Having lifted England’s fielding standards from doldrums while taking them to two white ball trophies, the 2019 50 over World Cup and 2021 T20 win, 43-year-old Carl Hopkinson had a stellar run as their specialist fielding coach. But when ECB let him go after the West Indies tour, he was quickly snapped up by Mumbai Indians. MI hadn’t quite set any stage on fire until on Sunday with slim win pickings, and we’re careening towards a defeat with Karun Nair going hammer and tongs for a 40 ball-89 as Delhi pursued 206. Defensive spinners, as Mitchell Santner explained, would find eventual success, as Nair, Tristan Stubbs, KL Rahul and Ashutosh Sharma were packed off to the pavilion, with each capable of being dangerous. However Delhi were just 26 runs away when Vipraj Nigam departed. To clean up the bottom order, with Ashutosh taking Capitals to 192/7, needed a sprinkling of magic. And it was made possible by MI’s fielding unit, as Will Jacks started the wondrous hat-trick show. Story continues below this ad A quick …