Quinton de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav produced decent performances with the bat to help defending champions Mumbai Indians seal a comfortable five-wicket win over Shreyas Iyer-led Delhi Capitals at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
Chasing a target of 163 runs to win, Mumbai Indians opener Quinton de Kock and first drop Suryakumar Yadav notched up a fifty each besides sharing a 46-run stand for the second wicket.
After de Kock fell for 36-ball 53 runs, Suryakumar (32-ball 53) shared a half-century stand with Ishan Kishan (15-ball 28) to help Mumbai Indians chase down the target in 19.4 overs.
Earlier, opener Shikhar Dhawan brought up an impressive unbeaten knock of 69 runs off 52 balls before skipper Shreyas Iyer contributed with 33-ball 42 runs to help their side post a decent total of 162 for four after Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bat first.
With the win, Mumbai Indians have climbed up to the top spot in the IPL 2020 points table, while Delhi Capitals have dropped to the second spot.
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Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians, IPL 2020 Match 27: As it happened