Delhi Capitals tame Mumbai Indians at home in IPL 2026
What's the story
Mumbai Indians (MI) suffered a defeat against Delhi Capitals (DC) in Match 8 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season on Saturday. The 3:30pm IST match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi witnessed MI post 162/6 in 20 overs. Stand-in captain Suryakumar Yadav top-scored with a measured knock of 51 runs off just 36 balls. In response, Sameer Rizvi's superb knock of 90 helped DC claim a six-wicket win.
Summary
Summary of the MI innings
The MI innings was a bit of a stop-start affair. They were reduced to 18/2 before Suryakumar and Rohit Sharma added 53 runs for the third wicket. DC struck at regular intervals to keep the visiting side in check. Naman Dhir scored 28 runs in the back end. Mukesh Kumar was the pick of the bowlers for DC, returning with impressive figures of 2/26. Axar Patel also chipped in with a wicket, finishing with figures of 1/22.
SKY
Suryakumar smashes his 30th IPL fifty
Suryakumar's 36-ball 51 was laced with three fours and two sixes. This was his 30th IPL fifty as he also owns two hundreds. With his latest effort, the batter raced to 4,378 runs from 168 IPL games at an average of 35.02. His strike rate is a fine 148.70. As per ESPNcricinfo, against DC, he now owns 542 runs from 23 games at 31.88 (SR: 141.88). This was his fifth fifty.
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Suryakumar surpasses 9,500 runs in T20s
During the course of his knock, Suryakumar went past 9,500 T20 runs. From 362 matches (336 innings), he has 9,526 runs at 35.15. This was his 64th fifty in T20s (100s: 6). He has raced to 421 sixes.
Rohit
Rohit scores a valuable 35
Rohit scored a valuable 35-run knock from 26 balls. He smashed a six and 5 fours. The Hitman now owns 12,361 runs in T20s from 465 matches (452 innings) at 30.97. As many as 7,159 of his T20 runs have come in the IPL from 274 matches (269 innings) at 29.95. As per ESPNcricinfo, Rohit surpasses 650 fours in IPL (651).
Record
Rohit breaks this record of MS Dhoni
Rohit, who smashed one six in this contest, recorded his 51st maximum against DC. With this, he became the Indian batter with the most IPL sixes against a single team. He surpassed MS Dhoni's record of 50 sixes against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). Rohit owns a fine IPL record versus DC, scoring 1,092 runs from 38 games at 31.2. His tally includes six fifties and a strike rate of 132.68.
Chase
How did DC's chase pan out?
DC were off to a poor start and lost two quick wickets. KL Rahul (1) and Nitish Rana (0) failed to make an impact. Thereafter, Pathum Nissanka and Rizvi added 66 runs for the 3rd wicket. After Nissanka got out, Rizvi was joined by David Miller and they added 78 runs. Miller scored an unbeaten 18-ball 21 and helped DC get past MI's score of 162.
Rahul
KL Rahul starts campaign with 2nd successive failure
Rahul was sent back to the hut in the first over by Deepak Chahar. A fuller length delivery angling down leg saw Rahul shuffling across on the flick. He derived a thin inside edge and MI wicketkeeper Ryan Rickelton completed the catch after diving toward his left. Earlier, Rahul was dismissed by Mohammed Shami in DC's opener. He was out for a golden duck.
Rizvi
6th T20 fifty from Rizvi's blade
Rizvi's powerful 90 off 57 balls had 7 fours and 7 sixes. Playing his 42nd match in 20 overs cricket, Rizvi owns 952 runs at 36.61. He smashed his 6th fifty in the format, as per ESPNcricinfo. 332 of his runs have come in the IPL from 15 matches (11 innings) at 41.50. He smashed his 3rd IPL fifty. His strike rate is 150.90.
Bowlers
How did the MI bowlers fare?
Chahar bowled three overs and managed 1/20. Jasprit Bumrah was sensational. He bowled 4 overs and claimed 0/21. Mitchell Santner did a fine job. He clocked 1/22 from three overs. Shardul Thakur was costly. He managed 0/41 in three overs. Mayank Markande went wicketless. He bowled two overs and went for 20 runs. Corbin Bosch managed 1/39 in 3.1 overs.
Stats
Here are the notable stats
Rizvi hammered his 3rd successive IPL fifty. Notably, the IPL 2026 Orange Cap holder smashed 58* in DC's final game last season. As per Cricbuzz, Rizvi's 90 is the 3rd-highest score by an Impact Player in the IPL. DC claimed their 17th win over MI in the IPL, going level with PBKS. CSK are the only side with more wins against MI (18).
Information
Here's a look at the points table
With their NRR being +1.170, DC occupy the top place in IPL 2026 standings after two matches. They own 4 points. MI are placed sixth with this defeat. They had earlier beaten KKR in their IPL 2026 opener.