Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians, who remained without a single victory so far, finally scored the season’s first win at their home ground – Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. The Hardik Pandya-led side defeated Delhi Capitals by 29 runs in match 20 of Tata IPL 2024. The difference between two sides – the explosive cameo of Romario Shepherd.
The blitz of 39 runs in 10 deliveries by Shepherd gave Mumbai Indians the highest T20 score, without any single player registering a half-century. Shepherd smashed 32 runs in the last over. From Pandya to Sachin Tendulkar, every single person in Wankhede was jubilant seeing those power shots. The score of 234 also put pressure on DC. Shepherd not only destroyed DC by batting but also hampered their chase by picking the key wicket of David Warner within the power play.
From DC, Prithvi Shaw and Tristan Stubbs were the two players who kept the team in the game. In the last over, Stubbs was not able to do what Shepherd did thanks to the brilliant bowling by Gerald Coetzee. In the last over, not only did he defend 34 runs but also picked up three wickets. Shepherd was adjudged player of the match.
Mumbai Indians were aggressive from the word go. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan gave a blazing start. The hosts for 75/0 after power play. Later, Shepherd, Tim David and Hardik Pandya carried on the momentum. DC’s batting unit – minus Shaw and Stubbs – had a dismal show. With this win, Mumbai Indians are now in 8th position in the IPL points table.
Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals: Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
- Prithvi Shaw b Bumrah 66
- David Warner c Pandya b Shepherd 10
- Abhishek Porel c David b Bumrah 41
- Tristan Stubbs (not out) 71
- Rishabh Pant c Pandya b Coetzee 1
- Axar Patel (run out) 8
- Lalit Yadav c Kishan b Coetzee 3
- Kumar Kushagra c Varma b Coetzee 0
- Jhye Richardson c Sharma b Coetzee 2
- Extras (LB-1, NB-1, W-1) 3
- Total (8 wickets, 20 overs) 205
- Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-110, 3-144, 4-153, 5-194, 6-203, 7-203, 8-205.
- Bowling: Gerald Coetzee 4-0-34-4, Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-22-2, Akash Madhwal 4-0-45-0, Romario Shepherd 4-0-54-1, Mohammad Nabi 2-0-17-0, Piyush Chawla 2-0-32-0.
Mumbai Indians
- Rohit Sharma b Axar 49
- Ishan Kishan c&b Axar 42
- Suryakumar Yadav c sub b Nortje 0
- Hardik Pandya c sub b Nortje 39
- Tilak Varma c Axar b Ahmed 6
- Tim David (not out) 45
- Romario Shepherd (not out) 39
- Extras (NB-1, W-13) 14
- Total (for 5 wickets, 20 overs) 234
- Fall of wickets: 1-80, 2-81, 3-111, 4-121, 5-181.
- Bowling: Khaleel Ahmed 4-0-39-1, Ishant Sharma 3-0-40-0, Jhye Richardson 4-0-40-0, Axar Patel 4-0-35-2, Lalit Yadav 1-0-15-0, Anrich Nortje 4-0-65-2.
(With PTI inputs)