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Delhi Capitals jumped to the fifth place in the Tata IPL 2024 points table as they in high- scoring encounter beat Mumbai Indians by 10 runs at Arun Jaitley stadium Delhi.
Earlier MI Skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl first . And DC batsmen made him regret his move by posting massive target. DC openers particularly the young Aussie Jake Fraser-McGurk was devastating and hammered the MI bowlers. In a brutal attack Jake Fraser-McGurk scored blistering 84 ( 27 balls, 11 fours , 6 sixes ) and with fellow opener Abishek Porel 36 ( 27 balls , 3 fours , 1 six) put on 114-1, in 7.3 overs . Setting the stage for big total .
And other DC batsmen kept the aggressive momentum going . Shai Hope 41 ( 17 balls , 5 sixes) . Skipper Rishabh Pant 29 ( 19 balls , 2 fours , 2 sixes) . Tristan Stubbs played another power innings and remained unbeaten on 48 ( 25 balls , 6 fours 2 sixes). Axar Patel too was not out 11 . DC posting an imposing 257/ 4 in their 20 overs.
MI bowling figures : Luke Wood 1/ 68 ( 4 overs), Jasprit Bumrah 1/ 35 ( 4 overs), Nuwan Thushara 0/ 56 ( 4 overs) , Hardik Pandya 0/ 41 ( 2 overs), Piyush Chawla 1/ 36 ( 4 overs), Mohammad Nabi 1/ 20 ( 2 overs)
In reply MI lost early wickets in the chase . Rohit Sharma was out for 8 with total at 33-1, 3.1 overs . Ishan Kishan fell soon for 20 . Suryakumar Yadav promised big but fell for 26 ( 13 balls , 3 fours , 2 sixes) .
Tilak Varma 63 ( 32 balls , 4 fours , 4 sixes ) and Skipper Hardik Pandya finally some runs 46 ( 24 balls , 4 fours , 2 sixes) tried, Piyush Chawla to put the chase on track but DC hit back with wickets at crucial times . Nehal Wadhera ( 4), Tim David ( 37) , Mohammad Nabi ( 7), Piyush Chawla ( 10 ) Luke Wood not out 9 as MI finished at 247/ 9 in their 20 overs. DC winning by 10 runs
For DC bowling : Lizaad Williams 0/ 34 ( 3 overs), Khaleel Ahmed 2/ 45 ( 4 overs), Mukesh Kumar 3/ 59 ( 4 overs), Kuldeep Yadav 0/ 47 ( 3 overs), Axar Patel 0/ 24 ( 2 overs) Rasikh Salam 3/ 34 ( 4 overs)
DC Impact Player: Rasikh Salam replaces Kumar Kushagra
MI Impact Player: Suryakumar Yadav replaces Nuwan Thushara
Match: IPL 2024, 43rd Match
Venue: Delhi | Date: April 27, 2024
