Trent Boult and Rohit Sharma help dominant Mumbai Indians coast to fifth IPL title

Mumbai Indians 157 for 5 beat Delhi Capitals 156 for 7 by five wickets

They won the toss, batted and lost when batting first was in vogue. Then they lost the toss, and got blown away. They won the toss again, chased and lost when chasing was in vogue. Between that third match and the final, they discovered that they play their best cricket when batting first. So, in the final of IPL 2020, the Delhi Capitals won the toss and did just that. And got blown away again. The Mumbai Indians were way too good for the second-best team of the tournament on four different occasions. With their fourth win over the Capitals, they sealed their fifth IPL title, their most comfortable to date, a crown jewel for the most dominant Twenty20 empire across the cricketing world.

Mumbai had made big strides towards that title even before the start of the final. Offspinner Jayant Yadav was to play only his second match of the tournament, to counter Capitals’ left-hand hitters. Before Jayant came into play, Trent Boult took out the Capitals’ super hero Marcus Stoinis. Despite a first fifty this IPL from Rishabh Pant, the Capitals finished with an underwhelming 156. Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma then killed off the chase in the powerplay, with the captain going on to see the chase through.

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Source: ESPN Crickinfo

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