Bye bye, Paltan! 👋 शुभ रात्री!

That is that from today's coverage. Pheww, an epic night from every angle! A PROPER HUMDINGER. Gonna go, breathe a little and join the party with the boys! 💙 Milte hain Wankhede pe, on 17th April for our clash against SRH! 🏟️

Celebrations are going to have no bounds tonight. 🎉 Just the outing we required to boost our confidence for the rest of the campaign. We promise to build on this win and stitch a few more victories in our quest to get the trophy back home!!!

From 119/2 to 193-all out, Each and every individual put their heart and soul for the crest. This is what we play for. This is what MUMBAI INDIANS is known for!!! 💪 HAAR MAAN NA MANA HAI...

Unreal scenes in the Capital City. 🥶🥶🥶 At one point, DC were cruising in the run chase and the very next moment? Our #PlayLikeMumbai mentality was at display as we turned things around in some fashion to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat! 😚

YESSSSSSSSSSS, HUM JEET GAYE!!!!! What a stunning turnaround by our Boys in Blue and Gold as we snap Delhi Capitals' unbeaten run to register our second win of the season. 🥰

10:21 PM IST: Rickelton behind the stumps has been ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!! We are just moments away now...

Paltan, what is the procedure to CONTROL HEARTBEAT???? Seriously, dhak dhak horela hai...

There goes the eight wicket. Bullet throw by Will Jacks, Brilliant grab by Rickelton and Ashutosh returns to his den!! 😁

10:13 PM IST: Santner gets Vipraj and we are smelling the all-important W. 🙂 There, there...

11:08 PM IST: 1 0 0 1 0 1 - Boulty dude, HOW DID YOU EXECUTE SIX YORKERS IN THIS SITUATION?! After conceding 18 off his first over, makes a raaavassss comeback!!! 🔥 DC need 39 off 18 balls.

Man, this is an UNREAL COMEBACK. Never count us out. We repeat, NEVER. ✋

10:37 PM IST: Karn Sharma, TAKE A BOW BHAVA!! 🫶 Wicket no. 6 and KL Rahul walks back. The impact is real and he deserves all the applause!!!! 😍😍😍

🚨 #ICYMI: four wickets while conceding just 26 runs in the last few minutes. These kind of performances make us B.E.L.I.E.V.E. ⚡

10:48 PM IST: Aala re aala ek aur wicket aala!!! Wicket no. 5 it is, courtesy our #ClassOf2017 star Karn Sharma! Tristan Stubbs is the next victim of this amazing comeback and DC find themselves at 145/5. 

10:42 PM IST: Can't keep BOOM BOOM silent for long, can we?! 🥹 Jassi gets the better of Baapu as wickets keep tumbling!!! Ekdum mazaa aa rela hai bhidu... 🤪

10:37 PM IST: ...And there's the third wicket. Santner, you beauty! 🤯 The bails are disturbed and Karun Nair returns to the pavilion. 😌 Wickets in two successive overs and we are pulling things back!

10:30 PM IST: We asked for a wicket. We get a wicket. KARN SHARMA, are you reading this blog while bowling? 😏 Nonetheless, dangerous-looking Abhishek Porel departs!!! DC - 119/2.

10:26 PM IST: Halfway through the second innings. DC's currently at 113/1. This is getting a tad bit worrying but one wicket and we can get right back in it! Hume chahiye wickets JALDI SE.

Umm, need a few dot balls <and wickets> at the moment...

10:05 PM IST: DC race to 72/1 at the end of six overs. Impact sub Karun Nair blazes to 22-ball 50! No worries, WE WILL pull things back.

Pressure is 🔛 guys! Doosra wicket door nahi...

9:34 PM IST: WOAHHHH, that's some start!!! Deepak Chahar with a First ball wicket and JFM bites the dust! Talk about a #PlayLikeMumbai-kinda shuruwaat... 😉

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BRB in a few mins, finish off your dinner quickly so that you can be back for an uninterrupted second innings. 🍴🙂

9:19 PM IST: ...And that concludes the first innings. Following RO's fiery start, Rickelton (41), Surya (40), Tilak (59) and Naman's splendid 38* cameo powers us to a respectable 205/5 on the board. 💥

9:13 PM IST: आखिरी over. six needed to reach 200 runs. Mukesh Kumar to bowl. Tilak on strike. चला चला!! 🤓

Naman Dhir? More like Naman Veer!!! Successive boundaries off Starc and we can only say WOWWW! 🫡

Last three overs to go. 167/4. Let's get to that 200-run mark, boys!! 

8:56 PM IST: Tilak भाऊंचा विजय असो!!! 💙 A cracking half-century to keep the runs coming... Five fours and three maximums to reach the milestone and Paltan is lovin' it! 💙

8:44 PM IST: Stand and deliver ft. Tilak Varma. 👏 That SHOTTTT off Vipraj Nigam in the 15th over oozed classssss left, right and centre!!!

Surya yaar 😭 A steady 40 off 28 in challenging situation! Happens, happens... 

8:33 PM IST: 50 partnership 🆙 for our dynamic duo. What a terffic exhibition of some exquisite strokeplay! Paltan, SKY-TV OP in the comments aane do... ✍️

Paltan, can we manifest a SKY FULL OF STARS tonight? 🫰

8:20 PM IST: We are halfway through the innings, with our scoreboard showing 94/2. Only accelerator from here on...

Tilak आला, boundary मारली! Shaabash, TV! 👏

8:08 PM IST: Nahi nahi nahi... Rickelton heads back after a 25-ball 41 knock. 😢 Nice one, Ryan! 

A good powerplay despite RO's wicket. Our scorecard reads 59/1! Rickelton-Surya, होऊन जाऊ दे!! 👍

7:58 PM IST: Surya दादा, yeh flick kidhar dekhela lagta hai... 👀🚀

OH NOOOOOO! Our Hitman departs after setting the tone for the innings. Koi baat nahi Paltan, it was a superb start!

7:50 PM IST: We have raced to 45/0 in four overs. Keem 'em coming boys!! We are seated... 🥳

Four आणि six ft. RO! Both our openers are looking in fine touch at the moment! 🔥

7:33 PM IST: 🔙 to 🔙 boundaries off Rickelton's blade and we are up and running for the game!

7:29 PM IST: Paltan, all set to roar? 🔊 GANPATI BAPPA… MORYAAAAAA!!! 🙏

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Here’s our Playing XI! ⬇️

7:01 PM IST: The coin toss goes Baapu’s way! ✔️ 𝘏𝘶𝘮 𝘱𝘦𝘩𝘭𝘦 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙖𝙖𝙯𝙞 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦.

6:50 PM IST: We have won our last four coin tosses! Can we make it five on the trot? Stay tuned… Just 🔟 minutes to go before all is revealed!

Be it Delhi, Mumbai or any other part of the country, the MI LIVE BLOG is easily accessible on your fingertips. 📲 No worries if you can’t make it to the stadium to cheer for our Boys in Blue & Gold… But don’t forget to do so sitting at the comfort of your homes while reading our regular updates! 🤗

We are all set to lock horns against the current table-toppers Delhi Capitals, who are the only unbeaten side remaining in the competition. Goes without saying, that surely won’t deter us from entering the field with our #PlayLikeMumbai mentality and go all out in our quest to secure that W! 👊

6:30 PM IST: Paltan, भारत की राजधानी mein aapka swagat hai!!! We are back after a five-day break to bring you all the LIVE action from our sixth game of the season, right here on the MI LIVE BLOG! 🙌