Delhi Capitals pacer Mukesh Kumar was taken off the field by the physiotherapist after a failed effort on the field caused a severe blow to his nasal mucosa. The status of his strange injury could be updated at the end of the game, as it does not seem to worry the DC closer much.

He Capitals of Delhi they have controlled Royal Challengers Bengaluru, one of the fiercest batting units in this edition of the IPL. The defending champions have been one of the highest scoring teams in this edition of the tournament.

However, the Delhi Capitals bowlers wreak havoc at the RCB stadium, the M. Chinnaswamy Stadiumalso known as one of the highest rated places in the country. Mukesh Kumar, the injured pacer, had a vital role to play.

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Mukesh Kumar ruled out with strange injury: Is there any danger for DC’s seamer?

During the 18th over of the game between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, DC’s seamer Mukesh Kumar suffered a strange injury. The bowler has, so far, played a pivotal role with the ball for the Capitals.

Mukesh Kumar was fielding at short third man, and a catch was taken towards the region when Jitesh Sharma tried to cut one of Lungi Ngidi’s slower wide balls. He tried to dive and catch the ball, but ended up injuring his nasal ridge.

The physios rushed in and the pacer who had completed his quota of four overs left the field and could be seen being removed and replaced by an impact player. An update on the status of his injury is expected from the DC unit.

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Mukesh Kumar’s brilliant bowling effort continued against RCB

The Bengal pacer played a pivotal role for the Delhi Capitals, especially with the new ball, where they needed him to perform better as Mitchell Starc, one of their best new bowlers, is yet to join the franchise, following an injury.

Kumar took the new ball and bowled it effortlessly to perfection. He has been spinning the ball to both ends, while using slower pitches, cutters and bouncer to the best of his ability, along with his accuracy in bowling yorkers.

Kumar has picked 5 wickets in 5 matches for the Capitals; However, his economy has been excellent, despite bowling in the powerplay and at the death. He finished his four overs, giving away 32 runs and a captain’s wicket. Rajat Patidarin its final ending.

DC bowlers’ spectacular death bowling restricts RCB to 175

The Delhi Capitals have been widely praised for their impressive bowling attack. Although they have been missing Mitchell Starc for the season, South Africa’s World Cup hero Lungi Ngidi has emerged as their highest wicket-taker with 7 wickets in 5 outings.

In this match against the most dangerous team in the death overs, Good luck and T Natarajan bowled some impressive spells, delivering the Yorkers to absolute perfection. On the other hand, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, the two spinners, bowled deep in the innings and also picked one wicket each.

The DC bowlers managed to restrict them to a score of 175, after conceding just two boundaries in the last 4 overs at the death.

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