Mumbai Indians (MI) and Delhi Capitals (DC) engaged in a last-over thriller where Mumbai managed to clinc🅰h the much-needed victory by 6 wickets at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday.
Asked to bat first, the Capitals set a target of 173 runs in 19.4 overs, with skipper David Warner scoring 51 runs off 47 balls and all-rounder Axar Patel smashing 54 runs off just 25 balls. Jason Behrendorff, Piyush Chawla, and Riley Meredith took three, three, and two wi🙈ckets, respectively.
The contest then went down to the final ball, where Mumbai got the better of Delhi. Captain Rohit Sharma was the star of the match, scoring 65 runs off 45 balls with six fours and four sixes. Tilak Varma contributed 41 r🍸uns off 29 balls, including one four and four sixes.
“Winning the game is the most important. We have been working hard since the first game. We had a camp in Mumbai, and getting the result (in our favour) feels good. First win is always special. The spinners kept us in the game. We needed to bat well to chase the total. I thought everyone put their hand up. We had to make it count for the team,” said Rohit after bagging the Player of the M📖atc🍎h award.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
1st W, 👆 Number win! 🥰
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
जिंकलो! 💙
Piyush was excellent & mixed his googlies well. The opener’s strategy to attack fast bowlers up front was an absolute must on this track & it was good to see Rohit am🍬ong runs & play an important innings. Tilak looked comfortable from ball 1 on a difficult track..
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
What a finish that was!
— Shai Hope (@shaidhope)
Fantasꦓtic effort to cross the line.. Superb team effort 👏👏 Special one from Piyush, Behrendorff, Hitman, Tilak, Green and Tim.. Congratulations on the first win
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
Yet another nail biting game! What a last over from but the Aussie duo held their nerves!! Good🐭 to see Hitman get some runs!! Finally a win for
— Robbie Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)
19th Player of the match aꦅward for Rohit Sharma in IPL.
Most by an Indian in IPL history.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Mumbai Indians pull off a last-ಞball victory against Delhi Capitals. |
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Well played and well fought – this is the fight we in Delhi are used to. Not our night but this is the fight DC and it’s fans deserve. Bring on Saturday!
— Parth Jindal (@ParthJindal11)
Anrich Nortje- all class with yorkers in th�🌜�e death.👌🏾
— Shikha Pandey (@shikhashauny)
Incredible Premier League…Impactful Premie﷽r League. It was Tim David-the Impact Playerไ for and Mukesh Kumar-The Impact Player for . Three thrillers in three days. Loving it totally 🫶🤗
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
That from Anrich ꧒Nortje was some of the best death bowling you will see. Yorker after yorker at high pace. Fantaღstic.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
What a match !
Mumbai I✤ndians almost lost it, and then Delhi made a comeback, and just when it seemed the game was heading for a Super Over, Mumbai snatched it away from the hosts. Crazy three days of the highest order of entertainment in . 🤯🤯— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima)
Horrible r🐲un of form lately for Suryakumar 🉐Yadav. In his last 7 innings:
Runs 24
Golden ducks 4— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket)
Defeat by the barest of margins 💔
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals)
Mumbai lucky to escape really. How could they take it to the last?
And it reinforces the point of b💝atsme🌠n letting their guard down when on top— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
Reli𒅌ef for and huge 2 points but you have to say Anrich Nortje was fantastic in that last over against two power finishers. Su🍒perb bowling. Super over would have been a fair result!
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
Delhi Ca🎀pitals are having a nightmare start to the IPL with 4 losses🥂 in a row
MI win thei✅r first game of thꦡe tournament, by 6 wickets
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)
