In this season of IPL, Mumbai Indians could not be recognized. They have tasted defeat in three consecutive matches. The five-time champions finally got their first win in the fourth game. Delhi Capitals beat by 29 runs!
Mumbai batted after losing the toss at Wankhede. 234 runs for 5 wickets! Which is the highest in Mumbai at home!
Two openers Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan gave a flying start. Rohit returned to zero runs in the previous match and reached a half-century with devastating batting. In the end, Rohit broke the opening pair when he was dismissed for 49 runs off 27 balls with 6 fours and 3 sixes. Rohit’s departure also caused a fall in rhythm. Soon Suryakumar Yadav also returned to dressing room without opening the account of the run. Partner Ishan contributed a little more and got out for 42 runs. His 23-ball innings had 4 fours and 2 sixes.
After that, captain Hardik Pandya took over. He contributed to the scoreboard with 39 runs off 33 balls. In the end, Mumbai’s innings swelled with the explosive batting of Tim David and Romario Shepherd. Romario went on a rampage in the last over. He took 32 runs in the last over of Einrich Norcia. Romario was unbeaten in 39 runs from 10 balls! Tim David was no less. He was unbeaten on 45 off 21 balls. David’s innings had 2 fours and 4 sixes. Akshar Patel took two wickets for 35 runs for Delhi. Norkia took 2 wickets but gave 65 runs!
In reply, Delhi could not win despite opener Prithvi Roy’s 66 and Tristan Stubbs’ explosive innings of 71* runs. He managed to score 205 runs for 8 wickets. Opener Prithvi got off to a great start with 66 off 40 balls. His innings had 8 fours and 3 sixes. Stubbs, however, was the most devastating. He remained unbeaten on 71 runs off 25 balls with 3 fours and 7 sixes. However, the rest could not make any contribution. Another notable innings for Delhi was Abhishek Porel’s 41 off 31 balls.
Gerald Coetzee was Mumbai’s best bowler with 4 wickets for 34 runs. Jasprit Bumrah took two for 22 runs. Romario Shepherd took one for 54 runs. He is the man of the match as he also contributed with the bat.
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