Run festival is going on in IPL. The Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians match was no exception to this trend. Batting first, Delhi scored 257 runs for 4 wickets. Despite losing by 10 runs, Mumbai scored 247 runs for 9 wickets in reply. Sourav Ganguly’s Delhi moved up to fifth place in the points table after picking up their fifth win.Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to field.
Jack Fraser McGurk, Australia’s T20 expert batsman, brought down Yashprit Bumrah to the level of a normal bowler as he came down to bat in 22 yards of Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. Shatran almost certainly missed out on going down to open. He made 84 runs off 27 balls. Along with 11 fours, he hit 6 sixes. Strike rate 311.11. Bengal debutant Abhishek Podel came to open with him. The young wicketkeeper-batsman opened his arms in the later stages, although he was a little tight in the beginning. His innings of 36 runs came from 27 balls. Hit 3 fours and 1 six.
The way Hadik’s bouncer sent Abhishek effortlessly to the square leg boundary, the Mumbai skipper’s bowling could be questioned. Cy Hope dropped to number three and made 41 off 17 balls. Four did not kill one! Six hit 5. He scored 29 runs off 19 balls. He hit 2 fours and 2. An unbeaten innings of 48 runs from 25 balls came from the bat of Tristan Stubbs. 6 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat. Akshar Patel remained unbeaten with 11 runs from 6 balls.
None of Mumbai’s batters could capitalize on Delhi’s 22 yards. Experienced Piyush Chawla said it somewhat well. He took 1 wicket for 36 runs. Mohammad Nabi’s 1 wicket for 20 runs. Hardik gave 41 runs in 2 overs. England’s Luke Wood got 1 wicket but spent 68 runs. Bumrah took 1 wicket for 35 runs. Nuan Tushara did not get a wicket even with 56 runs.
