy A Calculated Chase By Lalit Yadav And Axar Patel

Lalit Yadav and @akshar2026 ! Kya jodi banaayi yar! Stunning onslaught ?#DCvMI #MIvDC #Cricket

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) March 27, 2022

Only using two overseas players, @DelhiCapitals knock off the @mipaltan Lalit and Patel partnership brilliant. Patel capitalising on the dropped catch by David in the 17th over was the game changer. #DCvMI

— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) March 27, 2022

New heroes will drive the show. The Indians in the Indian Premier League will be the lead narrative this season… What a stunning turn around by the @DelhiCapitals .. #DCvMI

— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) March 27, 2022

Winning the game From 10 overs 5 down, was a top effort from Delhi capitals. @akshar2026 was outstanding and so was @LalitYadav03 #MIvDC

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) March 27, 2022

What a game @mipaltan vs @DelhiCapitals Superb batting by @ishankishan51 .. but @akshar2026 @LalitYadav03 partnership was the difference .. Great win for Delhi .. @imShard changed the momentum in the middle overs .. Good flexible thinking Ricky ?

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) March 27, 2022

It's a shame Axar Patel doesn't get to play for India more often. Cracking guy, cracking cricketer! #DCvMI

— Arani Basu (@AraniBasuTOI) March 27, 2022

Would really like to know why Daniel Sams was given this over ahead of Jasprit Bumrah.#DCvsMI #IPL2022

— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) March 27, 2022

Masterclass from Rohit to use Bumrah's last over inside 20 overs. #IPL

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) March 27, 2022

Fantastic win for Delhi Capitals. Mumbai Indians had the match under control but kudos to Lalit Yadav & Axar Patel to get DC over the line. Dropped catch of Axar proved very costly. MI have lost the IPL opening game for the 10th successive time!

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) March 27, 2022

Importance of batting depth on display. Delhi Capitals bat deep. Game on

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 27, 2022

Can't believe what I have seen!
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LALIT, LORD AND AKSHAR TAKE A BOW!

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) March 27, 2022

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— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) March 27, 2022

Chalo CSK ko toh powerplay mai hi pata lag gaya tha haar rahe hain, but aaj MI. ??

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) March 27, 2022

Mumbai Indians losing the first match of the season pic.twitter.com/W0tUbWaR16

— Manya (@CSKian716) March 27, 2022

Elated for Lalit Yadav! What a sensational knock #IPL2022 #DCvMI

— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) March 27, 2022

MI's opening game juju is incredible to beat. This match was dead and buried.

— Gurkirat Singh Gill (@gurkiratsgill) March 27, 2022

Lalit Yadav and Axar Patel came, they saw and they conquered!#DCvMI #83onHotstar pic.twitter.com/B0JcgOMLiM

— Disney+ Hotstar (@DisneyPlusHS) March 27, 2022

#lalityadav & #axarpatel entering into dressing room like:- pic.twitter.com/SyCeeHusRr

— Pawan_ology (@PawanSable8) March 27, 2022

?????#MI is not virgin anymore #DC fckd #MI ???????#IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/0sAIlmdai1

— Ayush ? Andrew Stan ? (@im_ayush_7) March 27, 2022

IPL has sparked to life. Mumbai Indian stuck to their tradition of losing the first match #DCvsMI

— Sambit Bal (@sambitbal) March 27, 2022

Absolute heist this from Lalit Yadav and Axar Patel. MI bottled it with Thampi and Sams just falling apart, but the Delhi lads hung in so well – to go from a required rate of just under 12, to winning with 10 balls to spare is pretty ridiculous

— Ben Jones (@benjonescricket) March 27, 2022

Mumbai Indians losing their opening match #IPL #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/14nozVe6nG

— S ? (@I_am__Don) March 27, 2022

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