{"id":22159,"date":"2025-04-13T23:10:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T17:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=587455"},"modified":"2025-04-13T23:10:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T17:40:40","slug":"karn-sharmas-3-wicket-haul-brings-mumbai-indians-back-into-the-game-against-delhi-capitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/karn-sharmas-3-wicket-haul-brings-mumbai-indians-back-into-the-game-against-delhi-capitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Karn Sharma\u2019s 3-wicket haul brings Mumbai Indians back into the game against Delhi Capitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"196\" data-end=\"409\">Just when it looked like Delhi Capitals were cruising towards their 206-run target, a middle-overs masterclass from Karn Sharma turned the tide for Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday, April 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"605\">Karun Nair\u2019s explosive 89 had set up the platform, but DC lost four wickets in the space of five overs, slumping from 121\/2 to 164\/6 by the end of the 16th over, now needing 42 runs in 24 balls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"645\"><strong data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"645\">Karn Sharma\u2019s game-changing spell:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"1035\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"760\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"760\"><strong data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"664\">11.4 overs:<\/strong> Abishek Porel, set on 33, miscued a slog-sweep and was caught by Naman Dhir at deep square leg.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"761\" data-end=\"883\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"883\"><strong data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"778\">13.3 overs:<\/strong> Tristan Stubbs tried to go big but only managed a top-edge that again landed in Dhir\u2019s hands at long-on.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"884\" data-end=\"1035\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"1035\"><strong data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"901\">15.3 overs:<\/strong> KL Rahul was deceived by flight and lofted a mistimed slog straight back to Karn Sharma, who completed the catch off his own bowling.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1290\">Karn finished with impressive figures of <strong data-start=\"1078\" data-end=\"1090\">4-0-36-3<\/strong>, turning the match on its head. His wickets came just in time, as DC\u2019s lower order now has to deliver 42 runs off the final 24 deliveries, with <strong data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1251\">Vipraj Nigam<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1256\" data-end=\"1275\">Ashutosh Sharma<\/strong> at the crease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1292\" data-end=\"1484\">Adding to DC\u2019s worries, MI\u2019s spinners applied pressure in tandem, with Mitchell Santner also picking up a key wicket earlier. The last five overs yielded just 36 runs and cost DC four wickets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1486\" data-end=\"1635\">Karn Sharma\u2019s impact today shows that even in a match dominated by batters early on, clever bowling in the middle overs can still dictate the result.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1637\" data-end=\"1706\">With 10.5 runs required per over, the match now hangs in the balance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when it looked like Delhi Capitals were cruising towards their 206-run target, a middle-overs masterclass from Karn Sharma turned\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}