Lucknow: In the match played between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians (MI) at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi won by 10 runs. With this he achieved his fifth win of the season and also reached fifth place in the points table. In this match, Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl first. Coming to bat first, the DC team made a flying start and opener Jake-Fraser McGurk almost eliminated MI from the match by scoring 84 runs in 27 balls.
In this match, Delhi had scored 92 runs in the powerplay itself. Apart from Fraser, young batsman Tristan Stubbs played an unbeaten inning of 48 runs for DC with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes in 25 balls. Whereas Shai Hope had also scored 41 runs on 17 balls and during this he had hit 5 sixes from his bat. Apart from him, captain Rishabh Pant also played an innings of 29 runs and he was made his victim by fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Delhi had scored 257 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs in the match.
While chasing the target of 258 runs, MI team also scored 247 runs at the loss of 9 wickets but lost the match by 10 runs. For Mumbai, young batsman Tilak Verma stood firm till the end and lost his wicket through run out. Verma was the best scorer for MI and he scored 63 runs in 32 balls but could not lead his team to victory. During this, 4 fours and 4 sixes came from his bat.
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