Paltan, it’s Thursday and we know y’all are already getting into the weekend mood… more so with our upcoming fixture against the Delhi Capitals scheduled on Sunday! 🤗 Yayyyy…

The team will be 🔙 in action after a five-day break where they rejuvenated and regrouped for the rest of the season. The atmosphere in the training sessions and dressing room is as positive as ever, with a belief in turning things around.

With our second W of TATA IPL 2025 in sight, let’s travel back in time [zyada nahi, 2020 tak] to a special encounter versus our next opponents where a quartet of our stars came out all guns blazing and put up a 🔥 show.

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#NowPlaying on ♾️ – Surya दादा masterclass!

Coming to bat in the second over itself, SKY played some immaculate shots to put the pressure back on Delhi Capitals. A well-crafted 51 off 38 balls, including six fours and two maximums, left the Paltan in awe! 🥹

… And when he’s in full flow, you know the bowlers can do nothing but simply scratch their heads as if to sound “bhai kare toh karein kyaaaa?!” 😣

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आपला Hardik = Clutch God for a reason! 🗿

At the start of the 17th over, our scorecard read 140/5.

Enter HP in the chat and the next thing you know, the scoreboard shows 200/5 in absolutely no time.

Smashing the bowlers left, right and centre, our 🌟 all-rounder dealt only in sixes en route to his unbeaten 37 off 14 balls, laced with five rockets! 🚀

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Boulty + BOOM 👉 Football scores guaranteed! ⚽

Prithvi Shaw 0 (2) | Shikhar Dhawan 0 (2) | Ajinkya Rahane 0 (3)

Yeah, not joking. Chasing a target of 201 runs, DC found themselves reeling at 0/3 and <more than> half of the job was already done. 💥

Boult bowled a double wicket maiden in the very first over to get the better of Shaw and Rahane while Bumrah joined the party in the following over to get rid of Dhawan. Shuruwat ho toh aisi…

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Polly gets in on the act! 🤜🤛

Throughout the second innings, our bowling performance was among the best the tournament had ever witnessed.

…and it was only a matter of time before we sealed the deal. The penultimate ball saw तात्या bag the wicket of Axar Patel as the celebrations began in the dressing room. 🙌

All-in-all, a convincing 57-run victory propelled the Mumbai Indians into the Finals, where they eventually defeated the same team to claim their fifth IPL trophy!

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Wow, mazaa aa gaya! Paltan, hope this helps you to warm up for Sunday’s game! 🤓 An exemplary outing in every sense.

Batting, bowling, fielding… Everything was simply spot on! Manifesting the same in #DCvMI 🔜