Delhi Capitals recover to beat Mumbai Indians in IPL

Mumbai, India (AP) — Axar Patel smacked 38 not out off 17 balls as Delhi Capitals recovered to beat Mumbai Indians by four wickets with 10 balls to spare in their opening match in the Indian Premier League on Sunday.

Delhi scored 179-6 in 18.2 overs for its third straight league-stage victory over Mumbai in the IPL. Patel hit two fours and three sixes, putting on 75 off only 30 balls for the unbroken seventh wicket with Lalit Yadav, who was 48 not out off 38 deliveries.

Opener Ishan Kishan’s 81 not out off 48 balls had helped Mumbai Indians reach 177-5 in 20 overs after being asked to bat at Brabourne Stadium.

“I thought it was a good score. It didn’t look like a pitch where you can get 170-plus at the start but we played well in the middle (overs) and finished well,” Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma said. “But we didn’t bowl according to our plans.”

Mumbai made a superb start with Kishan and Sharma putting on 67 runs for the first wicket.

Sharma scored 41 off 32, including four fours and two sixes, before he was caught off Kuldeep Yadav (3-18).

Kishan, the left-handed opener bought by Mumbai Indians for almost $2 million, reached his half-century off 34 balls.

Overall, Kishan faced 48 deliveries and hit 11 fours and two sixes. He put on 34 with Tilak Varma (22) for the third wicket.

Kishan anchored the innings with lower-order batters for company and pushed Mumbai to a competitive total on a small ground. The final four overs yielded 54 runs.

In reply, Delhi got off to a quick start. Tim Seifert hit 21 off 14 balls with four fours as he put on 30 runs for the first wicket with Prithvi Shaw.

Shaw scored 38 off 24 and held the innings together as Delhi lost three wickets in five deliveries at the other end.

Seifert was...

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