[India] Mumbai (Maharashtra) Following a crucial victory against the Delhi Capitals (DC), Mumbai Indians (MI) all-rounder Naman Dhir voiced optimism in his team’s prospects of winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.

“Yes, the team is very happy,” Dhir said at the news conference held after the game.

“I suppose you should anticipate that we will make it to the playoffs if MI is participating. He was certain that MI will win its sixth IPL championship, thus we are looking forward to the following four games in order to win and win this competition.

By hitting an undefeated 24 off only 8 deliveries at the end, including two fours and two sixes, Dhir helped MI win by 59 runs. This helped Mumbai to a respectable 180/5 in their 20 overs.

Mumbai is presently in the running for the playoffs with only one league match remaining against Punjab Kings (PBKS). They would have a significant advantage and be able to participate in Qualifier 1 if they placed in the top two. They would advance directly to the final if they won that match.

In the last overs, Delhi’s bowlers lost control. Mumbai set a difficult goal of 181 after Dushmantha Chameera let up 21 runs in the last over and Mukesh Kumar gave up 27 runs in the second-last over. Despite the difficult batting surface, Suryakumar Yadav made it seem easy with an undefeated 73 off 43 balls that included four maximums and seven boundaries.

The Mumbai Indians won by 59 runs at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday when left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner and speedster Jasprit Bumrah combined to take three wickets to bundle out the visiting Delhi Capitals for 121 runs.

The Mumbai Indians were the fourth and last club to earn a spot in the IPL 2025 playoffs with their victory. The Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and Gujarat Titans are the other three teams making it to the knockout round.

The Delhi Capitals lost the first three wickets at a rate of only 27 runs while chasing 181 runs. Abhishek Porel (6), KL Rahul (11), and Faf du Plessis (6) returned extremely cheaply.

The Capitals were 43/3 after losing three wickets in five overs, with Sameer Rizvi (4*) and Vipraj Nigam (15*) still unbroken at the wicket.

The Du Plessis-led team reached the 50-run milestone in the seventh over when Rizvi hit a boundary off right-arm seamer Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling.

Mitchell Santner, a left-arm spinner, removed Vipraj Nigam (20 runs off 11 balls) in the eighth over with a score of 55. At 65, Tristan Stubbs (2) was dismissed, resulting in the fifth wicket of the Delhi innings falling in the tenth over. The Delhi-based squad reached the 100-run milestone in the fourteenth over.

The Delhi team lost three wickets of Madhav Tiwari (3), Ashutosh Sharma (18), and Rizvi (39), within eight runs of reaching 100.

The Delhi team was 108/8 after 15.3 overs after losing eight wickets. Kuldeep Yadav and Dushmanth Chameera combined for 12 runs before the latter (7) was removed by leg-spinner Karn Sharma in the 18th over.

In the last over (19th over) of the innings, Jasprit Bumrah blasted Mustafizur Rehman, causing the Capitals to be bundled out at 121 runs.

Jasprit Bumrah (3/12 in 3.2 overs) and Mitchell Santner (3/11 in 4 overs) each claimed three wickets for the Hardik Pandya-led team, while Trent Boult (1/29 in 3 overs), Deepak Chahar (1/22 in 3 overs), Will Jacks (1/16 in 1 over), and Karn Sharma (1/31 in 3 overs) each claimed one wicket during their respective spells.