‘DC ka kuchh nahi ho sakta ab’ - Mumbai Indians register first victory in IPL 2023 by defeating Delhi Capitals in last-ball thriller

Mumbai Indians registered their first victory of IPL 2023 by defeating Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets in the last ball thriller.

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Mumbai Indians registered their first victory of IPL 2023 by defeating Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets in the last ball thriller at the Arun Jaitley stadium. Meanwhile, DC lost their fourth consecutive loss of the season and are still looking for their first victory in 2023. Batting first, DC were bowled out for 172 runs in 19.4 overs. In reply, MI chased in the winning total in the last ball of the 20th over losing 4 wickets.

DC were looking for a flying start as the skipper David Warner and Prithvi Shaw added 33 runs for the first wicket in 3.4 overs. Shaw got out in the fourth over trying to take on Shokeen with a slog sweep but ended up giving a catch to Cameron Green at square leg. After that, Warner and Manish Pandey took the innings further by adding 43 runs for the second wicket. Pandey got out after scoring 26 off 18 trying to take on Piyush Chawla in the ninth over but ended up giving a catch to Jason Behrendorff in the deep.

After that, Warner and Axar Patel added 67 runs for the sixth wicket as Axar smashed his first half-century in IPL. The 29-year-old got out after scoring 54 runs off 25 balls with four fours and five sixes. A delivery later, Warner also lost his wicket by playing across the line, but the short mistimed, and Cameron took the catch at the backward point.

Riley Meredith cleared the stumps of Anrich Nortje in the last over as DC got bowled out before the 20 overs. Piyush Chawla and Jason Behrendorff took 3-3 wickets each. While Meredith took 1 wicket and Shokeen put 1 in his bag. MI now need 173 runs to register their first victory in IPL 2023.

Rohit Sharma scored a convincing half-century

Chasing the winning total, skipper Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan went off to a firing start for MI by adding 71 runs for the first wicket in 7.3 overs. But it was a miscommunication between Kishan and Rohit due to which Kishan got run out after scoring 31 off 26 with six boundaries. After that Rohit and Tilak Verma put up a partnership of 68 runs for the second wicket. Tilak got out in the 16th over by Mukesh Kumar after scoring 41 off 29 with four and four sixes. In the very next ball, Mukesh dismissed Suryakumar Yadav who ended up giving a catch to Kuldeep Yadav at fine leg.

After that, Rohit got out after scoring 65 off 45 balls in the 17th over. The match went down to the last ball of the over with MI requiring 2 runs off one delivery. Cameron Green and Tim David completed 2 runs to give MI a thrilling victory.

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