After 3 consecutive defeats, Mumbai tasted victory, defeated Delhi by 29 runs.

MI vs DC: Mumbai Indians have defeated Delhi Capitals by 29 runs in front of their home fans at Wankhede Stadium. This is MI’s first win in IPL 2024, before this the team had lost 3 consecutive matches. Batting first, Mumbai Indians scored 234 runs. While chasing the target, Prithvi Shaw played an innings of 66 runs in 40 balls for Delhi, while the important innings of Abhishek Porel and Tristan Stubbs also could not lead the team to victory. Tristan Stubbs played an unbeaten inning of 71 runs in 25 balls. For MI, Rohit Sharma scored 49 runs, Ishan Kishan scored 42 runs and in the last overs, Tim David and Romario Shepherd hit a storm of sixes.

After 15 overs, Delhi Capitals’ score was 144 runs for 3 wickets and they had to score 91 runs in the next 5 overs to win. Only 9 runs came in the 16th over and Delhi Capitals were on the back foot due to the wicket of Rishabh Pant. But Tristan Stubbs was still at the crease and the situation was that DC needed 63 runs in the last 3 overs. Jasprit Bumrah gave only 8 runs in the 17th over, due to which MI’s victory was almost certain as Delhi had to score 55 runs in the last 12 balls. Mumbai’s bowlers were in control of the match in the last two overs, due to which DC had to face defeat by 29 runs. In the last over, Gerald Coetzee ensured a big victory for his team by sending 3 Delhi batsmen to the pavilion.

Batsmen dominated the match

The batsmen dominated the MI vs DC match from beginning to end. First, Rohit Sharma played an inning of 49 runs in 27 balls for Mumbai Indians, while Ishan Kishan also scored 42 runs in 23 balls. Although Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya also contributed 39 runs, but the heroes of MI’s innings were Tim David and Romario Shepherd. David played an inning of 45 runs and Shepherd scored 39 runs in just 10 balls. David and Shepherd together hit 8 sixes in the last overs for MI. On the other hand, for Delhi, Prithvi Shaw contributed 66 runs and Abhishek Porel contributed 41 runs. Although the bats of Rishabh Pant and David Warner did not work, Tristan Stubbs played an inning of 71 runs in 25 balls.

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MI VS DC: After 3 consecutive defeats, Mumbai tasted victory, defeated Delhi by 29 runs