Turning Point: The match against Mumbai Indians slipped in 4 balls, that over of Corbyn Boss became the turning point for Delhi Capitals.

New Delhi: In the 8th match of the Indian Premier League 2026, Delhi Capitals defeated Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets. Sameer Rizvi and Pathum Nissanka performed amazingly for Delhi in this match. Before that, Delhi had shown a strong performance in bowling and restricted Mumbai Indians to just 162 runs in 20 overs. Delhi Capitals, who came to chase the target of 163 runs, did not have a good start in batting.

Delhi had lost the wickets of KL Rahul and Nitish Rana on the score of 7 runs. The team was in trouble, but Pathum Nissanka and Sameer Rizvi gradually brought the innings on track. Delhi's score in 10 overs was 73 runs for 3 wickets. Corbin Boss brought the 11th over of the innings for Mumbai and this over proved to be the turning point for Delhi Capitals. In this over of Corbyn Boss, Sameer Rizvi scored 20 runs by hitting 2 fours and 2 sixes and took the score to 93 runs. That four balls of Corbin Boss's over took Mumbai away from the match.

Sameer showed wisdom in batting

Sameer Rivji showed amazing intelligence while batting for Delhi. Mumbai Indians were fighting an equal battle for 10 overs, but Sameer did not throw his wicket against a bowler like Bumrah and targeted the other bowler, due to which the pressure shifted to Mumbai. Apart from this, when Pathum Nissanka was at the crease, Rizvi continued to give him strikes, but as soon as Nissanka was out, he took charge on his own and batted in an explosive manner.

Sameer Reviz played an inning of 90 runs in 51 balls in the match. In this innings, he also hit 7 fours and 7 sixes, due to which Delhi Capitals won the match by scoring 164 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 18.1 overs.