Sameer Rizvi blitz sinks Mumbai Indians in Delhi as DC make it two in a row

IPL 2026, DC vs MI: Sameer Rizvi backed up his Lucknow masterclass with a masterful 90 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium to help Delhi Capitals make it two out of two. The home team chased 163 with ease, sealing a comprehensive six-wicket win over Mumbai Indians with two overs to spare.

In Short

• Delhi Capitals defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets on Saturday
• Sameer Rizvi hit 90, smashing 7 fours and as many sixes
• This was Delhi Capitals' second successful run chase of IPL 2026

Brief Score: Delhi (164/4 in 18.1 ov) beat Mumbai (162/6) by 7 wickets. Sameer Rizvi (90), Pathum Nissanka (44) at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Highlights | Scorecard

As the Delhi sky darkened, Sameer Rizvi provided the spark. He lit up the Kotla with a composed yet authoritative knock, guiding Delhi Capitals past Mumbai Indians for their second successive win in a low-scoring IPL clash at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday. Calm under pressure, Rizvi paced the chase smartly. He absorbed the early squeeze before shifting gears at the right moment, taking the game away from the visitors.

Fresh from his breakout, match-winning 70 off 47 balls in Lucknow, the youngster showed it was no one-off with a sensational 90-run blitz, producing an assured display that blended patience with calculated aggression. The Capitals cruised to a six-wicket win with 11 balls to spare on what Rohit Sharma described as a slow and sluggish Kotla pitch.

WATCH: STANDING OVATION FOR RIZVI

Chasing 163 for a second successive win, Delhi Capitals were pegged back early as KL Rahul and Nitish Rana fell cheaply on a sluggish Arun Jaitley Stadium surface. Mumbai Indians struck with discipline and awareness, capitalising on the conditions to put immediate pressure on the hosts. Rahul was dismissed for 1 off 3 balls, strangled down the leg side by Deepak Chahar, with Ryan Rickelton completing a sharp catch behind the stumps. Rana followed soon after, run out for a duck after a moment of hesitation while attempting a quick single off Jasprit Bumrah, leaving DC in early trouble.

Pathum Nissanka, however, responded with intent, taking it upon himself to shift the momentum despite the slow surface. He began by driving Bumrah crisply through covers before pulling Chahar to the fine-leg fence. There was some fortune as well, with an inside edge off a flick racing past short fine leg, but Nissanka quickly made his intentions clear, using the reverse sweep to lift Mitchell Santner over cover.

He kept the pressure on, pulling Shardul Thakur over square leg for the first six of the chase and then lofting a full delivery straight back over the bowler's head. Sensing an opening, Nissanka pressed further, charging down the track to dispatch Thakur over mid-off and bring Delhi back into the contest.

Mumbai had a chance in the ninth over when Corbin Bosch induced a mis-hit. Nissanka flicked it uppishly towards deep backward square leg, but Naman Dhir, usually reliable, could not hold on despite a diving effort to his right. The miss, however, did not prove costly.

Mitchell Santner struck soon after, with Nissanka attempting the pull against a short ball that hurried onto him, only to top-edge it towards short fine leg. Mayank Markande moved quickly to his right and completed a sliding catch, ending a lively innings that had briefly shifted the momentum.

David Miller walked in next, with Delhi opting to hold Tristan Stubbs back. Rizvi, who had started cautiously, soon found his rhythm and showed that his previous innings was no one-off. With the game evenly poised, he took on Bosch in a defining over, slashing him over mid-off, ramping him behind the wicket, cutting him over deep point, and finishing with a straight hit down the ground in a 20-run burst that tilted the contest in Delhi's favour.

He carried that momentum into the next over, using his feet against Markande to launch back-to-back sixes straight down the ground. The first of those brought up his half-century off 31 balls, capping a confident and timely knock that put Delhi firmly in control of the chase.

Rizvi then took apart Shardul Thakur with two fours and a six, the highlight being a short-of-a-good-length delivery outside off that he backed away to slash over wide long-off. By the end of the over, the result was a foregone conclusion, with the only question being whether he would reach a hundred-Delhi needing 25 and Rizvi 17.

He eventually fell for 90 off 51 balls. Attempting to launch a full delivery from Corbin Bosch over long-off, Rizvi lost control of his bat, and Tilak Varma completed a simple catch in the deep. As he walked back, the Delhi dugout rose in unison to applaud a knock that had all but sealed the chase.

Tristan Stubbs then joined Miller with 12 needed off 20 balls, and the South African pair ensured Delhi Capitals overhauled the 163-run target without further hiccups.

SKY FIFTY LIFTS MI

Earlier, Delhi Capitals made full use of what could prove a crucial toss in their first home game, restricting Mumbai Indians to 162 for 6 on a sluggish surface at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Varying their pace intelligently and executing yorkers with consistency, DC's bowlers ensured the scoring never got away, even as stand-in captain Suryakumar Yadav produced a measured half-century to hold the innings together.

Suryakumar led from the front with a composed 51 off 36 balls, striking three fours and two sixes, while Rohit Sharma chipped in with 35. Yet, the rest of the batting line-up found stroke-making difficult on the two-paced surface, particularly at the death, where Mumbai managed just 38 runs from the final four overs. T Natarajan set the tone in the penultimate over, conceding only four runs and dismissing Naman Dhir, before Corbin Bosch's two late boundaries off Mukesh Kumar in the final over lifted MI to a total that still felt underwhelming.

DC BOWLERS STEP UP

Delhi's bowling effort was defined by control and clarity of plans. Captain Axar Patel led superbly, returning figures of 1 for 22 in his four overs while accounting for the dangerous Rohit. Vipraj Nigam supported well with 1 for 24, while Kuldeep Yadav, though slightly expensive with 0 for 31 in three overs, played his role in building pressure through the middle overs. The pace trio of Mukesh Kumar (2/26), Lungi Ngidi (1/34) and Natarajan (1/24) complemented the spinners effectively, sharing four wickets and maintaining discipline across phases.

Mukesh provided the early breakthroughs that set the tone for the innings. He first removed the in-form Ryan Rickelton, who miscued a good-length delivery to mid-off, and then struck two balls later with a sharp return catch to dismiss Tilak Varma for a duck, leaving Mumbai Indians under pressure inside the powerplay.

Rohit and Suryakumar then attempted to rebuild, stitching together a 53-run partnership for the third wicket. Rohit broke the shackles with the first six of the match, lofting Vipraj Nigam over long-on, while Suryakumar followed up with a maximum of his own. However, just as the partnership began to gather momentum, Delhi's spinners tightened their grip on proceedings.

Axar struck to remove Rohit, who mistimed a shot to cover, where Nitish Rana completed a sharp catch. Vipraj then accounted for Sherfane Rutherford, with Mukesh holding on to a well-judged catch near the boundary, as Mumbai once again lost momentum.

Suryakumar, leading in the absence of Hardik Pandya, looked to shift gears alongside Naman Dhir (28), and the pair briefly counterattacked, taking 15 runs off Kuldeep Yadav's 15th over, including a couple of sixes. But the acceleration was short-lived. Soon after bringing up his half-century, Suryakumar was trapped leg-before by Ngidi, who cleverly rolled his fingers over the ball to take pace off the delivery.

From there on, DC tightened the screws further. Natarajan returned to remove Dhir at a crucial juncture, and with wickets falling at regular intervals, Mumbai were unable to mount a final flourish, settling for a total that looked below par on a sur

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