For sustaining a sluggish over-rate during his team’s 12-run loss to the Mumbai Indians in an IPL match, Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel was fined Rs 12 lakh.
Axar Patel, the captain of the Delhi Capitals, was fined Rs 12 lakh for keeping his over-rate modest during his team’s 12-run IPL loss against the Mumbai Indians. “Axar Patel, the captain of the Delhi Capitals, was fined for his team’s slow over-rate against the Mumbai Indians in TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Match No. 29 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Patel was fined INR 12 lakhs because this was his team’s first offense of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which deals with minimum over-rate offenses,” the BCCI stated in a statement.With a 12-run victory over the Delhi Capitals here on Sunday, the Mumbai Indians completed a historic comeback to get their IPL season back on track. “Impact Substitute” Karn Sharma perfectly executed the tactical move made by “forever captain” Rohit Sharma.
beyond an exciting penultimate over that featured three run-outs and two boundaries, the Delhi Capitals, who were cruising along at 119 for one just beyond the halfway stage, ended up on 193 in 19 overs, despite Karun Nair’s outstanding 40-ball 89 in pursuit of a goal of 206.
After the eleventh over, Rohit, the master tactician, urged his coach Mahela Jayawardene to bring in Karn and to change the ball.Nair’s off-stick was disrupted by Mitchell Santner’s brilliant delivery, and Karn took three wickets for 36 on a day when wrist spinners were the norm. Suddenly, the ball began to grip and turn.
After Karn’s magnificent leg-break, which lobbed up, tricked KL Rahul, who isn’t known for managing pressure conditions on a little slow track, the DC batting began to fall apart.
Ultimately, MI’s outstanding ground fielding paid off, as the Delhi Capitals’ incredible winning streak was interrupted by three run outs.
This is the type of win that makes you feel better, and Rohit’s insight into how the surface was shifting and the introduction of spinners on a day when Jasprit Bumrah wasn’t playing well was just what the doctor ordered.For DC, Nair, one of just two Test triple centurions for India, who was sidelined till the 2024–25 domestic season began, rose from the ashes with an incredible effort that day.
Bumrah’s pick-up pull over square-leg and his lofted off-drive for six in the seventh over had taken the bowler by surprise, and MI captain Hardik Pandya’s two additional sixes left the spectators wanting more.
The game-changing moment for MI, however, came when Santner threw one on middle stump, got it to turn away, and squared up the batter.Before Tilak Varma’s alluring half-century pushed the Mumbai Indians to 205 for 5 in 20 overs, youthful leg-spinner Vipraj Nigam’s pleasant knack of taking wickets nicely matched Kuldeep Yadav’s skill.
The only MI batsman to build on a strong start was Tilak (59 off 33 balls), who made up for some of his earlier games’ low scores by smashing six fours and three sixes. The long handle was then used to support the total by Naman Dheer (38 not out off 17 balls).
The two wrist spinners from Uttar Pradesh took four wickets between them and conceded 64 runs in their eight overs on a pitch that didn’t make it difficult to make strokes. Given the circumstances, this performance may be considered outstanding.In fact, the two spinners slowed down their deliveries, which gave them a little surface grip. As a result, some MI hitters lost their lives while taking chances.
As he attempted to go for a slog sweep over the cow-corner, youthful Vipraj (2/41 in 4 overs) got him plumb in front with a googly that he missed, adding to Rohit’s miserable IPL form (18 off 12 balls). With five innings played, he now has 56 runs.
Getting Rohit and Virat Kohli to play back-to-back games is somewhat of an accomplishment for Vipraj.Although Rohit’s opening batsman Ryan Rickleton (41 off 25 balls) shown some promise, the seasoned Kuldeep (2/23 in 4 overs) appeared to have tied the white Kookaburra to a thread by manipulating its length like a yo-yo.
Rickleton died while attempting to play for the turn when Kuldeep flighted the deliveries and there was a late dip, but the flipper went straight.As the bat face turned for India’s T20 captain, Kuldeep slowed down and threw the googly to Suryakumar Yadav (40 off 27 balls), who had just begun to look dangerous. A straightforward catch in the deep was the outcome.
In order to push the team over the 200-run threshold, Tilak and Naman added 62 runs in 5.3 overs, which ultimately proved to be sufficient.
