NEW DELHI (AP) — Sameer Rizvi blew away Mumbai Indians with 90 runs off 51 balls to help set up Delhi Capitals’ second win from two matches in the Indian Premier League on Saturday.
The impact player followed his unbeaten 70 against Lucknow SuperGiants on Wednesday with seven sixes and seven boundaries in his highest IPL score.
Delhi raced to 164-4 and a six-wicket win with 11 balls to spare in reply to Mumbai’s 162-6 and a first loss in the young season for the five-time champion.
In Saturday’s second game, Gujarat Titans hosted unbeaten Rajasthan Royals in Ahmedabad.
Rizvi started his innings conservatively, taking 20 balls to get his eye in. He came in with Delhi in trouble at 7-2 in the second over. Rizvi joined opener Pathum Nissanka, who was the initial aggressor in their 66-run stand.
When Nissanka top-edged a pull straight up on 44 at 73-3, Rizvi took charge of the chase at Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Rizvi hit 50 off 31 balls to lead Delhi to 100 in the 12th over. He appeared set for his maiden IPL hundred and was 10 runs away when he went looking for his eighth six and was caught at long-off off the bowling of Corbin Bosch in the 17th over. Mumbai players applauded Rizvi as he left.
“Rizvi never let us get back into the game,” Mumbai stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav said.
Rizvi said he’d worked on his weaknesses, especially against fast bowlers, before his third IPL. “I took time, got set and then played my shots,” he said. “I tried to watch the ball as long as possible. Did the same in the last game.”
Mumbai was made to bat first and finished with a score Yadav felt was 15-20 runs short.
Mukesh Kumar (2-26) struck twice in the third over, bagging Ryan Rickelton on 9 and taking a return catch from Tilak Varma for a two-ball duck.
Yadav and Rohit Sharma combined for 53 off 40 balls but the slowish Delhi pitch didn’t allow the Mumbai stars to run away with the scoring rate.
Delhi skipper Axar Patel got the breakthrough when Sharma slapped him to cover and Nitish Rana took a tough chance above his head in the 10th over.
Yadav got 51 off 36 but was out lbw to Lungi Ngidi and Mumbai faded.
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