Today’s game between Mumbai and Delhi was every bit as exciting as it promised to be. Both teams desperately needed to win, and the match see-sawed back and fore. Jayasuriya got Mumbai off to an excellent start with 66 off 42 balls. Delhi then managed to peg the Mumbai batsmen down, but Robin Uthappa, making up for his failure in the last game, hit 46 off 23 balls to take Mumbai to a defensible 176. When they got rid of Sehwag and Gambhir early Mumbai must have thought they were in with a chance, but the rest of the Delhi batting dug deep. Dinesh Karthik was man of the match for his 56*, but Delhi still needed 8 to win off the last over. As it was, Maharoof got them home with one ball to spare.

Delhi are now 3rd in the table, and have completed all of their games. But both Chennai (one game away against the Chargers) and Mumbai (away games against the Royals and Royal Challengers) could overhaul them. The problem for Mumbai is that they have to win both games, and coming away from Jaipur with a win is going to be very hard indeed.