Match 34 : Delhi Capitals hosts Mumbai Indians on their home ground Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi on Thursday. Rohit Sharma as Mumbai Skipper won the toss and chose to bat first banged Capitals 40 runs. put into bat Mumbai got their openers on the charge off 57 runs in 38 balls, Rohit hits 30 in 22 and De Kock scores 35 off 27 balls while Pandya brothers Hardik (32 off 15) and Krunal (37 not out off 26) provided a much needed late onslaught by hammering 51 runs off the last 18 balls to put Mumbai in a strong position and posted 168 for five infront of the host Delhi Capitals.

While chasing the total of 169 on board, Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw threw a airborne start as they hoping to success on their chase but their batsmen got  a bad night and couldn't make it in their own way. Shikhar Dhawan 22-ball 35 with 1 six and 5 boundries while Prithvi Shaw hits 20 off 24 balls with only two boundries. Again Delhi Batting Concerns has been implied on Feroz Shah Kotla. On the middle Axar Patel however tried to pull the victory but failed at once.

Mumbai Bowlers have sensational show and restricted Capitals for 128 for 9. Krunal Pandya got the most breathtaking economy amongst his mates of 3.50 per his 2 overs, Rahul Chahar (3/19), Jasprit Bumrah (2/18), Lasith Malinga (1/37) and Hardik Pandya (1/17). However, Delhi's Bowlers was very expensive on their turns. while Rabada got 2 wickets off 38 runs a, Amit Mishra and Axar Patel got 1 wicket each for Capitals. For Mumbai Hardik, looking more dangerous with each passing game, whipped Morris for a six before pulling off a helicopter shot off Rabada in the final over. Eventually Mumbai finished the game against Capitals at a ease.

Mumbai's Righ Arm-Allrounder Hardik pandya made his Player of the match award and by recieving said, "Even I was telling myself, the way the I am hitting the ball now, I have never hit it as well. All the work in the nets is paying off. (Stance) I like to keep the basics straight. Even at the death, if you keep your shape and expect the bowler to hit, you can hit the ball. I think I am just using my brain pretty well. Understanding the wicket, and expecting where the ball will come. I have five more games to go and then the playoffs, and I just hope to continue."

Post losing match Capitals Skipper Shreyas Iyer said, "It's really important for us to win home games, especially on these tracks. Unfortunately we lost the toss, and we got outplayed in all three departments. We practise on the pitches that are also slow. But when you come here, it's totally different. We have to get used to these conditions. We would have chased (had we won the toss), we gave 20 runs more on this wicket. The wicket was really slow, and 140 would have been a manageable score. It wasn't easy to bat on the pitch, the ball was stopping. Those three overs (that cost 50 runs) were the gamechanger."

The Happy Captain of Mumbai Rohit Sharma said, "After the first two overs, we thought 140 was a good score. That's the chat Quinny and I had, and then luckily for us, we had wickets in hand, and we could use our power-hitters to get some runs in the last few overs. We knew we had quality in our spinners, and they executed it perfectly. (the toss) We made our mind up, because I have played here enough, even the recent ODI against Australia. We thought even if we can get 140-150, it would be enough with the bowlers we have. (On Chahar) It's something that he's been working on. He was part of the team last year, but never got to play. At some stage we wanted to get him in. He's shown the right kind of attitude, and he's very smart in terms of what he wants to execute. Those breakthroughs were good. He's very confident bowling to left-handers too. If you show confidence in him as captain, he will deliver. Jayant was a simple swap, because they had 3-4 left-handers in the top six. Cutting as well, once the ball is nice and hard, we would use a power hitter to come and exploit their spinners. The idea to send him at 3 was a good one. But the game plan changes according to the venue and the opposition. The top 3 remains, but 4, 5 and 6 remains flexible."