MI vs DC / Mumbai won on the last ball of another exciting match, won by 6 wickets

Zoom News : Apr 11, 2023, 11:22 PM
MI vs DC: On the basis of two sixes in the 19th over and the innings of Rohit-Ishan-Tilak, Mumbai Indians have won the first win in the Indian Premier League-16. The team defeated Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets. The Mumbai team, captained by Rohit Sharma, chased a score of 170+ for the first time against Delhi. Batting first, Delhi scored 172 runs in 19.4 overs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. In response, Mumbai achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Tim David and Cameron Green from Mumbai hit 2 sixes in the 19th over to give the team victory. Before this, Rohit Sharma scored 65, Tilak Verma scored 41 and Ishan Kishan scored 31 runs.

Mumbai's wickets fell like this...

First: Ishan Kishan got runout on the third ball of the 8th over.

Second: On the 5th ball of the 16th over, Mukesh Kumar got Tilak Verma caught by Manish Pandey.

Third: Mukesh Kumar got Suryakumar Yadav caught by Kuldeep Yadav on the last ball of the 16th over.

Fourth: On the 5th ball of the 17th over, Mushtafizur Rahman got Rohit Sharma caught by wicketkeeper Abhishek.

Rohit's half-century after 808 days and 24 innings

Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma scored Fifty after 808 days in IPL. He last played an innings of 63 runs in 52 balls against Punjab Kings on 23 April 2021. After that innings, Rohit played 25 innings, but could not score more than 50 in even one.

Openers gave Mumbai a fast start

Chasing the target of 173 runs, Mumbai got off to a brisk start by captain Rohit Sharma and opener Ishan Kishan. Both made a partnership of 50 runs in the 5th over itself. Both scored 71 runs off 44 balls. The team's score in 6 overs of powerplay was 68 runs without loss.

Warner-Akshar's half-century, Delhi limited to 172

Opting to bat after losing the toss at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi got all out for 172 runs in 19.4 overs.

David Warner played an innings of 51 runs in 47 balls, while Akshar Patel scored 54 runs in 25 balls. The rest of the team's batters flopped. Both the teams are in search of their first win.

Delhi's wickets fell like this...

First: On the fourth ball of the fourth over, Shokeen got Prithvi Shaw caught at square leg.

Second: On the third ball of the 9th over, Piyush Chawla got Manish Pandey caught by Behrendorff.

Third: Yash Dhull got out on the 5th ball of the 10th over. He was caught by Nihal Wadhera in Riley Meredith's over.

Fourth: Piyush Chawla made Powell LBW on the fourth ball of the 11th over.

Fifth: Piyush Chawla bowled Lalit Yadav on the 5th ball of the 13th over.

Sixth: On the first ball of the 19th over, Behrendorff got Akshar Patel caught by Arshad Khan.

Seventh: The third ball of the 19th over, Jason Behrendorff bowled a leg cutter on the off stump. David Warner is out caught at short third man. Warner scored 51 runs on 47 balls.

Eighth: On the fourth ball of the 19th over, Kuldeep Yadav was run out trying to take a single. Kuldeep could not even open his account.

Ninth: The last ball of the 19th over, Behrendorff bowled a short pitch on the off stump. Abhishek Porel is caught at mid off. He scored 1 run on 3 balls.

Tenth: The fourth ball of the 20th over, Riley Meredith bowled a yorker. Enrique Nortya gets bowled. Nortya scored 5 runs on 3 balls.

Another slow fifty from Warner

Delhi captain David Warner also made a fifty against Mumbai. This innings was also very slow. He scored his half-century in 43 balls. This is the 58th Fifty of his IPL career. He has the highest number of fifty in IPL.

Delhi's steady start in Powerplay

After losing the toss, Delhi got off to bat first and Prithvi Shaw and David Warner got off to a brisk start. Both shared a 33-run partnership for the first wicket. Shaw was dismissed after scoring 15 runs in 10 balls. Warner then extended the innings with Manish Pandey and the team scored 51 runs in 6 overs.

Both teams came with changes

Delhi dropped Riley Russo, Mukesh Kumar and Khaleel Ahmed and brought in Yash Dhull and Mustafizur Rahman. Ishant Sharma or Mukesh Kumar will be part of the team at the time of bowling. Mumbai, on the other hand, have included Nehal Wadhera and Riley Meredith in place of Tim David and Tristan Stubbs.

Playing-11 of both teams...

Delhi Capitals: David Warner (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Manish Pandey, Yash Dhull, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Akshar Patel, Abhishek Porel (Wicketkeeper), Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortya and Mustafizur Rahman.

Impact Players: Mukesh Kumar, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Ishant Sharma.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Nehal Wadhera, Arshad Khan, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff and Riley Meredith.

Impact Players: Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, Kumar Karthikeya and Ramandeep Singh.

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