An excited Nita Ambani walks into De Kock, Coulter-Nile's interview to congratulate players after MI's IPL win

The excitement was visible on every face as defending champions Mumbai Indians won the Indian Premier League for a record-extending fifth time after routing the Delhi Capitals by five wickets.

In reply to Delhi's average 156-7, Mumbai cruised to 157-5 in 18.4 overs on the back of captain Rohit Sharma's 68 off 51 balls in his 200th IPL game, and spoiled the Capitals' first appearance in the final. Sharma won a record sixth IPL title, his first was with the former Deccan Chargers in 2009, and Kieron Pollard his fifth.

Mumbai Indians owner Nita Ambani, who along with son Akash, has been in the UAE to attend the team's matches came on to the pitch to congratulate the players.


In a video that has gone viral on social media, Mrs. Ambani can be seen crashing, albeit unintentionally, Quinton De Kock and Nathan Coulter-Nile’s post-match interview.

Walking into the frame, Ambani began congratulating De Kock - who had blasted Delhi's premier fast bowler Kagiso Rabada for two fours and a six in the South African's first over which went for 18 runs. It was only mid-way that she realised De Kock and Nathan Coulter-Nile were in the middle of an interview, and excused herself, even as the players asked her to stay on.


The IPL was moved from March and April, when it was suspended by the pandemic, to October and November, in the United Arab Emirates. Mumbai, the IPL winner in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019, topped the league round-robin and dominated second-placed Delhi in all four of their matches, including two in the playoffs.