Mitchell Santner’s dream delivery ends Karun Nair’s fairytale knock on IPL return

Mitchell Santner, on Sunday (April 13) delivered a panoramic supply to do away with Karun Nair through the match between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

With Faf du Plessis injured, Delhi Capitals lastly handed Karun Nair the possibility to play a sport for the primary time this season. And the out-of-favor India batsman grabbed the chance with each fingers. It was additionally his first sport within the IPL since 2022 when he performed three video games for Rajasthan Royals.

Karun Nair had additionally not scored a fifty within the IPL since 2018. Unsurprisingly, all eyes had been on him when he walked out to open the innings for Delhi Capitals. With the house aspect chasing an enormous complete of 206 runs, many anticipated Jake Fraser-McGurk to assault and Nair to play the position of the second fiddle.

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Nevertheless, Fraser-McGurk was dismissed for a duck on the very first ball of the innings and the onus was on Nair to not solely regular the ship but in addition bat at a very good tempo to make sure that the required run-rate remained in attain. Nicely, Nair didn’t disappoint as he performed the most effective IPL knocks of his profession to place Delhi Capitals within the driver’s seat.

Mitchell Santner ends Karun Nair’s fairytale knock:

Karun Nair raced away to his fifty in simply 22 balls and helped Delhi Capitals finish the powerplay on 72/1. Even after the fielding restrictions ended, he saved taking part in the large pictures at common intervals and was wanting destined to attain his first IPL century.

Nevertheless, his hopes had been dashed by a dream supply from Mitchell Santner. The New Zealand captain clean-bowled Nair within the twelfth over to present Mumbai Indians an enormous wicket. The left-arm spinner bowled a very good size supply that was angled in and Nair pressed again to play a defensive shot.

Nevertheless, he was fully bamboozled by the supply because the ball ripped away on the final second after hitting the deck and accomplished squared up the Delhi Capitals opener. The ball went on to hit the highest of the off-stump. Nair needed to depart for a well-made 89 runs on his comeback. His knock got here off simply 40 balls and was studded with 12 fours and 5 sixes.

Watch the supply from Mitchell Santner:

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